World Armed Forces Pictures & Videos

Pakistani police officers escorted Aitezaz Shah, a teenager suspected of having a role in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the opposition leader. He had just appeared at an antiterrorism court in Rawalpindi. The police claim that Mr. Shah had been ordered to kill Ms. Bhutto by Baitullah Mehsud, a militant leader.
Photo: Anjum Naveed/Associated Press

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East Timorese soldiers patrol a street Wednesday Feb. 13, 2008 in Dili, the capital of East Timor. East Timor's prime minister said he would push to extend a state of emergency imposed after Monday's rebel attacks on him and the tiny country's president, the latter of whom is now recovering from gunshot wounds.(AP Photo/Ed Wray)​

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East Timorese police officers guarded a street in Dili, the capital city, during the state of emergency declared after rebel attacks left the country's president in extremely serious condition in an Australian hospital.
Photo: Ed Wray/Associated Press

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A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard near a portrait of late Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing February 13, 2008.
REUTERS/Claro Cortes Iv

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Members of the Palestinian security forces take part in a training session for anti-riot techniques in the West Bank town of Jericho February 12, 2008.
REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun

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A British soldier dressed in an old uniform, takes part in a ceremony to mark the Bicentenary of the War of Independence in Madrid February 12, 2008.
REUTERS/Juan Medina

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A soldier of the Chadian national army (ANT) sits on a pick-up truck loaded with rocket propelled guns in front of the Presidential Palace in N'Djamena on Wednesday.

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Kosovo special police unit members train at the training base in Lebane, some 10 km north of Pristina, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. (AP Photo / Visar Kryeziu)​

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Iraqi soldier holds a US made M-16 assault rifle at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. The US military started supplying some of the Iraqi army units with the US made weapons. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)​

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Members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas presidential guard run with their rifles in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)​

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In this photo provided by Inter Services Public Relations, Pakistan's Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, seventh from right, along with Interim Prime Minister Mohammad Mian Soomro, center, and senior military officers pose for a photograph prior to test firing a short-range Ghazanvi missile at an undisclosed location in Pakistan on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. Pakistan's military said Wednesday it has successfully test-fired theshort-range missile, which has a range of 290 kilometers (180 miles) and is capable of carrying a nuclear device. (AP Photo/Inter Services Public Relations)​

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Special Forces of the Serbian army demonstrate their capabilities during the general rehearsal in Nis, 200km south of the capital Belgrade, 13 February 2008. The 'Central' celebration of 15 February - the Day of the Serbian Armed Forces call ?Sretenje 08? will be held at Mija Stanimirovic barracks in Nis. The SAF members will demonstrate some of their capabilities by performing specific tasks in antiterrorist operations, deployment in peace missions and civil support in catastrophes along with combat equipment and arms being exhibited. AFP PHOTO / SASA DJORDJEVIC (Photo credit should read SASA DJORDJEVIC/AFP/***** Images)

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Japan Self-Defense Forces' (JSDF) working model of a new tank on display during its press preview at the Defense Ministry of Techinical Research and Development Institute in Sagamihara city, Kanagawa prefecture, some 30-kilometre west of Tokyo on Feburary 13, 2008.Eighteen years has past since JGSDF last deployed newly developed tanks. The new tank, which has a maximum speed is 70km/h, is equipped 120mm missiles and is expected to cope well against guerilla commandos and armored vehicles. The tank is 9.42-metre-long, 3.24-metre-width, 2.30-metre-tall and 44-ton-weight tank equips with a 120mm gun, a 12.7mm and a 7.67mm machine guns.

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Lebanese police stand guard in front of a picture showing cars burning following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, during a pro-government rally marking the third anniversary of Hariri's assassination in downtown Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Throngs of Lebanese were turning out Thursday for two opposing Beirut gatherings _ Shiite Muslims supporters of Hezbollah to bid farewell to its slain top commander Imad Mughniyeh, and their pro-Western opponents at a downtown square to mark former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's 2005 assassination. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)​

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Lebanese police officers and army soldiers stand next to their armored personnel carriers as they secure the venue of the third anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in downtown of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008.​

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A Pakistani armed man guards opposition leaders who are attending a rally against the country's President Pervez Musharraf, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)​

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An Afghan refugee argues with a police officer during a relief distribution in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Nationwide, the cold weather, snowstorms and avalanches have claimed at least 654 lives and more than 100,000 sheep and goats, according to Abdul Matin Edrak, head of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Commission.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maaqbool)​

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South Korean KiAi tanks cross the Han River during an annual winter military exercise against a possible attack from North Korea at Yeoju, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Jung-hoon)​

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An Iraqi army soldier secures the area after their convoy came under a roadside bomb attack in Basra, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Two soldiers were hurt in the blast. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)​

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South Korea's new XK-2 MBT submersible tank crosses a river during a test run coinciding with a military drill in Yeoju on February 14, 2008. South Korea and US troops are due to stage on March 2 to 7 a joint military exercise codenamed "Key Resolve", replacing the annual Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration joint exercise. It will be the first joint drill to test Seoul's ability to wage war under a scenario in which South Korea has regained wartime control of its troops from the US. AFP PHOTO/KIM JAE-HWAN (Photo credit should read KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Colombian soldier heavily guards members of the criminal gang known as "Los Machos" after their surrender to the army, on February 13, 2008, in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. According to the authorities, the ten men were part of the gang that worked for the drug lord Diego Montoya a.k.a "Don Diego", arrested on September 10, 2007. AFP PHOTO/Carlos Julio MARTINEZ (Photo credit should read CARLOS JULIO MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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A soldier of the Chadian national army (ANT) patrols a street on an armored vehicle in front of the Presidential Palace in N'Djamena on February 13, 2008. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner hailed on February 12, 2008 a resumption of the deployment of an EU peacekeeping force in Chad, a month after it was suspended due to unrest.

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An Israeli soldier briefly confiscates the camera of a photographer during a house-to-house search in the West Bank village of Beit Omar, north of Hebron, on February 13, 2008. The Israeli army announced today that it has arrested 66 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank, including 42 in the southern town of Beit Ommar. AFP PHOTO/HAZEM BADER (Photo credit should read HAZEM BADER/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Pakistani police officer walks past an armoured personel carrier blocking the main road for traffic in northwestern tribal area of Derra Adam Khel on February 14, 2008

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Basque police arrest two girls who had chained themselves to a cement filled barrel to protest at the detention of 14 members of banned pro-independence Basque party Batasuna, during a general strike in the Basque Country and Navarra province, called by Batasuna on February 14, 2008, in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao. AFP PHOTO / RAFA RIVAS (Photo credit should read RAFA RIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)

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Riot policemen clash with construction workers, during a protest in Panama City, on February 13, 2008. Violence ensued in the capital, where hundreds of workers took to the streets to protest the death of one of their leaders, Airomi Smith, who was killed by police during a rally on Tuesday. Panamanian construction workers are demanding the creation of security regulations after an increase in the construction rate of skyscrapers, which saw 25 dead workers during 2007. AFP PHOTO/Elmer MARTINEZ (Photo credit should read ELMER MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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German NATO-led peacekeepers patrol in the town of Prizren, Kosovo, 14 February 2008. Leaders of Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority are expected to proclaim independence from Serbia on Sunday or Monday, the day of a crucial EU foreign ministers meeting that will discuss the issue. Kosovo has been run by the United Nations since mid-1999, after a NATO air assault drove out Serbian forces waging a brutal crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanian guerillas and their civilian supporters

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A Serbian army guard of honor with a national flag salute during a Statehood Day ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, on mount Avala, near Belgrade, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. Serbia's government on Thursday denounced any unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence _ expected within days _ as "invalid and void." Serbia issued the defiant declaration just days before the province is expected to secede, and hours before the U.N. Security Council was to meet at Belgrade's request to discuss Kosovo. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

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Government soldiers stand in formation at the Philippine Army headquarters, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, in Taguig City south of Manila, Philippines, amid a massive protest action against the involvement of high government officials on corruption charges. The protest, which blocked a major thoroughfare, came a day after the military said intelligence reports indicated communist rebels may infiltrate the rally. The military went on high alert after officials revealed an alleged plot by the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group and its Indonesia-based ally, Jemaah Islamiyah, to assassinate President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and attack embassies.(AP Photo/Pat Roque)

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Indian policemen stand near the bodies of suspected militants at a police headquarters in Pulwama village, some 35 kilometers, (22 miles) from Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. Two suspected Islamic rebels belonging to Lashkar-e-Tayyaba were killed in an overnight gunbattle with government forces in the Indian controlled portion of Kashmir, police said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Australian soldiers stand guard in Dili, East Timor Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. East Timor prosecutors said Friday they issued arrest warrants for 12 suspects in the attacks on the country's top two leaders, while Australia's prime minister visited the tiny nation to show support. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

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A Sri Lanka Air Force soldier stands alert as others take part in a passing out ceremony at Katunayake Air Force Camp some 31kms south of Colombo, February 15 2008. Sri Lankan war planes have carried out bombing raids on a training camp of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Sri Lankan government last month officially pulled out of an already moribund truce with the rebels, who have fought for more than three decades for an independent ethnic homeland in the Sinhalese-majority island of 19.5 million people. AFP PHOTO/Sanka VIDANAGAMA (Photo credit should read SANKA VIDANAGAMA/AFP/Getty Images)

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East Timorese policemen patrol as Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao hold talks with his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd in Dili on February 15, 2008. Rudd, who arrived earlier in the morning on a quick one-day visit, vowed that his nation's troops would stay in East Timor as long as needed, following assassination bids on the president and prime minister this week. AFP PHOTO/Gary Ramage/POOL (Photo credit should read GARY RAMAGE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Australian troops prepare before taking part a security patrol in Dili on February 15, 2008. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who arrived earlier in the morning on a quick one-day visit, vowed that his nation's troops would stay in East Timor as long as needed, following assassination bids on the president and prime minister this week. AFP PHOTO/Bay ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Indian police detain Shakeel Bhat (C) during a demonstration in Srinagar on February 15 2008, held to denounce the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Danish police said on February 12, that they had arrested several people suspected of planning to attack one of the cartoonists who drew controversial caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed for Denmark's biggest daily in 2005. AFP PHOTO/Rouf BHAT (Photo credit should read ROUF BHAT/AFP/Getty Images)

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Filipino army soldiers from the 1st Armour Cavalry, Light Armour Division arrive at the military headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, east of Manila, Philippines, 15 February 2008. Additional troops were dispatched to the Philippine capital today ahead of an anti-government protest to demand President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's resignation amid persistent allegations of corruption. A group of 100 soldiers arrived at the military's headquarters in Manila from the northern province of Tarlac to augment security operations for the demonstration later today . The last photo is of Philippine Presidential security.

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