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bd popeye · Feb 16, 2008

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Irish forces in training for duty in Afghanistan.

bd popeye · Feb 17, 2008

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Presidential security personel stand on guard as Philippine President Gloria Arroyo (unseen) attends a ground breaking ceremony for a U-turn fly over for vehicles, in Manila on February 15, 2008. Security officials revealed on February 14 that they recently uncovered a plot by suspected Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic militants to assassinate Arroyo, but this was unrelated to the rally. AFP PHOTO/Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Armed policemen on motorcycle patrol outside a hotel in Manila's financial district in Makati where President Gloria Arroyo addresses an economic forum on February 15, 2008. AFP PHOTO/ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Policeman stands guard at a check point along a street in Manila on February 15, 2008 as part of security alert. Military forces in the city are on red alert for the rally called by opposition parties in the financial district of Manila to press for the ouster of Arroyo over renewed allegations of corruption. Security officials also revealed on February 14 that they recently uncovered a plot by suspected Al-Qaeda linked Islamic militants to assassinate Arroyo, but this was unrelated to the rally. AFP PHOTO/JES AZNAR (Photo credit should read JES AZNAR/AFP/Getty Images)

LAHORE, PAKISTAN - FEBRUARY 17: Army Rangers patrol the streets of Lahore on the eve of national elections, February 17, 2008 in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistani national elections will take place tomorrow after months of political and civil turmoil. (Photo Warrick Page/Getty Images)

An Iraqi Army soldier stands guard as a group Iraqi students carry a giant national flag during a march to the holy city of Karbala in advance of the Arbaeen ceremonies marking 40 days after Ashura on February 16, 2008

Indian Army officer looks at Israeli UZI sub-machine 9 mm guns at the Israel defence stall at the international DefExpo 2008 defence fair, in New Delhi on February 16, 2008. India kicked off South Asia's largest defence fair, with hundreds of global weapons firms offering their latest hardware to the country's technology-hungry military. About 450 weapons companies from 30 countries are present at the four-day "DefExpo" in New Delhi, with several big-ticket announcements expected. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images)

An Indian Army officer inspects an Israeli Tauor Assault Rifle Tars 5.56 mm at the Israel defence stall at the international DefExpo 2008 defence fair, in New Delhi on February 16, 2008.

Indian army soldiers walk past Brahmos missiles on display at the inaugural ceremony of the international DefExpo 2008 defence fair, in New Delhi on February 16, 2008. The Brahmos missile is a product of an Indo-Russian joint venture known by the same name.

Special Forces of the Serbian army demonstrate their capabilities during a public exercise in Nis, 200km south of capital Belgrade, on February 15, 2008. A celebration, the Day of the Serbian Armed Forces titled Sretenje 08, was held at the barracks in Nis today.

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard by an election billboard bearing an image of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in Karachi on February 16, 2008. Pakistani politicians launched a final push for votes as Islamist militants blew up a polling station in an attack that raised new fears for the security of next week's elections. AFP PHOTO/ Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images)

A National Force soldier stands guard behind a barricade at one of the entrances of the shantytown complex Alemao, in the north of Rio de Janeiro on February 15, 2008. Alemao is one of the shantytowns that will be benefited with rebuildings as part of the PAC (Programme to Accelerate Development). President Lula da Silva will visit the slum on February 27. AFP PHOTO/ANTONIO SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · Feb 18, 2008

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Ethnic Albanians braved freezing temperatures and heavy snow in Pristina to dance in frenzied jubilation. The celebrations marked a turning point in the history of the breakaway province, which 10 years ago this month saw the beginning of a conflict with Serbia that in 1998 and 1999 killed an estimated 10,000 civilians, many of them Albanians.
Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse -- ***** Images

The spirit of exaltation in Pristina contrasted sharply with the despair, anger and disbelief that gripped Serbia and the Serbian enclaves of northern Kosovo. In this picture, Serbian riot policemen blocked a street during clashes with protesters in front of the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.

Serbian police officers arrest a man after a protest rally against Kosovo's independence, in Belgrade, Serbia, on Monday, Feb. 18, 2008.

The Singapore Armed Forces Black Knights fly their F-16s in formation during an aerobatic Flying Display rehearsal in Singapore, a day before the start of the Singapore Airshow.

New Iraqi National Police march & cheer during a graduation ceremony some 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Najaf, central Iraq, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. Some 500 policemen went through an eight week course.(AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

Palestinian militants from the Popular Resistance Committees hold up representations of the Danish flag with a shoe stuck to it, a sign of disrespect, during a protest rally in Gaza City, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. Dozens of militants of the Popular Resistance Committees protested Monday against Danish newspapers reprinting a cartoon lampooning the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

A bodyguard of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif holds his weapon as he makes way for the convoy as he arrives to a pooling station in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 18, 2007. Pakistanis voted Monday for a new parliament in elections shadowed by fears of violence and questions about the political survival of President Pervez Musharraf, America's key ally in the war on terror. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Youths watch police officers stand guard outside of a building in Villiers le Bel, north of Paris, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. More than 1,000 police raided housing projects outside Paris in an early morning sweep Monday, in a bid to find rioters who led an outburst of violence here last year.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

East Timorese soldiers stand guard in front of the government office in Dili, East Timor's capital, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. President Jose Ramos-Horta made steady progress Monday toward a full recovery from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a week earlier, a spokesman said. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Republic of the Philippines Armed forces chief General Hermogenes Esperon (L) turns over machine guns to army commander Lieutenant General Alexander Yano (R) during a turnover ceremony at the military headquarters in Manila February 18, 2008. At least 150 trucks and 2,000 automatic weapons purchased from South Korea suppliers were turned over to the Philippine militlary. AFP PHOTO/ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP/***** Images)

Alex Hopper (L) of Revision Eyewear briefs an Indian Army personnel about High-impact protected spectacles for army during the international defence exhibition "Defexpo 08" in New Delhi on February 18, 2008. India, which will spend 30 billion dollars on military hardware until 2012, has set aside upto nine million dollars for its special forces to purchase sightingl devices that will give soldiers an edge. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/***** Images)

French soldiers serving in KFOR bring concrete blocks to reinforce their check-point on the bridge over Ibar river dividing the southern Albanian populated and northern Serbian dominated part of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, on February 17, 2008. After a night of jubilant celebrations, Kosovo stood ready to become the world's newest state as it prepared to declare independence from Serbia on Sunday with US and European support. AFP PHOTO/ROBERT ATANASOVSKI (Photo credit should read ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/***** Images)

A Belgian soldier for the Kosovo Force (KFOR) patrols on a road on a bridge over the Ibar river dividing the southern Albanian populated and northern Serbian dominated part of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica on February 17, 2008

Finn McCool · Feb 18, 2008

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I didn't know that the Irish Defence Forces were deploying to Afghanistan. I had heard that there was a token Irish presence there but I did not know that there were sending any combat capable units over there, and those troops certainly looked to be training for a combat situation. If they did send some that would be wonderful, NATO could always use more help in Afghanistan and I would like to see the Army of my ancestral homeland help out the Army of my actual homeland.

bd popeye · Feb 19, 2008

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A Swedish soldier from KFOR (NATO-lead peacekeeping Kosovo Force) chats with villagers and pupils from the primary school in Laplje Selo, in the proximity of Pristina, which soon after the classes began received a bomb threat on February 19, 2008. The principal of the school in this Serbian village said that she was informed by UNMIK (UN mission in Kosovo) that a bomb is planted and that the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) team is on its way. The school was immediately evacuated, and as the policemen did not arrive she again informed KPS and KFOR whose teams were searching for the explosive device.AFP PHOTO/ROBERT ATANASOVSKI (Photo credit should read ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

A Lebanese soldier patrols the snow covered streets in the town of Bhamdoun, east of the Lebanese capital Beirut on February 19, 2008, as the country experiences a cold snap. Saudi Arabia warned its citizens to avoid travel to Lebanon in the face of the political instability resulting from the deadlock between the Saudi-backed government and Iranian-backed opposition over the election of a new president. AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH BARRAK (Photo credit should read JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP/Getty Images)

A Thai soldier stands guard during a security check in front of muslim mosque in Yala province on February 19, 2008. More than 2,900 people have been killed since separatist unrest erupted in January 2004 in the south, which was an autonomous Malay Muslim sultanate until mainly Buddhist Thailand annexed it in 1902, provoking decades of tension. AFP PHOTO/Muhammad SABRI (Photo credit should read MUHAMMAD SABRI/AFP/Getty Images)

.Manila Republic of the Philippines...Captured Indonesian terror suspect Mohamad Baehaqi, is escorted by soldiers after military chief General Hermogenes Esperson and army chief Lieutenant General Alexander Yano presented Baehaqi during a press conference at the military headqurters in Manila on February 18, 2008. Esperon said Baehaqi was a Jemaah Islamiyah member who was behind bombings in the southern Mindanao island in 2006 which left at least a dozen dead. AFP PHOTO/ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Nepalese female Armed Police Force units march at the Army parade ground on the occasion of the 58th Democracy Day in Kathmandu, on February 19, 2008. Nepal's sidelined monarch issued a rare statement, calling for peace as the ethnically-tense south of the country entered the seventh day of a violent general strike. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)

Nepalese soldiers march at the Army parade ground on the occasion of the 58th Democracy Day in Kathmandu, on February 19, 2008

US President George W. Bush reviews troops during an arrival ceremony at Kigali International Airport in Kigali, Rwanda, on February 19, 2008. Rwanda is the third stop of Bush's five-nation African tour. He was to visit a genocide memorial in the Rwandan capital and discuss with Kagame the crisis in Sudan's western region of Darfur where the Bush administration says a "genocide" is being carried out. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

In this picture taken on February 2, 2008, shows Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) attending a ceremony at Kandahar airbase. A suicide attacker has exploded a car bomb near Canadian troops in the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak on February 18, killing 35 civilians, a provincial governor told AFP. "The suicide attacker detonated near a Canadian military convoy. In the attack 35 civilians were killed, 27 civilians were wounded and also three Canadian troops were wounded," Kandahar governor Asadullah Khalid said. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

Italian Carabinieri look on during a graduation ceremony for Iraqi National Police from an eight-week training course administered by the Italian Carabinieri at a military base in Baghdad on February 19, 2008. The graduating police are the second class of students to pass through the gendarmerie-type training course provided by the Carabinieri. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi National Police march during a graduation ceremony from an eight-week training course administered by the Italian Carabinieri at a military base in Baghdad on February 19, 2008. The graduating police are the second class of students to pass through the gendarmerie-type training course provided by the Carabinieri. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · Feb 20, 2008

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The Worlds armed forces & police are on duty now more than ever!

Russian Interior Ministry troops practice removing protestors from a polling station, as one of them holds a placard reading, "Freedom to Kasparov", in Moscow, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. The Interior Ministry troops are set to provide security and order in Moscow and its subway, during the upcoming March 2 presidential elections, in which Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion and opposition party leader, failed to make the ballot. (AP Photo)

Portuguese NATO soldiers patrol in the northern, ethnic Serb dominated, part of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. NATO peacekeepers closed off roads between Serbia and northern Kosovo and armed U.N. policemen guarded smoldering border checkpoints Wednesday as thousands of Serbs protested Kosovo's independence. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

A KFOR soldier from France sits in his armored vehicle while looks at the road connecting Serbia with the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, near Cabra, Kosovo, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008.

Iraqi policemen wait for a treatment in a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. Policemen were among 27 wounded when police discovered rockets primed for firing in the back of a truck which exploded while experts were trying to diffuse them. 15 other policemen died in the blast. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

United Nations Portuguese officers talk to East Timorese boys while standing guard outside the government office in Dili, East Timor, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. Three FBI agents arrived in East Timor on Wednesday to join the investigation into attacks last week on the tiny nation's president and prime minister, officials said. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

A North Korean solider, left, and South Korean soldier stand guard at the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. The main U.S. envoy to North Korea denied that talks aimed at ridding the communist nation of nuclear weapons were at a stalemate, saying Wednesday that the U.S. still seeks a full accounting of Pyongyang's past atomic activity. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

French soldiers serving in the NATO-led peacekeeping Kosovo Force (KFOR) stand at the Serbia-Kosovo border crossing in Jarinje on February 20, 2008

Iraqi Police Commandos from the 1st Mechanised Battalion patrol the road leading to Baghdad airport on February 20, 2008.

A burqa-clad Afghan woman walks past a French soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul on February 20, 2008. The French troops, integrated in the Nato-led force in Afghanistan, are in charge of the security of the north of Kabul and the Shomali plains. Some 500 French soldiers are stationed in the Afghan capital. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · Feb 21, 2008

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French soldiers carried barbed wire at the Serbia-Kosovo border crossing at Jarinje. NATO troops and United Nations police officers secured Kosovo's northern borders to prevent ethnic Serbs from attacking the crossings in protest of Kosovo's independence.
Photo: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Czech NATO soldiers in riot gear provide additional security as Serb protestors, not seen, face Kosovo police at the Merdare border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Hundreds of Serbian army reservists chanting "Kosovo is ours! Kosovo is Serbia!" hurled stones at police and NATO-led peacekeepers as they crossed into Kosovo. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

A Polish KFOR police officer watches a Kosovo Serb bus crossing through a United Nations checkpoint, recently demolished and burnt by angry Kosovo Serbs, in the village of Jarinje, on the Serbia-Kosovo border, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Thousands of angry Serbs were converging on Belgrade Thursday to attend a rally to protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)

Bosnian Serb youths wave Serbian flags as they shout slogans during a protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence, at the main square in the Bosnian town of the Banja Luka, 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

A police doctor gestures from inside an ambulance as alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang line up for a medical revision after their arrests in San Salvador, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Police arrested 23 alleged gang members wanted on homicide charges during the early morning operation. (AP Photo/Luis Romero)

Palestinian and Israeli border police officers argue during a protest against the construction of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Biddu on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. The declared purpose of the barrier is to keep out West Bank attackers, but because it dips into West Bank territory, Palestinians see it as a land grab. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Finn McCool · Feb 21, 2008

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I see my error now, those were "Irish" British Army units. One of them had a small Union Jack on his uniform.

bd popeye · Feb 22, 2008

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Sri Lankan police Special Task Force (STF) motorcycle unit commandos stand guard outside a school in Colombo on February 22, 2008 as part of tightened security following fears of Tamil rebel attacks targetting school children. At least eight civilians died in an air attack in northern Sri Lanka on February 22, Tamil Tiger rebels said after the military announced an escalation of strikes against the rebels. The ministry said war planes stepped up bombing raids inside Tamil Tiger-controlled territory a day after intense ground battles left at least 95 people dead. According to the defence ministry, some 1,450 rebels have been killed so far this year. The military estimates the rebel strength at 5,000 combatants. AFP PHOTO/Sanka VIDANAGAMA (Photo credit should read SANKA VIDANAGAMA/AFP/Getty Images)

Locals enter a building in El Chorrillo, a dangerous neighbourhood in Panama City, while police stand guard at the entrance where they believe live numerous gang members, February 21 2008

Police inspect the contents of a vehicle in El Chorrillo, a dangerous neighbourhood in Panama City, where much gang activity takes place, February 21 2008. A police task force was sent to El Chorrillo in an attempt to prevent a gang war from breaking out after a gang leader was found dead last weekend. About 100 gangs operate around Panama, 60% of them in the capital, and since the 1990's have gained presence in the world of organized crime, mainly in drug trafficking. AFP PHOTO / Elmer MARTINEZ (Photo credit should read ELMER MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Riot police captured a Bosnian Serb demonstrating in western Bosnian town of Banja Luka, on February 21, 2008. Around 1,000 Serbs protested against Kosovo's independence in their Bosnian stronghold of Banja Luka on Thursday in a show of support for a mass Belgrade rally. AFP PHOTO MILAN RADULOVIC (Photo credit should read MILAN RADULOVIC/AFP/Getty Images)

A policeman looks at packs of cocaine hydrochloride which are burnt on February 21, 2008 in La Paz. 557 kilograms of cocaine from Peru, were seized at a police checkpoint in La Rinconada, 40km from La Paz. AFP PHOTO/Aizar RALDES (Photo credit should read AIZAR RALDES/AFP/Getty Images)

A policeman throws a pack of cocaine hydrochloride on February 21, 2008 in La Paz. 557 kilograms of cocaine from Peru, were seized at a police checkpoint in La Rinconada, 40km from La Paz. AFP PHOTO/Aizar RALDES (Photo credit should read AIZAR RALDES/AFP/Getty Images)

Belgian paratrooper (foreground) serving at KFOR and Kosovo police forces (L/background) secure the area in front of the house of the Kosovo Albanian where large amounts of weapons were found, in the northern part of ethnically divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica on February 21, 2008. AFP PHOTO/ROBERT ATANASOVSKI (Photo credit should read ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi Police Commandos from the 1st Mechanised Battalion patrol the road leading to Baghdad airport on February 20, 2008. A roadside bomb killed an American soldier in central Iraq when it ripped through his patrol vehicle, the US military announced on February 21, 2008. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · Feb 24, 2008

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Turkish commandos return from a combat mission at the Turkey-Iraq border in Cukurca, Turkey, late Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, Turkish F-16 fighters and helicopters flew into northern Iraq on Sunday as elite commandos shake Kurdish rebels in a major ground operation across the borderthat has drawn criticism from the U.S.-backed-Iraqi government and Iraqi Kurdish leaders. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

An Afghan police officer carry the gun of his wounded colleague near the wreckage of a police van after an an explosion in Maiwand, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb 24, 2008. A freshly planted roadside bomb hit a vehicle convoy carrying the governor of Kandahar, killing three police officers and wounding two others, said Governor Asadullah Khalid. He was not hurt in the attack.(AP Photo/ Allauddin Khan)

A column of Iraqi army armored cars protects Shiite pilgrims as they leave Baghdad on their way to Karbala, Iraq, Sunday Feb. 24, 2008, for Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day following the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, one Shi?ism's major figures, who is buried in Karbala. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed )

KFOR soldiers from Denmark look at a Serb checkpoint container being removed by KFOR from the main road between Serbia and the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, near Cabra, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008

Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, parade during the second week memorial of their slain top commander Imad Mughniyeh, as they step on American and Israeli flags, at Abu el-Aswad village south of Lebanon, Sunday Feb. 24, 2008. Mughniyeh was one of the most notorious terrorists in the eyes of the U.S. and Israel because of suicide bombings in the 1980's and 1990's that killed hundreds. But almost nothing was known of his activities during the past 15 years, when he was reportedly deep in hiding. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

An Afghan police man stands guard at a check point in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008

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