World Armed Forces Pictures & Videos

KAHUKU, Hawaii (July 26, 2008) A Canadian soldier assigned to 1st Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry aims his rifle in the direction of enemy fire during an assault operation as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. RIMPAC is the world's largest multinational exercise and is scheduled biennially by the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Participants include the United States, Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel N. Woods/Released)

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KAHUKU, Hawaii (July 26, 2008) Canadian soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry board a Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter during an assault operation as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel N. Woods/Released)

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KAHUKU, Hawaii (July 26, 2008) A Canadian soldier assigned to 1st Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry holds a security position during an assault operation as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel N. Woods/Released)

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Indian police officers found at least nine bombs in the city of Surat, three days after synchronized blasts killed 49 people in Gujarat state's main city of Ahmedabad. All of the bombs were defused, including one here planted near Varacha overbridge in Surat, in Gujarat state.
Photo: European Pressphoto Agency

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A soldier from His Majesty The Kings Guards Band and Drill Team of Norway adjusts his headress during rehearsals for the forthcoming Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 30, 2008.

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A soldier plays his bagpipes while marching with colleagues during rehearsals for the forthcoming Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 30, 2008.

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A soldier from His Majesty The Kings Guards Band and Drill Team of Norway uses his roller ski's during rehearsals for the forthcoming Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 30, 2008.

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SALISBURY, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 30: A soldier from the Afghan National Army takes part in a pre-deployment exercise on Salisbury Plain on July 30 2008 in Wiltshire, England. For the past week-and-a-half the service personal have been training alongside 5,800 Royal Marine, Royal Navy, Army and RAF servicemen as they take part in the Mission Rehearsal Exercise on Salisbury Plain prior to deployment to Afghanistan.

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An Iraqi army soldier stands next to a vehicle damaged in a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 30, 2008. A roadside bomb went off Wednesday in east Baghdad, targeting an army patrol, killing one soldier and wounding seven others, police said.

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KANEOHE, Hawaii (July 27, 2008) Indonesian marines conduct a practice weapons cache raid with U.S. Marines assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Thomas L. Rosprim/Released)

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KANEOHE, Hawaii (July 27, 2008) Indonesian marines assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion working with U.S. Marines launch an assault on an enemy stronghold after performing an over the beach infiltration during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. (U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Walter Pels/Released)

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Police women check the belongings of women in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad July 30, 2008. At least 46 people were killed in a succession of bomb blasts since Friday, most of them in the communally sensitive city of Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat.

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Riot policemen stand guard during a protest rally of members of Bolivian Union Workers (COB) against President Evo Morales' government in La Paz, July 30, 2008. Workers pressure government for the approval of new pension law.

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Demonstrator shot a firecracker at riot police near the Legislature building during a protest in central Argentine province of Cordoba July 30, 2008.

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Riot police shield themselves from rocks thrown by demonstrators, unseen, in Cordoba, Argentina, Wednesday, July 30, 2008.

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Riot police officers fire tear gas at demonstrator near the Legislature building during riots in the central Argentine province of Cordoba July 30, 2008. State and union workers have rejected a provincial government initiative to reform a law that would cut pensions higher than 5,000 pesos (US $1,650 ).

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A police officer in full riot gear (R) and a student observe a student demonstration in downtown Santiago July 30, 2008. Students marched through Santiago against a proposed education reform known as LGE or education general law.

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Hard-line nationalists gather as they face anti-riot police during a rally to protest against Bosnian Serb wartime President Radovan Karadzic's arrest on July 29, 2008 in the center of Belgrade. Stone-throwing hooligans clashed in Belgrade on July 29 with Serbian riot police who replied with rubber bullets and tear gas after a rally against the looming transfer of Radovan Karadzic to the UN war crimes court.

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Riot policemen beat up a protester during clashes following an anti-government rally in support of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic in Belgrade July 29, 2008. Police fired tear gas to break up scuffles with youths during a demonstration by hardline Serbian nationalists in support of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Tuesday.

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Riot police arrest protesters following an anti-government rally in support of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic in Belgrade July 29, 2008.

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Palestinian security forces officers loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, scuffle with supporters of Hezb-a-Tahrir, during a demonstration in the West Bank town of Jenin, Thursday, July 31, 2008. The protesters in Jenin are members of the Liberation Party, a global Islamic movement that was founded in 1953 and calls for re-establishing the caliphate, or Islamic state, across the Muslim world. In previous protests, members of the Liberation Party have denounced the moderate Palestinian leaders in the West Bank as infidels, but the movement espouses non-violent change, unlike the Islamic militant Hamas.

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The Maltese Navy helped a man attempting to emigrate to Europe after they were alerted by a tugboat that a boat with immigrants was 50 miles off the coast of Malta in the Mediterranean. A pregnant illegal immigrant died in the morning soon after being rescued by a merchant ship, a Maltese armed forces spokesman said. The Navy rescued about 30 Nigerians and Somalis who tried to make the crossing.
Photo: Agence France-Presse -- ***** Images

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Iraqi soldiers take combat position during a search for insurgents in a rural area south of Baquba, 60 kms north of Baghdad, on August 1, 2008. The Iraqi military backed by US forces arrested five suspects today during an offensive aimed at flushing out Al-Qaeda in the restive northern province of Diyala. The raids took place in the centre of Baquba, where 50,000 Iraqi soldiers and police began a major push against insurgents this week to secure the volatile region.

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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard during a curfew along the street of the troubled area of Swat August 1, 2008. At least 13 people, including two women, were killed in clashes between troops and militants on Thursday in Pakistan's Swat valley, police said, taking the death toll in days of fighting to nearly 50.

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Police officers stand guard in Warangal near the coaches of Gautami Express train which caught fire early Friday morning about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Hyderabad, India, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. At least 20 people were killed, including a pregnant woman, and four were injured in the accident, police said.

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Israeli border police fire tear gas canisters at Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Naalin, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab.

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An Israeli soldier covers an area with his rifle as Palestinian and foreign activists demonstrate against the construction of Israel's controversial separation barrier close to the West Bank village of Nilin near Ramallah on August 1, 2008.

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A soldier from the Reconstruction Task Force provides security for the Deputy Governor and government officials of Oruzgan Province who arrive in a CH47 Chinook helicopter for a Super Shura, a major meeting of community leaders, facilitated by Australia.

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Lt Col Stuart Yeaman, CO RTF 4, escorts NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer and his wife as they fly in to the Baluchi Pass, Afghanistan.
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Soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force together with local Afghans locate the impact area of the 107mm rocket in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.

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A Reconstruction Task Force Combat Engineer begins to clear an area before inspecting the rocket in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.

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Reconstruction Task Force Combat Engineers and Explosive Ordnance Detachment begin to clear an area before inspecting the rocket in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.

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CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 30: Australian Army soldiers from the 8th/12th Medium Regiment attach to the 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery are seen as they check their equipment on July 30, 2008 in Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery as the Army's only parachute light gun regiment, the Airborne Gunners primary role is to provide artillery support to 16 Air Assault Brigade Task Force Helmand during their operations to support the Afghan national Government in its fighting against the Taliban.

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CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 30: A Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter is seen carrying a 105mm Light Gun part of the regimental equipment of the 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery on July 30, 2008 in Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

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Former paratroopers are seen during a minute of silence at the war memorial on Marsovo Pole in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. Paratroopers are an elite unit of the Russian Army, and everyone in the country recognizes their blue berets.

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Former Russian paratroopers march & cheer during celebrations for Paratroopers' Day at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. Paratroopers are an elite unit of the Russian Army, and everyone in the country recognizes their blue berets.

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An Israeli soldier looks on, as blindfolded Palestinians, believed to be Fatah supporters who fled the fighting in the Gaza Strip and crossed into Israel, stand near the Nahal Oz military base on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008.

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An Iraqi soldier walks next to a US Stryker vehicle during a military operation in the city of Baquba, 60 kms north of Baghdad, on August 2, 2008.

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HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (July 29, 2008) The Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Regina (FF 341) steams past Hickam Air Force Base on its way to Naval Station Pearl Harbor after participating in the multinational Rim of the Pacific 2008 exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John J. Mike/Released)

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HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (July 29, 2008) The Chilean Navy frigate CS Almirante Riveros (FF 18) steams past Hickam Air Force Base on its way to Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after participating in the multinational Rim of the Pacific 2008exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John J. Mike/Released)

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NORFOLK, Va. (August 1, 2008) The Italian submarine ITS Salvatore Todaro (S 526) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk to begin a 13-day port visit after participating in Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group. Todaro's participation in JTFEX and follow-on port visit is a historic first for the Italian Navy, representing the first time since World War II that an Italian submarine crossed the Atlantic Ocean westward. (U.S. Navy photo by Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Xander Gamble/Released)

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A policeman gets a blindfolded suspected insurgent off the back of a police vehicle after arriving at a police station in Baquba August 3, 2008. Five suspected insurgents were arrested by Iraqi security forces during a raid in Baquba on Sunday, according to the police.

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A soldier from the 1st Iraqi Army Division is seen next to a humvee as the unit stages for their next mission, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008.

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Indian army soldiers stand guard during a protest in Jammu August 2, 2008. The demonstration was held to protest against the government's backdown from a plan to transfer forest land to erect temporary housing for pilgrims to a Hindu shrine.

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Indian policemen fire teargas towards demonstrators during a protest in Jammu August 2, 2008. The demonstration was held to protest against the government's backdown from a plan to transfer forest land to erect temporary housing for pilgrims to a Hindu shrine.

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A Hamas security member is seen next to a display of weapons that Hamas claim they confiscated from Fatah members, in Gaza city, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. Hamas police on Sunday displayed a large weapons cache it said had been seized from warehouses and underground hiding places near the Hilles compound. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday ordered nearly 200 of his fighters who fled a Hamas raid to return to Gaza from Israel, insisting that his forces must retain a presence in Gaza despite the danger of reprisals from territory's Islamic rulers.

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Masked Palestinian militants from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of the Fatah movement attend a protest against the Hamas movement near the West Bank city of Hebron August 3, 2008. About 30 pro-Fatah Palestinians who fled to Israel after fierce clashes in the Gaza Strip were sent back to the Hamas-controlled enclave on Sunday and the Islamist group said its forces immediately detained them.

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A police officer in Kashmir ran for cover from a Muslim protester throwing stones at him during a demonstration in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Hundreds of Kashmiri protesters clashed with the police as separatists called for a day-long shutdown to protest against alleged assaults on Muslims in the Himalayan state's Jammu region.
Photo: Farooq Khan/European Pressphoto Agency

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A Pakistani Army helicopter worked to rescue people during a flood on the outskirts of Peshawar. Up to 15 people were killed when heavy rains started a flash flood in northwest Pakistan, and hundreds more were forced to abandon their homes, officials said.
Photo: Ali Imam/Reuters

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A woman speaks to diplomats and journalists visiting the village of Upper Nikozi in the Georgian-controlled part of South Ossetia, some 100 km (62 miles) from Tbilisi, as a Georgian soldier looks on August 5, 2008. Georgia on Tuesday denied readying for war in its breakaway South Ossetia region following deadly weekend clashes that have stoked fears of a new war in the volatile Caucasus.

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A soldier stands in front of a portrait of late Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn as the body of the former Soviet dissident lies in state in the Academy of Science in Moscow August 5, 2008. Russia paid tribute to former Soviet dissident Alexaner Solzhenitsyn on Tuesday with all the hallmarks of an official lying in state, while Muscovites lined up to honour the Nobel Laureate.

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Bolivians opposed to President Evo Morales scuffle with police officers as they block the entrance to the airport in Tarija, August 5, 2008. They were protesting against the visit of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and his Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez to the city just days before Morales faces a recall vote on August 10.

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Georgian special police walk near a house that was hit during a recent shootout in the village of Ergneti some 100 km (62 miles) from the capital Tbilisi August 5, 2008. Georgia on Tuesday denied readying for war in its breakaway South Ossetia region following deadly weekend clashes that have stoked fears of a new war in the volatile Caucasus.

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A Georgian special police officer mans a post in the village of Ergneti near the breakaway region of South Ossetia, some 100 km (62 miles) from the capital Tbilisi August 5, 2008. Georgia on Tuesday denied readying for war in its breakaway South Ossetia region following deadly weekend clashes that hve stoked fears of a new war in the volatile Caucasus.

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An Indian policeman throws a stone as colleagues fire teargas shells towards Kashmiri Muslim protestors during a strike in Srinagar on August 5, 2008. Muslim protesters hurling bricks battled police in Indian Kashmir's main city as more protests erupted over attacks on Muslims by Hindus. The attacks on Muslims in Hindu-dominated Jammu region were triggered when officials reneged on a plan to transfer land to a Hindu shrine, plunging Kashmir -- already in the grip of an Islamic revolt -- into new turmoil.

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A police officer stands guard in front of supporters of Jacob Zuma, the leader of South Africa's ruling ANC, at the Pietermaritzburg court August 5, 2008. A South African judge said on Tuesday he would decide next month on ruling party leader Jacob Zuma's bid to have a graft case against him dismissed. The case is the biggest obstacle to Zuma succeeding President Thabo Mbeki after general elections next year, almost certain to be won by the ANC.. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko.

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Riot Police confront and apprehend protestors during a rally against U.S. President George W. Bush's visit in Seoul August 5, 2008. South Korean activists held a mass rally to protest against U.S. President Bush's visit on Tuesday and demanded the two countries scrap a widely criticised beef import deal.

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Philippine National Police Special Action Force members board their truck at the Bicutan police camp outside Manila on August 5, 2008 during a sendoff ceremony for the 338 elite police force to southern Mindanao island to augment anti-insurgency and anti-terror operations. Muslim separatists traded mortar fire with troops in the southern Philippines just hours after the Supreme Court stopped a land deal between them and the government, the military said on August 5

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A woman talks with Italian Army "Folgore" corps paratroopers, on patrol outside the Palestinian embassy in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008. The soldiers are part of a deployment that began Monday in cities across Italy to beef up security and free police officers to investigate crimes at a time when many Italians feel law-breaking has grown to unacceptable levels.

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Protesters clashed with the police during a rally against President Bush's visit in Seoul, South Korea. Mr. Bush is on an Asian tour, visiting South Korea and Thailand before attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Photo: Chung Sung-Jun/***** Images

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