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A Pakistani army soldier stands guard by the devastated Marriott Hotel following an overnight suicide bombing in Islamabad on September 21, 2008. Rescuers were set to search the smouldering remains of Islamabad's Marriott Hotel for survivors following a huge truck bombing which left at least 60 people dead and 200 injured. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Get*y Images)

Pakistani Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani (2L) walks with officials after attending a joint session of parliament in Islamabad on September 20, 2008. Newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan would not tolerate violations of its sovereignty following cross-border strikes by the US-led coalition based in Afghanistan. "We will not tolerate the violation of our sovereignty and territorial integrity by any power in the name of combating terrorism," Zardari told a joint session of parliament, as lawmakers thumped their desks in agreement. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Get*y Images)

Slovak soldiers march during the Slovak military parade marking its 15th anniversary in Bratislava on September 21, 2008.AFP PHOTO/JOE KLAMAR (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)

South African spectators watch on September 20, 2008 as military helicopters, pilots and ground troops simulate a warfare scenario in the South African airshow, in Milnerton, on the outskirts of Cape Town. South African President Thabo Mbeki "will step down" after the governing African National Congress (ANC) called for him to leave office, his spokesman said. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Philippine combat troops occupy the Muslim rebel camp in Mount Gurain in Lanao del Sur province located on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on September 20, 2008. The military recently overran two Muslim rebel camps in Mount Gurain that are used as base of wanted Muslim rebel commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Abdurahman Macapaar, also known as Commander Bravo who allegedly led a string of deadly raids on mostly Christian towns in Mindanao last August. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

COLOGNE, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 20: German riot police secure the street after the rally of far right Pro Koeln on September 20, 2008 in Cologne, Germany. The far right Pro Koeln expected for the rally 1500 people. This rally should place as an part of the two days international congress against islam which has been organised by members of the far-right Pro-Koeln. The sympathizer protest against the construction of a mosque in the city. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

bd popeye · Sep 21, 2008

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Iran's armed forces display the country's hardware, in front of a picture of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a military parade ceremony, marking the 28th anniversary of the onset of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that Iran's military will "break the hand" of any aggressor that targets his country's nuclear facilities. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stood guard at the site where a bomb blast destroyed an Islamic school on the outskirts of Quetta. The bomb explosion at the religious school killed five people.
Photo: Banaras Khan/Agence France-Presse -- Get*y Images

Soldier of the German Bundeswehr Army patrol the hills near Faizabad in northern Afghanistan on September 21, 2008.The German Bundeswehr Army has 3,300 troops serving under NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) command in northern Afghanistan which is relatively calm compared to the more volatile south and east where British, Canadian and US troops have borne the brunt of Taliban attacks. AFP PHOTO DDP / MICHAEL KAPPELER (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Get*y Images)

A German Army medic looks after a baby brought in by a local man in Faizabad in northern Afghanistan on September 21, 2008.The German Bundeswehr Army has 3,300 troops serving under NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) command in northern Afghanistan which is relatively calm compared to the more volatile south and east where British, Canadian and US troops have borne the brunt of Taliban attacks. AFP PHOTO DDP / MICHAEL KAPPELER (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Get*y Images)

Flames poured from the six-story Marriott Hotel in Islamabad after a huge truck bomb exploded at its gateway on Saturday evening.
Photo: Farooq Naeem/Agence France-Presse -- Get*y Images

A vast crater, some 40 feet wide and 25 feet deep, lay at the security barrier to the hotel. Witnesses said security guards and their gate posts were buried under a mound of rubble.
Photo: Mian Khursheed/Reuters

Pakistan army troops arrive to conduct a rescue operation at the site of Saturday's massive truck bombing at Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. The bombing devastated the luxury hotel in Pakistan's capital, killing some 40 people and injuring more than 250. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

bd popeye · Sep 21, 2008

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German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) drive their wolf vehicle during a sweep mission with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team on the outskirts of Feyzabad, north of Kabul, September 20, 2008. (Reuters / Fabrizio Bensch) (Afghanistan)

bd popeye · Sep 22, 2008

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Czech Forces in training for duty in Afghanistan.

bd popeye · Sep 22, 2008

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A squad of New Zealand Soldiers with 2nd/1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, Burnam, New Zealand during training at the Joint Multinational Training Center, near Hohenfels, Germany Sept. 18. The New Zealand Army is participating in ABCA's interoperability test.

A donkey hinders the way for ISAF soldiers of the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) patrolling on top of armored vehicles called 'Mungos' on the outskirts of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. Germany has about 3,300 troops serving under the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) command in northern Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

ISAF soldiers of the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) help an Afghan man to get his belongings across a street during a patrol in the town of Taloqan, near Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

ISAF soldiers of the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) pilot an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), called Luna X from a container at their base outside Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Bulgarian army soldiers attend during an official ceremony to mark Bulgaria's Independence day in the town of Varna east from the capital Sofia, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. The Balkan country is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the country's independence from the Ottoman Empire. (AP Photo/Petko Momchilov)

Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police officers, back to camera, look on as Alitalia workers shout slogans at a gathering in Fiumicino airport, Monday Sept. 22, 2008. Italian aviation authorities are checking to see if Alitalia has enough money to keep flying more than a few days. Alitalia administrator Augusto Fantozzi was summoned to a meeting with Italian civil aviation authorities Monday, to see if the airline meets European Union requirements to hold on to its flight license. ENAC president Vito Riggio, was quoted as telling an Italian radio station that unless Alitalia is assured of getting more money in the next three or four days, its license will be suspended. (AP Photo/Umberto Faraglia)

An Afghan man and a National Army soldier pass by an ISAF soldier with the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) inspecting an abandoned former Russian military helicopter outside Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan national Army soldiers carry ammunition as they pass by an abandoned former Russian military depot outside Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Pakistan's top Interior Ministry official Rehman Malik, in a dark suit, pays tribute to Czech Ambassador to Pakistan Ivo Zdarek who was killed in the suicide attack on Marriott hotel with 52 others, at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. A top Pakistani official said the country's leaders were due to dine at the luxury hotel devastated in a weekend bombing, but changed the venue at the last minute. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

An injured Israeli soldiers are moved to an ambulance at the scene of an attack outside Jerusalem's Old City late Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. Thirteen soldiers were hurt late Monday when a Palestinian plowed his car into their group at an intersection near Jerusalem's Old City, police and rescue services said. Jerusalem police commander Ilan Franco said the driver was shot and killed by an army officer who was in the group. Franco said the driver was a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem, apparently acting alone.

Czech army soldiers carry the coffin of Czech ambassador Ivo Zdarek during a ceremony upon arrival to Prague, September 22, 2008. The Czech ambassador to Pakistan was killed in the suicide bomb attack on Islamabad's Marriott hotel, in which at least 53 people died. Pakistani investigators hunted on Monday for clues to who was behind the deadly suicide truck bomb on the hotel in the heart of the capital as troops battled militants in the northwest.

A member of Mexico's Federal Investigation Agency (AFI) stands guard outside a bank in Mexico City September 22, 2008. Mexican soldiers hunting for drug cartels seized a stash of more than $26 million in cash at a house in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, the defense ministry said last week

Wow! If this was in the US this dude would be "cuffed and stuffed"

A machete-carrying supporter of Bolivia's President Evo Morales protests in front of riot police, demanding prison sentence for opposition Pando province governor Leopoldo Fernandez, in La Paz September 22, 2008. Fernandez is being investigated on accusations of genocide in the case of 15 pro-Morales peasants who were killed.

A Philippine police officer escorts demonstrators as they march towards the historic Mendiola bridge near the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law by the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos. The group is demanding justice for the victims of Martial Law and also the human rights victims under the present government of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

bd popeye · Sep 23, 2008

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An Afghan National police officer aims a mock AK-47 assault rifle during a drill with German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the German army camp in Feyzabad, north of Kabul, September 23, 2008.

Police have a tug of war with an activist of the All India Youth Federation (AIYF) that they wanted to arrest, after the activists tried to storm into a cinema hall protesting against obscenity in films and film posters in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008.

These images were taken from the website of Matti Juhani Saari on Tuesday Sept. 23, 2008. Saari whose You Tube postings prompted police to bring him in for questioning opened fire Tuesday Sept. 23, 2008, at his trade school in western Finland, killing 10 people before shooting himself in the head. Witnesses said panic broke out as the Saari entered the school in Kauhajoki, 180 miles northwest of Helsinki, and began firing in a classroom where students were taking an exam.

Police stand guard at the entrance of the Tampere University Hospital in Tampere, western Finland September 23, 2008 where the suspect in the fatal shooting at a vocational school in Kauhajoki was brought to in critical condition. A student shot dead nine people at a school in western Finland on Tuesday before shooting himself, in the country's second school shooting in less than a year, local media and authorities said.

Police use the Finnish Army's armoured personnel carriers to seal the area around a school in Kauhajoki where a student shot dead several people before shooting himself September 23, 2008. The death toll from the shooting, the second at a Finnish school in less than a year, remained unclear and there were conflicting media reports about whether the gunman had survived.

A South Korean Army personnel say farewell to loved ones during a farewell ceremony at a military unit in Gwangju, east of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. South Korea will completely withdraw its remaining troops from Iraq by December, ending five years of military deployment aimed at helping to rebuild the war-torn country.

Kazakh soldiers in a Humvee secure a road during a military exercise at Ili range outside Almaty September 23, 2008. Kazakhstan held joint military exercises with NATO on Tuesday, a move likely to irritate Russia which sees the Central Asian state as part of its traditional sphere of interest.

Soldiers of Belarus' Ministry of Internal Affairs leave the voting booths to cast their ballots in pre-schedule voting at a polling station in Minsk, September 23, 2008. The parliamentary election in Belarus will start on Sunday.

Riot police detain a Greenpeace activist in front of the Energy Ministry building in Ankara September 23, 2008. A total of 37 activists were detained by police after they protested against the Turkish government's plans to build a nuclear power station in the country. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday there was no plan to postpone a tender to build and operate Turkey's first nuclear power plant, scheduled for Wednesday. Turkey has set a deadline of Sept. 24 for bids to build the plant at Akkuyu near Mersin on the Mediterranean coast with a capacity of 4,000 megawatts, plus or minus 25 percent. The sticker on activist's overall reads, "No to nukes".

bd popeye · Sep 24, 2008

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The observer of a German Bundeswehr army CH-53 helicopter of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sits on the back door during a flight from Feyzabad to Kunduz, north of Kabul, September 24, 2008.

The gunner of a German Bundeswehr army CH-53 helicopter of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mans his weapon after landing from a flight from Feyzabad to Kunduz, north of Kabul, September 24, 2008.

An ISAF soldier with the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) observes the situation from the back door during a flight on a German Bundeswehr army CH-53 helicopter from Kunduz to the German base in Fayzabad, northern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008.

An ISAF soldier with the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) uses a picture of his family as a bookmark while he reads during a flight on a German Bundeswehr army CH-53 helicopter from Kunduz to the German base in Fayzabad, northern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008.

Georgian police officers escort in Mtskheta, some 20 kms outside Tbilisi, on September 24, 2008 a Russian army conscript, who was driving a Russian army truck that was seized near the rebel region of South Ossetia. Georgian police said on September 24 they had intercepted the truck containing 100 kilos (220 pounds) of explosives, detonators and Georgian Army uniforms. The location where the truck was stopped is near a "buffer zone" controlled by Russia's military around the Moscow-backed South Ossetia region.

A Georgian police officer shows seized Russian military ammunition in Mtskheta, some 20 kms outside Tbilisi, on September 24, 2008.

Finnish National Police Commissioner Mikko Paatero (L) and Finnish Interior Minister Anne Holmlund attend a press conference in Helsinki September 24, 2008. Finland mourned the dead of its second school shooting in less than a year on Wednesday, and questioned whether it was time to clamp down hard on private gun ownership. Matti Saari, 22, shot and killed 10 people on Tuesday at a vocational school in Kauhajoki in western Finland, days after drawing police attention with online videos of himself at a gun range, and then turned the gun on himself.

An armed member of the Sahwa or Awakening Councils (also called Sons of Iraq), which are made up of mainly Sunni groups who joined the US military in fighting insurgent groups, mans a checkpoint in his neighborhood in central Baghdad on September 24 2008. Iraq's Shiite-led government will assume responsibility for paying 54,000 mainly Sunni militiamen in Baghdad starting next week, in an important test of its commitment to reconciliation, a top general said ealier this week. Until now, the 99,000 Sahwa members nationwide have been paid by the US military. The transfer initially affects the 54,000 Sons of Iraq in Baghdad.

French police stand guard outside the headquarters of pro-Basque independence party Batasuna (Unity) in Bayonne, French Basque Country September 24, 2008. Twelve people were arrested on Wednesday in an operation against members of Batasuna, including their spokesman in France, Xabi Larralde, according to local media.

An Indian paramilitary soldier rests in front of a closed shop during a protest in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. Police used batons and fired tear gas shells Wednesday to disperse violent demonstrators protesting against Tuesday's grenade attack at the residence of a Kashmiri separatist leader.

Manila police district director Roberto Rosales holds bottles of imported milk products inside a store during an inspection in downtown Manila on September 24, 2008. The Philippine Bureau of Food and Drugs ordered an immediate ban on the sale and import of all milk products from China in the wake of a scare over contaminated infant formula. Candies, chocolates, and other products containing milk would also be inspected for possible contamination, the bureau said in its advisory.

bd popeye · Sep 25, 2008

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A cat named 'Ebola' stretches in the German Bundeswehr army soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Toloqan, west of Kunduz, September 25, 2008. Germany has come under pressure from its NATO allies to boost troops levels and transfer soldiers from the north to the more dangerous south of the country to help fight a fierce insurgency by Taliban militants.

A German Bundeswehr army soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) unloads his weapon atop a 'Dingo' armoured vehicle after returning from a mission in the camp in Kunduz September 25, 2008.

An Afghan worker stands near a German Bundeswehr army soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as he keeps watch at a construction site of a girls' school during a mission in Toloqan, west of Kunduz, September 25, 2008.

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol during a mission in Toloqan, west of Kunduz, September 25, 2008.

In photos provided by the U.S. Army Joint Training Command Public Affairs Office on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 shows U.S. and Canadian soldiers during an exercise on Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 at the U.S. Army's Joint Multinational Readiness Center JMRC in Hohenfels, Germany, near the Czech border in eastern Bavaria near the Czech border in eastern Bavaria. Soldiers from the U.S. Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are taking part in the joint exercise of the five English-speaking nations from Sept. 12 to Oct. 5, 2008 designed to help them operate together. The units practice a multitude of situations they'll face once deployed, like extracting targets in door-to-door fighting, dealing with the culture and protocol of Afghan leaders, and how to detect and work around roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices.

A photo provided by the U.S. Army Joint Training Command Public Affairs Office on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 shows Australian soldiers practicing door-to-door fighting on Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 in the shoothouse at the U.S. Army's Joint Multinational Readiness Center JMRC in Hohenfels, Germany, near the Czech border in eastern Bavaria.

ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 25: In this handout photo provided by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), Israeli army general Gadi Shamni tries out the first operational Micro-Tavor, the IDF's new assault rifle September 25, 2008 at an army base in Israel. The Micro-Tavor, which is being introduced into infantry units this week, is the scaled down version of the Tavor, both of which were developed by Israeli Military Industries as the next-generation standard Israel infantry weapon. Both are bullpup assault rifles chambered for 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition and have a selective fire system.

A German Bundeswehr army soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) smokes a cigarette as he reflected in a mirror of his vehicle in the German army camp in Toloqan, west of Kunduz, September 25, 2008.

French soldiers with the LICORNE force in Ivory Coast take part in a training exercise in Man September 24, 2008. French peacekeepers in Ivory Coast are ready if needed to help provide security for long-delayed elections and are keeping a wary eye on restive former combatants yet to disarm, their commander said. Picture taken September 24, 2008.

bd popeye · Sep 26, 2008

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ISAF soldiers with the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) prepare their equipment prior to a patrol on the outskirts of Feyzabad, northern Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008

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German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand near the side where they discovered an illegal weapon cache near the German army camp in Kunduz, September 25, 2008. German army found a large weapon cache of 25 soviet army artillery shells.

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Belgian army EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team member (C) work on the site where German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) discovered an illegal weapon cache near the German army camp in Kunduz, September 25, 2008. German army found a large weapon cache of 25 soviet army artillery shells.

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This photo taken on September 22, 2008 shows South Korea's AH-1S Cobra helicopter firing missiles during a military firepower test at an army firing range in Pocheon, about 70 km northeast of Seoul. South Korean government is determined to steadily build the nation's military might to deter any war on the Korean Peninsula, President Lee Myung-Bak said on September 26, while attending a firepower demonstration.

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This photo taken on September 22, 2008 shows an AH-64 Apache helicopter firing missiles during a military firepower test at an army firing range in Pocheon, about 70 km northeast of Seoul. South Korean government is determined to steadily build the nation's military might to deter any war on the Korean Peninsula, President Lee Myung-Bak said on September 26, while attending a firepower demonstration.

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This photo taken on September 22, 2008 shows South Korea's K1A1 tanks "attacking" during a military firepower test at an army firing range in Pocheon, about 70 km northeast of Seoul. The South Korean government is determined to steadily build the nation's military might to deter any war on the Korean Peninsula, President Lee Myung-Bak said while attending a firepower demonstration.

bd popeye · Sep 26, 2008

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A government soldier fires at Tamil Tiger insurgents in Kilinochchi, about 330 km (205 miles) north of the capital Colombo, September 22, 2008. Picture taken September 22, 2008.

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German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are covered by dust as they sit in a 'Mungo' vehicle during a mission near Kunduz September 26, 2008.

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A German Bundeswehr army soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) looks out of his 'Mungo' vehicle during a mission near Kunduz September 26, 2008.

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German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) monitor an area during a mission near Kunduz September 26, 2008

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German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) monitor a valley during a mission near Kunduz September 26, 2008

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Bhody, a dog trained to search and rescue people, jumps over Colombian Army Sergeant Lenin Ospina during training at a military base in Bogota, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. A group of Colombian and Mexican military soldiers and their dogs attended an International Canine Training Course to learn drug and explosives searching techniques.

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