Posted on 01/27/2013 1:06:18 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
The image was taken innocently enough: A landing helicopter kicked up a dust storm as French soldiers moved toward Niono, in northern Mali, an area held by al-Qaida-linked militant groups.
The soldiers pulled on their goggles to protect their eyes from the dust. One soldier pulled up a black bandana -- with a white skeleton face printed on it -- over his nose. Behind him, light beamed through tree branches, creating an otherworldly image -- the soldier looked like a skeleton in French military fatigues.
Photographer Issouf Sanogo of the Agence France-Presse news agency and Yann Foreix of Le Parisien were drawn to the soldier, whom they photographed. The bandana is an accessory sold for fans of the violent military game “Call of Duty.” At first glance, the soldier bears eerie resemblance to the character Ghost from the video game.
Two days after the images were published in newspapers and news sites across Europe, French military officials have announced that they aren’t pleased with the image, according to newspaper Liberation in Paris.
(Excerpt) Read more at photoblog.nbcnews.com ...
What’s with the keffiyeh?
They are cool!
Bell suddenly decided to stop being boring as hell and came out with this
http://www.bellhelmets.com/powersports/helmets/street/rogue
A few artistic modifications would render it fairly “Mad Max”.
:)
Well, a good question - a keffiyeh or as we called it, a Shemagh, is to protect the wearer from sun, sand storms, and wind - but will not protect the wearer from .50cal rds, Joint Direct Attack Munition, Guided Bomb Unit, or any other direct or indirect explosive, to include a suicide vest, if the wearer so chooses to accessorize his head gear.
in addition to the goggles protecting their eyes from the dust ....
is no different from what I've seen kids dress up like for Halloween ...
http://compare.ebay.com/like/290671044957?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar
I have two Neoprene mask versions that are great in cold and rain.
I agree, it’s cool looking.
Funny. The Frenchies didn’t get this worked when Ferdinand Porches little invention was tooling around La Belle France flying the swastika.
Awesome picture!
OH Yeah I hear about that on BBC news America over the weekend
Okay maybe France is not goof target anymore online or the jokes LOL!
OH Yeah I hear about that on BBC news America over the weekend
Okay maybe France is not goof target anymore online or the jokes LOL!
Maybe they would have preferred a Hello Kitty balaclava?
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