GOTTA SEE THIS -The War for Enduring Freedom 7/20/02

Yahoo, Reuters, AP and more | 7/20/02

[Diogenesis]

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Enjoyed your post.... here are some observations:

• Too bad the girls and women can't go swimming too. I bet they would enjoy it as well.
• mud houses..... with all due respect to these women, who must employ some very innovative housekeeping techniques, it must be very difficult to keep their clothes and house clean, yet they seem to make a pretty good stab at it. A photo from one of our inner city ghettos would reek of filth.
• Is that Lebanese terrorist/guard, the one in the light blue shirt, picking his nose?
• I wasn't aware that Colen Powell is "pro arab".... just perhaps too "diplomatic" and a bit cacious.
• and lastly.... a note about Ted Williams.... My Father in law, a long time FR lurker (some of you may remember the long FR thread last January honoring him the week we buryed him with full honors at Arlington) was one of Williams Marine flight instructors.

[decimon]

That guy's carrying a Grease Gun?

[IoCaster]

Another great set of pics. Thanks and bump.

[TADSLOS]

That guy's carrying a Grease Gun?

Yeah, I wonder if the safety's on? LOL!

[decimon]

I wonder what a Grease Gun is worth as a collector's item?

Antique hunting in Afghanistan?

[TADSLOS]

Dio, thanks again. Your photos capture reality better and speak louder than any news source can for me.

[piasa]

Methinks someone needs to cut back a little on those humanitarian rations... way too many beans in the diet.

[Prodigal Son]

Thanks for these. I've been missing your GOTTA SEE THIS posts. I liked the pictures of Ted Williams- thanks for posting those up as well.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[glock rocks]

excellent, as always, D. thank you.

[Lady Jag]

Thank you, Diogenesis, once again that is an amazing selection of photos that give us some of the news from around the world. As I view them my mind writes the stories and today's stories aren't too bad, an appreciated breather.

[lsee]

Amazing photos as usual, Diogenesis. Thanks for all you do for the rest of us!

[ppaul]

Thanks.
BUMP

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Bump!!

[McGavin999]

Thanks Diogenesis, what a great mix of pictures. I still have a great deal of hope for the Afghan people. The longer they can live in peace and freedom the harder they will fight to keep it.

[csvset]

I saw this and thought it would be worth posting.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Stephen Rodriguez, of the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, steadily flies his way towards the landing site after a 10-hour flight aboard a U-2 Dragon Lady. The U-2 is classified as a high altitude reconnaissance aircraft. Photo by Staff Sgt. Reynaldo Ramon, USAF

[swarthyguy]

Here are a couple of notable shots,IMO. Hope you don't mind me piggybackig on your thread.

Children injured in a grenades attack on a shantytown near Jammu lie in a bed in a local hospital in Jammu, India, Saturday, July 13, 2002. At least 25 people were killed and more than 30 were wounded when suspected Islamic guerrillas threw grenades at Qasimnagar shantytown before engaging in a gunbattle with security forces. (AP Photo/M.Mahajan)

Paramilitary stands guard at Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir.

A woman constable on duty in Srinagar on July 19, 2002. Security was beefed up in view of the Amarnath Yatra and the visit of British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. (PTI)

In her house, the toilet seat is always in the correct position.

[uglybiker]

Dammit Jamal! I'm trying to attract large breasted American females and you're over there picking your nose!!!
Stay away from me or I'll shove this rocket up your a$$ and send you to Allah at the speed of sound!