YOU GOTTA SEE THIS ! (08/23/04)

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[ChadGore]

Silhouette of a US Marine in Iraq (news - web sites). A US military tribunal began hearing the court-martial of a US Marine reservist accused of assaulting an Iraqi prisoner who later died.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)

A U.S. soldier escorts an unidentified insurgent, captured in central Iraq (news - web sites) August 21, 2004. A U.S. military aircraft and ground artillery launched several strikes on suspected Shi'ite militant positions in the besieged southern city of Najaf late Monday, Reuters witnesses said. At least 12 blasts were heard in the city as an AC-130 plane was heard circling above. Photo by Reuters (Handout)

Smoke is seen rising near the Imam Ali shrine as militants loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fight with U.S. and Iraqi forces in fierce battles in the besieged city of Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites) Monday Aug. 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hussein)

A U.S. Army Bradley armored vehicle rolls over brickwork during a cordon operation in the southern Iraq (news - web sites) city of Najaf, August 23, 2004. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Smoke rises past a mosque in the southern Iraq (news - web sites) city of Najaf after a building caught fire due to a shelling attack by U.S. forces August 23, 2004. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

A plume of smoke rises over the skyline of the besieged city of Najaf, Monday Aug. 23, 2004. Monday was marked by explosions and gunfire near a revered shrine in Najaf, as the U.S. military stepped up pressure on the insurgents to quickly hand over the holy site to Shiite religious authorities. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

A plume of smoke rises over the skyline of the besieged city of Najaf, Monday Aug. 23, 2004. Monday was marked by explosions and gunfire near a revered shrine in Najaf, as the U.S. military stepped up pressure on the insurgents to quickly hand over the holy site to Shiite religious authorities. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit fight against militiamen loyal to radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr in Najaf. US planes pounded Najaf's cemetery and historic centre near the Imam Ali shrine, dimming hopes of a peaceful end to a near three-week stand-off between US-led Iraqi troops and Shiite militia.(AFP/DOD)

Smoke billows over the holy Shiite city of Najaf near the shrine of Imam Ali (golden dome R). US planes pounded Najaf's cemetery and historic centre near the Imam Ali shrine, dimming hopes of a peaceful end to a near three-week stand-off between US-led Iraqi troops and Shiite militia.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Michael Georgy of Reuters, front left, and the BBC's Kylie Morris, front right, are followed by other members of the media as they run for cover from the Imam Ali Shrine area in the besieged city of Najaf, Monday Aug. 23, 2004. Monday was marked by explosions and gunfire near the revered shrine, as the U.S. military stepped up pressure on the insurgents to quickly hand over the holy site to Shiite religious authorities. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

A U.S. Army Bradley fighting vehicle patrols near the ancient cemetery in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday Aug. 23, 2004. Sporadic, but heavy fighting continued overnight and into the day Monday. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

U.S. Army soldiers, left, are reflected in a mirror while fighting from an abandoned hotel during a gun battle with insurgents in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday Aug. 23, 2004. Sporadic, but heavy fighting continued overnight and into the day Monday. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

An aerial bomb descends toward a target in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday Aug. 23, 2004, after two bombs were dropped from high altitudes by U.S. aircraft. Sporadic, but heavy fighting continued overnight and into the day Monday. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

Smoke rises over insurgent targets in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday Aug. 23, 2004, after two bombs were dropped from high altitudes by U.S. aircraft. Sporadic, but heavy fighting continued overnight and into the day Monday. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

U.S. Army soldiers aim through the window of an abandoned hotel in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday Aug. 23, 2004. Sporadic, but heavy fighting continued overnight and into the day Monday. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

A U.S. Army soldier stands guard near Iraqis demonstrating outside the so-called 'Green Zone,' which contains the U.S. Embassy, in central Baghdad August 23, 2004. Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators took to the streets of Baghdad denouncing the arrest of a top Hizbollah official in Iraq (news - web sites) by U.S. forces. REUTERS/Akram Saleh

In this U.S. Army handout photograph released on August 23, 2004, Iraqi National Guardsman, Mustafa Adil Jawaad (R) gives instructions to three civilians who were arrested for assaulting two security men at a checkpoint outside U.S. military base near Baquba north of Baghdad, as soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Reconnaissance Team, 1st Infantry Division, look on. REUTERS/US Army/Pfc. Elizabeth Erste-Handout EDITORIAL USE ONLY

In this U.S. Army handout photograph, which was released on August 23, 2004, soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Reconnaissance Team, 1st Infantry Division, provide cover for each other as they head to the roof of an abandoned house to clear it so they can use it for an observation point, near the northern Iraqi city of Baquba. REUTERS/U.S. Army-Handout EDITORIAL USE ONLY

U.S. Army handout photograph released on August 23, 2004 showing Iraqi National Guardsmen subduing three civilians for assaulting two security men at a checkpoint outside U.S. military base near Baquba north of Baghdad as soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Reconnaissance Team, 1st Infantry Division, look on. REUTERS/US Army/Pfc. Elizabeth Erste-Handout

A US tank aims its cannon down an alleyway in the Old City of Najaf. US helicopter gunships pounded positions held by Shiite militiamen near Najaf's Imam Ali shrine overnight, as continued fighting dimmed hope of a peaceful end to the near three-week standoff.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

A U.S. Army Bradley armored vehicle maneuvers during a firefight with Iraqi Shi'ite militia near the edge of Najaf's old town August 22, 2004. U.S. tanks rumbled to within 800 meters (yards) of a holy shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf as fierce clashes with Shi'ite rebels in a nearby town killed at least 40 Iraqis, officials said. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)

U.S. journalist Micah Garen is shown in this undated identification photo. Garen, who was kidnapped in Iraq (news - web sites) more than a week ago, was released Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004, in the southern city of Nasiriyah. Garen spoke to Al-Jazeera television late Sunday, confirming his release. Garen was interviewed by telephone by the station moments after an aide to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said the American had been released. (AP Photo/Four Corners Media, HO)

Dick Cheney (news - web sites) is one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history, regarded as a driving force behind the Iraq (news - web sites) war and the Bush administration's industry-friendly energy policy. A longtime Bush family confidant and defense secretary in the first Gulf War (news - web sites), Cheney is a courtly figure who embodies former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's maxim: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Cheney is seen at the Pentagon (news - web sites) in this file photo taken on June 13, 2003. Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters

Iraqi youths look at a puddle of blood on the ground at the site of a suicide car bomb attack targeting the deputy governor of Diayala province in the town of al-Khalis, north of the restive city of Baquba.(AFP/Ali Yussef)

U.S. Army armored vehicles block a highway following an attack near the northern city of Mosul, August 22, 2004. An Indonesian worker and two Iraqis were killed during a road ambush in the northern city of Mosul in which a Filipino was also wounded, Iraqi police said. The Filipino told Reuters he and the Indonesian were engineers working for a unit of German conglomerate Siemens, but a spokesman for the German conglomerate said he had no information yet on the subject. REUTERS/Namir Noor-Eldeen

Catholic Lt. Cmdr. Paul Shaughnessy, a Marine chaplain conducts mass at camp Hotel in the northern area of the besieged city of Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites) Sunday Aug. 15, 2004. As American troops learn to cope with life _ and death _ on a faraway battlefield, a hallowed tradition of military chaplains copes with them, offering prayers, comfort and crucially, spiritual advice that helps keep the U.S. military machine running. 'One of the things that I teach my soldiers from the Bible is that there's a time for war and there's a time for peace,' says Army chaplain Capt. Warren Haggray. 'And there are times that you just have to get out there and fight.' (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)

A U.S. Army soldier lifts up rocket launcher while guarding a cordon of the southern Iraq (news - web sites) city of Najaf's old town, August 22, 2004. U.S. helicopter gunships pounded Shi'ite militias in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday as tanks rumbled to within 800 meters (yards) of a holy shrine at the center of a near three-week insurgency. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

U.S. Army soldiers search a building after moving forward into a position closer to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

A U.S. Army tank commander patrols in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), as troops moved forward into a position closer to the Imam Ali Shrine Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

A U.S. Army Bradley armored vehicle rolls over a broken wall in the southern Iraq (news - web sites) city of Najaf August 22, 2004. U.S. helicopter gun ships pounded Shi'ite militias in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday as tanks rumbled to within 800 meters (yards) of a holy shrine at the center of a near three-week insurgency. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

U.S. Army soldiers search a building after moving forward into a position closer to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

A U.S. Army soldier fires a machine gun during a gun battle with insurgents after moving forward into a position closer to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

A U.S. Army soldier searches a building after moving forward into a position closer to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

A US soldier guards an oil terminal in southern Iraq (news - web sites). A South Oil Company told AFP that oil exports from the south of Iraq are back to their normal level of 85,000 barrels per hour.(AFP/US Navy/File)

An American soldier atop a tank patrols the deserted streets of the besieged city of Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites) Aug. 22, 2004. Militants loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr kept their hold on a revered shrine as clashes flared in Najaf on Sunday, raising fears a resolution to the crisis in the holy city could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Polish Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski left overnight for Iraq (news - web sites) on a mission to assess the political and military situation in the southern zone under Polish command.(AFP/File/Rabih Moghrabi)

A U.S. Army Bradley tank maneuvers during a firefight with Iraqi Shi'ite militia near the edge of Najaf's old town August 22, 2004. U.S. tanks advanced to within 800 yards of the Imam Ali mosque in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday after talks on surrendering control of the shrine at the center of an 18-day siege ran into trouble. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

A U.S. Army Abrams tank re-deploys during a firefight with Iraqi Shi'ite militia near the edge of Najaf's old town, August 22, 2004. U.S. tanks advanced to within 800 yards of the Imam Ali mosque in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday after talks on surrendering control of the shrine at the center of an 18-day siege ran into trouble. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

A U.S. OH-58 Delta Kiowa Warrior Helicopter from Task Force Attack, provides close air support for soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, Bravo Company, New York National Guard, as they sweep caverns and mountain sides during Operation Anaconda Strike II, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, in this photo taken August 17, 2004. U.S. tanks advanced to within 800 yards of the Imam Ali mosque in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday after talks on surrendering control of the shrine at the center of an 18-day siege ran into trouble. Picture taken August 17, 2004. REUTERS/HO/US Air Force/Sgt. Scott

Two U.S. Marines cover each other in opposite directions while searching for Somali gunmen in the former Parliament building in Mogadishu, Somalia, in this Sunday, Dec. 20, 1992 file photo. Still leery because of the fisaco in Somalia a decade ago, the West is reluctant to intervene militarily in African conflicts, afraid of getting mired in a deadly quagmire far from home while already tied down in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Dennis Paquin, File)

U.S. Army soldiers run for cover near the ancient cemetery during a gun battle with insurgents in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

A U.S. Army soldier fires his rifle over a comrade near the ancient cemetery during a gun battle with insurgents in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

U.S. Army soldiers jump through a wall coming out of the ancient cemetery during a gun battle with insurgents in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

A U.S. Army soldier fires his rifle near the ancient cemetery during a gun battle with insurgents in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

Polish soldiers on patrol in Iraq (news - web sites). A Polish soldier was killed and six others wounded in a car bomb attack near Hilla in southern Iraq, a Polish military spokesman said.(AFP/File/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Iraqi Shi'ites cross a main street with their hands up, past a U.S. Army position on the edge of Najaf's old town, August 21, 2004. Rebel Shi'ite fighters were firmly in control of the Imam Ali mosque in the Iraqi city of Najaf, but the whereabouts of their leader, the fiery cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, were unknown on Saturday. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

[ChadGore]

bttt

[ChadGore]

Some of the finest people I know BUMP!

[Mr. Jazzy]

BUMP

[Radix]

Great job of finding and posting images.

Be aware that Reuters and the AP as well as others News sites post terrific images but often they include captions which are little more than left wing propaganda.

In fact many of the captions which accompany the images on line are seriously subversive. They are quite un-American.

[ChadGore]

bttt

[swheats]

Godspeed on the nightwatch.

[sonofatpatcher2]

It isn't John eFing Kerry's military service in Vietnam that counts...

It is what he did when he came home that counts!

[ChadGore]

Re: Be aware that Reuters and the AP as well as others News sites post terrific images but often they include captions which are little more than left wing propaganda.

Agreed ! In fact I really enjoy the other FReeper (wish I could remember his nickname) who use to put the real caption next to these pictures. I just wanted to show some of the worst being taken out by some of the best.

[ChadGore]

It is what he did when he came home that is completely and utterly unforgivable.

Kuck Ferry

[sweetiepiezer]

God Bless Our Troops!!!!!!!!!

[ChadGore]

Re: God Bless Our Troops!!!!!!!!!

From your lips to Gods ears.

[The Mayor]

BTTT!!

Incredible!

[SirChas]

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[ican'tbelieveit]

Diogenesis

[Radix]

I really enjoy the other FReeper (wish I could remember his nickname) who use to put the real caption next to these pictures.

Perhaps you mean Diogenesis. He is quite good at finding excellent images, and posting terrific comments.

He almost always ends his posts with images of the Cosmos which I believe he intends to remind us all that we need to keep things in perspective. He is one of the most popular Freepers of all as I understand things.

The title of your posted thread is a bit of a steal from his trademark title, but I do not think that most FReepers will mind. I cannot speak for anyone other than myself though!

[ican'tbelieveit]

"Silhouette of a US Marine in Iraq (news - web sites). A US military tribunal began hearing the court-martial of a US Marine reservist accused of assaulting an Iraqi prisoner who later died.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri) "

Nothing subversive about this. Fairly overt. What does the trial have to do with this pic?

[rineaux]

the captured milita(freedom fighters) are not being treated well under us captivity. these guys just wanted to kill american soldiers. no harm. someone call the ACLU, Amnesty International, call Skerry. he would fix this.
he wants us to fight a more sensitive and i bet caring war.

[ChadGore]

Diogenesis That's it ! Thank you !

I'd like to apologize to the originator of this thread, the much beloved Diogenesis as I didn't have time to do the proper job with the captions.

Kuck Ferry

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