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MORNING

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That is one mesmerizing cat!

[Radix]

Soldiers ask questions Monday about the death of Sheik Mohammed Jadoa al-Janabi, who was killed in Baghdad’s predominantly Shiite Baya neighborhood. Al-Janabi was killed in his home near the mosque.

I am sorry but we cannot let you in without a valid Iraqi Driver's License.

Army National Guard Spc. Jeremiah Jardsek, of Orlando, Fla., helps Federal Emergency Management Agency volunteers stack up ice for victims of Hurricane Ivan on Saturday in Destin, Fla.

 Snowman builders in Florida generally have to work very quickly and the snow is usually kept under wraps until the work is completed.

 

 

Soldiers from Alpha 37 Field Artillery use an M119 Howitzer during a training exercise Friday near the Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The M119 Howitzer is a lightweight 105mm towed weapon. The soldiers are deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

If it is such a lightweight weapon why does it have to be towed?

 

 

Soldiers with C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, conduct a cordon and raid operation in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood on Monday.

The search for WMD leaves no drawer in Sadr City unturned.

Army tanks with 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, provide security for a cordon and search operation in Baghdad's Sadr City on Monday.

Do you think that the photographer is enjoying the view straight down a tank's main barrel?

 

 

Soldiers investigate after a car bomb exploded Saturday while a U.S. military convoy was passing by in Baghdad. Three soldiers were wounded in the attack, the military said.

The daylight fireworks display turned out be a big disappointment.

 

Pitcher Diller Fakhraddin, 16, tosses a fastball Wednesday during his baseball league’s opening day game at Altun Kupri, Iraq.

The "throw a ball like John Kerry" competition attracted a lot of interest.

Capt. Deron Haught, 37, congratulates winning Team Nawruz, as he shakes hand with Ahmed Jager, 14, an infielder, after the opening day game at Altun Kupri, Iraq, Wednesday.

Baseball has been very very good to us.

 

Fans unfurl a giant banner in honor of former Arizona Cardinals safety Pat Tillman during halftime of the New England Patriots vs. Arizona Cardinals football game Sunday at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Tillman, who left the Cardinals to become an Army Ranger, was killed in Afghanistan earlier this year.

Salute!

 

University of Tulsa wide receiver Ashlan Davis, right, is tackled by Navy safety Jeremy McGown in the first half of their game at Tulsa, Okla., Saturday. The Midshipmen beat the Golden Hurricane, 29-0.

Navy is a real powerhouse as they beat Northeastern (my alma mater) and now Tulsa.

 

The second of four crewmen from the tugboat Delta Ranger is airlifted in a basket by a Coast Guard helicopter Sunday in a raging current at Oregon Inlet, N.C. The tugboat became grounded after a larger dredge broke three of its six cable anchors. The stricken vessel was in danger of drifting into the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, a major link between Hatteras Island and the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Perhaps this image can help explain Tonkin's recent infrequent appearances in the Canteen, Hmmm?

 

Navy and Air Force members clean up debris Saturday at the George Washington Dormitory on Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla. Several dorms were damaged by Hurricane Ivan.

The new series Survivor: Pensacola, has begun taping and the contestants in this still here are still trying to make their first fire.

 

A propeller engine lies on the flight line of the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., on Saturday. The engine was torn from a plane by Hurricane Ivan. The museum is home to old war planes, but none sustained major damage.

If having a propeller torn from a plane is not considered major damage, then perhaps that caption writer should go work at CBS.

Tim Thibodeaux is perched precariously atop' Big Tex' as he prepares the 52-foot-tall talking cowboy figure for the opening of the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, Monday, Sept. 20, 2004. Big Tex made his debut in 1952 and began greeting fairgoers in 1953. The 2004 State Fair of Texas runs from Friday, Sept. 24 through Sunday, Oct. 17.

What is the "soup du jour" of the day?