Posted on 09/24/2002 11:50:08 PM PDT by Snow Bunny
Thank you for the lovely flowers, you are true gentlemen! Have a great day!
U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division search through documents in a compound found to be hiding weapons, Monday, Sept. 23, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan. As the efforts approach the one year anniversary, U.S. and coalition forces continue operations in Afghanistan aimed at eliminating remaining al-Qaida and Taliban forces. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division take a local Afghan suspected of sheltering al-Qaida members into questioning, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan. As the efforts approach the one year anniversary, U.S. and coalition forces continue operations in Afghanistan aimed at eliminating remaining al-Qaida and Taliban forces. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division look through a box of confiscated hand grenades from a house suspected of sheltering al-Qaida members, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan.
After the search of a compound, U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division take a local Afghan suspected of sheltering al-Qaida members into questioning, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan.
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U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division cuff a local Afghan suspected of offering shelter to al-Qaida members at his home, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan.
A U.S. Army soldier of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division secures a compound suspected of holding armaments as a boy tending his goats looks on, Monday, Sept. 23, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan
A villager is searched after U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division found weapons and a picture of Osama bin Laden at his home, Monday, Sept. 23, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan.
An Afghan man stands by as U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division search a room in a village compound found to be hiding artillery, Monday, Sept. 23, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan
FIENDS' TORTURE CHAMBERS (Saddam & Sons)
Saddam, with sons Uday, left, and Qusay, right, has put a command structure in place that transfers to Qusay the authority to use weapons of mass destruction.
September 25, 2002 -- WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein and his evil sons operate a network of torture chambers in which thousands of Iraqis are kept in small metal boxes, have their tongues cut, and get their hands mutilated with electric drills, according to a British intelligence report released yesterday.The shocking allegations, contained in the 50-page dossier presented to parliament by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, say repression in Iraq is so pervasive that 40 members of Saddam's own family including women and children have been put to death because of suspected plotting against his regime.
U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division make radio communications after finding hidden weapons and artillery during a patrol through a village, Monday, Sept. 23, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan.
Afghan men stand by as U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division search rooms in a village compound found to be hiding artillery, Monday, Sept. 23, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan.
A U.S. Army soldier of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division lets an Afghan local win during a friendly hand wrestle during a patrol on the outskirts of a village, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan.
U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division walk a patrol through a river on the outskirts of a village, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan.
U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division rest against a wall as another views a confiscated Pakistani flyer with a picture of Osama bin Laden, Monday, Sept. 23, 2002, at a suspected compound in the southeast region of Afghanistan
A U.S. Army soldier of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division gives a young Afghan boy his pen during a patrol on the outskirts of a village, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan
U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division secure the outer walls of a compound suspected of holding armaments as a young boy tending his goats looks on, Monday, Sept. 23, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan.
U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Panther 82nd Airborne Division stand guard on the tarmac of a forward military base during sunset, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002, in the southeast region of Afghanistan
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