Posted: 3/18/2003 10:59:03 AM EDT
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[img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030317/i/1047914290.3489742930.jpg[/img] Michelle Ullyott (R) and her boyfriend Gavin O'Neill of the Irish Guards embrace on St Patrick's Day in Kuwait, March 17, 2003. The two are based in different camps in Kuwait and were unexpectedly reunited during a St Patrick's Day parade. Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) will hold an emergency meeting of his Cabinet on Monday as diplomatic efforts to avert war against Iraq (news - web sites) seem all but doomed. REUTERS/Mark Richards/POOL [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048014223.kuwait_britain_military_iraq_lwd114.jpg[/img] British soldiers of the A Company, 1st Battalion Light Infantry 2 RTR battle group practice close combat in the searing 40 degree celcius, 104 Fahrenheit heat near the Kuwait-Iraq (news - web sites) border Tuesday March 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Brian Roberts, News of the World/Pool) [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030318/i/1048010393.3489767489.jpg[/img] U.S. Marines in combat gear take position during a last minute exercise in the desert in northern Kuwait near the border with Iraq (news - web sites), March 18, 2003. The U.S. military has detected 'scattered' signs that some Iraqi army units in southern Iraq will lay down their arms rather than oppose a looming invasion by American and British troops, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030318/i/1048009786.4160806987.jpg[/img] U.S. Marines pack the Stars and Stripes flag in their desert base in Kuwait while preparing for a possible attack on Iraq (news - web sites), March 18, 2003. The U.S. military has detected 'scattered' signs that some Iraqi army units in southern Iraq will lay down their arms rather than oppose a looming invasion by American and British troops, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030318/i/1048009593.4228202603.jpg[/img] An RAF ground creman known as a 'liney' pulls the safety pin from a sidewinder missile on a British Harrier GR7 as final arming of the aircraft is carried out in Kuwait prior to its mission over southern Iraq (news - web sites) March 18, 2003. US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) started the countdown to war on Monday evening, in a speech giving Saddam 48 hours to quit Iraq or face invasion from 280,000 troops in the Gulf region poised for war. Saddam on Tuesday poured scorn on the ultimatum, his cabinet vowing to repel 'invading aggressors. REUTERS/Russell Boyce [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048009536.kuwait_us_army_iraq_jbm108.jpg[/img] Troops from the Army's A Company 3rd Battalion 7th Infantry Regiment tear down their camp in the desert of western Kuwait Tuesday, March 18, 2003. Monday night President Bush (news - web sites) gave Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and his sons 48 hours to leave Iraq (news - web sites) or face military action.(AP Photo/John Moore) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048007819.kuwait_britain_military_iraq_lon112.jpg[/img] A line up of brothers in the British 2nd Royal Tank Regiment Battle Group, pose on the Iraq (news - web sites)-Kuwait border, Tuesday, March 18, 2003. From left front row, Sgt Jim Liddy, 32, and brother Sgt Jason Liddy from Sunderland, LCpl Mark Stesil, 22 and Iain from Doncaster, Lance Cpl. John Saxby, 23, and brother Sgt Karl, 32 from Hull, Sgt Richard Elson and brother Sgt Maj Jeff Elson, 35, from Cornwall, Cpt Simon Ridgway, 26, and Cpt Nick, 25, from Devon, Pvt Dale Kendrick, 20, and Tpr Alex, 19, from Plymouth, TprMark Layer, 22, and Pvt Gareth, 21, from Cornwall, Pvt Whiting, 18, from Darlington (brother Darren in hospital) Cpl Dave Dymock 22, (brother Mick, 23, in hospital). (AP Photo/Brian Roberts, Pool) |
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[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20030318/mdf234601.jpg[/img] A US army engineer adjusts a flag on his vehicle as his company cleared their camp ready to move into the desert outside Kuwait City, March 18, 2003. The U.S. military has detected 'scattered' signs that some Iraqi army units in southern Iraq (news - web sites) will lay down their arms rather than oppose a looming invasion by American and British troops, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048007806.kuwait_britain_military_iraq_lwd109.jpg[/img] British Scimitar light armoured vehicles from the Queen's Dragoon Guards take up positions in the northern Kuwaiti desert, close to the Kuwait-Iraq (news - web sites) border, late Tuesday, March 18, 2003.(AP Photo/POOL, Simon Walker) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048004852.kuwait_britain_military_iraq_lwd101.jpg[/img] British soldiers of A company, 1st Battalion Light Infantry battle group, practice trench clearance near the Iraq (news - web sites)-Kuwait border, Tuesday, March 18, 2003. President Bush (news - web sites) gave Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) 48 hours to leave the country or face war. (AP Photo/Brian Roberts,News Of The World,Pool) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048005291.kuwait_britain_military_iraq_lwd107.jpg[/img] A British soldier fires a POMINS during training in the Kuwait desert, Tuesday March 18, 2003, while preparing for a possible war against Iraq (news - web sites). POMINS is a portable mine-neutralization system, which can clear a path 54 yards long, and over a foot wide through anti-personnel minefields and or barbed wire entanglements. (AP Photo/ Tom Whitehead/Pool) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048005274.topix_kuwait_us_military_iraq_jbm103.jpg[/img] Under a full moon at dawn, a soldier from the U.S. Army's A Company 3rd Battalion 7th Infantry Regiment walks past a line of Bradley fighting vehicles Tuesday, March 18, 2003. Earlier, President Bush (news - web sites) gave Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) 48 hours to leave Iraq (news - web sites) or face military action. A company, along with thousands of other U.S. troops, has been in Kuwait for almost four months waiting for war. (AP Photo/John Moore) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048002647.kuwait_military_iraq_xits104.jpg[/img] A Combat Vechicle crewman with the U.S. 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stands on M-1A1 Main Battle Tank in the sunset in the Kuwait desert, near the Iraqi border on Tuesday, March, 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048001989.kuwait_britain_military_iraq_lwd106.jpg[/img] British soldiers from 131 Independent Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, practice their bridge building skills in the Kuwaiti desert, Tuesday March 18, 2003. The troops could be one of the first units into Iraq (news - web sites) in the event of war, if their bridges are used to cross anti-tank ditches at the Kuwait-Iraq border. (AP Photo/Tom Whitehead/Pool) [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030318/i/1048001482.3221299283.jpg[/img] British soldiers of the 1st Batallion The Parachute Regiment check a target on their live firing range in the Kuwait desert to zero the sights of their weapons in readiness for possible conflict, March 18, 2003. REUTERS/POOL/Chris Ison [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030318/i/1048001411.3288391760.jpg[/img] Ammunition is distributed to British soldiers of the 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment at their camp Eagle 2 in the Kuwait desert, March 18, 2003 REUTERS/POOL/Chris Ison [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030318/i/1048001395.3691069520.jpg[/img] Ammunition is distributed to British soldiers of the 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment at their camp Eagle 2 in the Kuwait desert, March 18, 2003. Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) predicted on Tuesday the Iraq (news - web sites) crisis will define the future of world relations. REUTERS/POOL/Chris Iso |
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[img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030318/i/1047999787.4160807002.jpg[/img] An unidentified British paratrooper of 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment wears red-tipped .762 caliber tracer bullets for a general purpose machine gun around his neck, after their distribution to paratroopers at Camp Eagle 2 in the Kuwait desert, March 18, 2003. Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) predicted on Tuesday the Iraq (news - web sites) crisis will define the future of world relations. REUTERS/POOL/Chris Ison [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20030318/mdf234527.jpg[/img] The book 'Bush at War' is seen on the cot of U.S. Army engineer Robert Vennebush at a camp outside of Kuwait City March 18, 2003. U.S. troops in the Kuwaiti desert packed their gear and made final preparations on Tuesday for an invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) after President George W. Bush (news - web sites) handed Baghdad a 48-hour war ultimatum. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1047999001.kuwait_britain_military_iraq_lwd102.jpg[/img] British soldier Pvt. Michael Prosser, 19, of A company 1st Battalion Light Infantry battle group, practices close-quarter fighting in Kuwait near the border with Iraq (news - web sites) Tuesday, March 18, 2003. (AP Photo/POOL, Brian Roberts) [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030318/i/1047998161.2282160237.jpg[/img] Chaplain, Glen Palmer (R), from Bath Maine conducts a service for U.S. soldiers the 2nd Battalion, 70 Armor attached to the 3rd Brigade Combat team part of the 3rd Infantry Division in northern Kuwait March 18, 2003. REUTERS/Peter Andrews [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1047996449.britain_military_iraq_lon108.jpg[/img] An unidentified British Harrier G7 pilot makes the final checks as he prepares to taxi out to the runway in an airbase in Kuwait at the start of his night mission over southern Iraq Monday, March 17, 2003. Aircraft from the United States and Britain are continuing to enforce the no-fly zone over southern Iraq. (AP Photo/Russell Boyce, Pool). [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1047994195.kuwait_britain_military_iraq_lon106.jpg[/img] A soldier from the Queen's Dragoon Guards 3 Commando takes part in training exercises in northern Kuwait Tuesday, March 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Paul Grover, POOL) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1047991431.kuwait_britain_military_iraq_lon105.jpg[/img] Soldiers from the Queen's Dragoon Guards 3 Commando, from left, Sergeant Adrian Smith, Martin Skinner, Chris Glover and David Blackburn of Support Group sit aboard their Spartan armoured vehicle in northern Kuwait, Tuesday, March 18, 2003. They could be in action within days following U.S. President Bush (news - web sites)'s deadline to President Saddam to leave Iraq (news - web sites) within 48 hours. (AP Photo / Paul Grover, POOL) [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030318/i/1047987969.3422806080.jpg[/img] Two US army engineers relax in the shadow of their Humvee after they cleared their temporary camp ready to move in the desert outside Kuwait City, March 18, 2003. U.S. troops in the Kuwaiti desert packed their gear and made final preparations on Tuesday for an invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) after President George W. Bush (news - web sites) handed Baghdad a 48-hour war ultimatum. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1047981092.kuwait_us_iraq_xits103.jpg[/img] A U.S. Marine from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, right, gives security to his colleagues moving on a truck around a camp set up in the desert of northern Kuwait Tuesday, March 18, 2003. The Marines were standing by for a possible war with Iraq (news - web sites). Cause of the smoke rising in the background is unknown. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1047979450.kuwait_us_army_iraq_jbm107.jpg[/img] U.S. Army infantrymen from the A Company 3rd Battalion 7th Infantry Regiment are briefed on Iraqi forces during a squad-level meeting at their encampment in the desert of western Kuwait Tuesday, March 18, 2003.(AP Photo/John Moore) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1047977055.kuwait_us_military_iraq_jbm105.jpg[/img] Spc. Travis Hunter loads armor-piercing depleted uranium-tipped 25mm shells into his Bradley fighting vehicle while preparing for war with Iraq (news - web sites) while in the desert of western Kuwait Tuesday, March 18, 2003. (AP Photo/John Moore) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1047965838.kuwait_britain_iraq_military_kuw602.jpg[/img] British Harrier G7 pilot Squadron Leader Andy Lewis goes through final pre-mission checks as a U.S. A10 plane takes off from their airbase in Kuwait, Monday, March 17, 2003. Aircraft from the U.S. and Britain are continuing to enforce the no fly zone over southern Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Russell Boyce, POOL) |
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[img]http://www.foxnews.com/images/84833/1_21_031803_usmarines_kuwait.jpg[/img] {1st Division Marines carry backpacks near Camp Coyote in Kuwait.} [img]http://www.foxnews.com/images/84833/1_24_031803_usmarines_kuwait.jpg[/img] {Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit take up positions during a drill in the Kuwaiti desert.} |
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And will somebody please give the Marine pulling security a rifle magazine? Yeah, that is puzzling, given that there have been terror attacks on US troops on exercize. I can only suggest that they might be still within the camp perimeter, and they don't get to lock and load untill they roll out the gate. |
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Quoted: sweet pictures. I'm kinda curious who the 7ID guys are, though, since it's made up of national guard brigades. it'd be interesting to know which brigade, so we could tell which state they were from. Not 7th Infantry Division-7th Infantry REGIMENT. Cottonbailers, long part of the 3rd Infantry Division. |
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Quoted: Quoted: sweet pictures. I'm kinda curious who the 7ID guys are, though, since it's made up of national guard brigades. it'd be interesting to know which brigade, so we could tell which state they were from. Not 7th Infantry Division-7th Infantry REGIMENT. Cottonbailers, long part of the 3rd Infantry Division. d'oh! I can't read. color me stupid ArmdLbrl -->[slap]<-- me |
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Not from Kuwait proper but cool: [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030318/i/1048011954.3825631335.jpg[/img] A U.S. Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber takes off on a training flight from the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford air base in Gloucestershire, Britain, March 18, 2003. A fleet of B-52s landed at the base on March 3, as part of Washington's military build-up ahead of a possible war with Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1047998750.britain_us_military_iraq_lmn103.jpg[/img] Two armed U.S. Air Force troopers patrol along the razor wire perimeter fence near parked U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers at RAF Fairford air base in western England, Tuesday, March 18, 2003. The bombers, are parked at the base in preparation for possible war with Iraq (news - web sites), and the razor wire is to keep anti-war protesters off the base. (AP Photo/Max Nash) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030317/capt.1047932566.britain_military_us_iraq_lon830.jpg[/img] A U.S. B-52 bomber leaves for a training flight from the Fairford airbase, England, on Monday, March 17, 2003. (AP Photo/PA,Barry Batchelor) |
| [b]Looking at the pictures brings back a lot of memories. Look at all those young people! I swear you can feel the pride, the honor, the courage and commitment screaming from your computer screen. I share those feelings with them from here. Hurry back home, young people! Fight this good fight! Win this war!! Come back home to America and your respective countries! God Bless All of YOU! [/b] |
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Quoted: [b]Looking at the pictures brings back a lot of memories. Look at all those young people! I swear you can feel the pride, the honor, the courage and commitment screaming from your computer screen. I share those feelings with them from here. Hurry back home, young people! Fight this good fight! Win this war!! Come back home to America and your respective countries! God Bless All of YOU! [/b] Redray- you summed up what I wanted to say perfectly. I truly wish on a regular basis I had memories as such, ashamed I never carved out a few years in my younger days for my country, and my fellow citizens. But breathtaking pictures indeed. In my heart I know those of us home who matter appreciate the sacrifice. I wish sometimes more people here "acted properly", with respect and honor toward each other enhancing what our young people are protecting. |
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[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048017496.kuwait_us_military_iraq_jjx104.jpg[/img] U.S. Marine Pvt. 1st Class Ivan Trevino, of McAllen, Texas, keeps an eye on a group of helicopters, including a CH-53E Sea Stallion, taxiing in to refuel Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at an air base in Kuwait. Trevino is part of the aircraft rescue and firefighters unit. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/thumb.1048017391.kuwait_us_military_iraq_jjx102.jpg[/img] The sun sets behind a U.S. Marine CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at an air base in Kuwait. The 53s, as they are called by the Marines, carry heavy equipment and troops into combat and are considered the Cadillacs of the helicopter fleet. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048017310.kuwait_us_military_iraq_jjx101.jpg[/img] After spending the last few weeks on a ship in the Gulf, U.S Marines with the HMH 465 unload their gear from a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter and head for base camp after flying in Tuesday, March 18, 2003, to an air base in Kuwait. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048017468.kuwait_us_military_iraq_jjx103.jpg[/img] U.S. Marines HMH 462 Sgt. Donald Corraggio, of Kenilworth, N.J., power washes a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter for its monthly wash Tuesday, March 18, 2003, on an air base in Kuwait. The 53s, as they are called by the Marines, carry heavy equipment and troops into combat and are considered the Cadillacs of the helicopter fleet. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030318/capt.1048017639.kuwait_us_military_iraq_jjx105.jpg[/img] Two CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters stop for refueling after landing Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at an air base Kuwait. The 53s, as they are called by the Marines, carry heavy equipment and troops into combat and are considered the Cadillacs of the helicopter fleet. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) |
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Quoted: [url]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030318/i/1047987969.3422806080.jpg[url] That is sooo hot. Chicks in a combat zone? WTF? WAY TOO COOL! When we beat the crap out of Saddam Huissen, we should make him surrender his sword to a female general, won't that look bad in a country where women is neither seen nor heard. |
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I think a female general is the wrong person for saddam to surrender to. *maybe* a major, but a captain or lieutenant sounds appropriate. especially if she's of arabic descent. yeah, I think making him surrender to an arabic-american female junior officer sounds good, since there's probably a rule somewhere saying you have to surrender to an officer. |
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Quoted: ok... everytime you say "why are they wearing woodland" or "what good is a green flak with desert cammies" you make yourself look like a dumbass...dont do it the following message was for all hands Those wearing woodland camo can huddle together and make it look like an oasis. |
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[img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030319/i/1048098856.2617704492.jpg[/img] A Roman Catholic chaplain gives the holy blessing to U.S. Marines in a desert base in northern Kuwait, March 19, 2003 after what may be the last mass the men will hear before they go into combat. With Iraq (news - web sites) defiant, units of a U.S.-led invasion force have moved into position for a war to oust President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) that could be less than a day away. Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030319/i/1048091225.1007435892.jpg[/img] Soldiers uncover a consignment of bombs under the wing of a U.S. B-52 bomber at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, Britain, March 19, 2003. The activity comes as U.S.-led forces moved into the demilitarized zone on the Iraq (news - web sites)-Kuwait border. REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030319/capt.1048091229.kuwait_us_marines_iraq_xits102.jpg[/img] U.S. Marines M-1123 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, drive across the desert in Kuwait, near the Iraqi border in preparation for possible against Iraq (news - web sites) Wednesday, March 19, 2003. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) |
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[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030319/capt.1048091595.kuwait_us_military_iraq_jbm108.jpg[/img] Tank crews from the Alpha Company 4th Battalion 64 Armor Regiment waive their pistols and a tank shell in the air while performing a 'Seminole Indian war dance' before convoying to a position near the Iraqi border Wednesday, March 19, 2003. The commander of the 3rd Infantry Division Maj. Gen. Buford Blount III., ordered his troops to reposition to locations near the border as Predisent Bush's deadline for Saddam to leave Iraq (news - web sites) approached.(AP Photo/John Moore) |
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[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030317/capt.1047908985.kuwait_us_army_iraq_jbm103.jpg[/img] Spc. Steve Beaman, 21, from Gretna, Neb. loads a Javelin heat-seeking anti-tank missile onto his humvee while in the desert of western Kuwait, Monday, March 17, 2003. The Javelins are a new addition to the Army's weaponry as troops make final preparations for possible war with Iraq (news - web sites). Beaman is an Army scout with the 4-64 armored battalion.(AP Photo/John Moore) New toys being handed out! |
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[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030317/capt.1047909055.kuwait_us_army_iraq_jbm101.jpg[/img] U.S. Army Spc. Jaime Tielbar, 20, from Waukon, Iowa coughs from the dust while holding his teddy bear Sgt. Theodore at a temporary camp in the desert of western Kuwait, Monday, March 17, 2003. Tielbar's fiancee mailed him the bear in January from home. U.S. forces continue awaiting orders for possible war with Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/John Moore) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030317/capt.1047909540.kuwait_us_army_iraq_jbm109.jpg[/img] U.S. Army infantrymen from the A Company 3rd Battalion 7th Infantry Regiment, including Spc. Jaime Tielbar, 20, from Waukon, Iowa, left, are briefed on Iraqi forces during a squad-level meeting at their encampment in the desert of western Kuwait Monday, March 17, 2003. U.S. forces are awaiting orders for possible war with Iraq (news - web sites).(AP Photo/John Moore) [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030319/capt.1048110284.mideast_israel_iraq_tlv104.jpg[/img] Israeli woman and her son dressed up as a soldier watch Patriot anti-missile systems deployed in a joint U.S and Israeli military outpost in Jaffa south of Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday March 19, 2003. Israel is '`100 percent' prepared for the remote possibility of an Iraqi attack, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) told a special Cabinet meeting Wednesday, as the military completed the callup of 11,000 reservists and civilians sealed rooms in their homes against chemical or biological weapons. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi) |