A Picture Says 1,000 Words - Page 88

On January 25 2013 08:45 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Says these are Legionnaires but don't think they are.

On January 25 2013 10:25 darthfoley wrote:


2nd picture wtf

French troops gather in a hangar at Bamako's airport in Mali, on January 15, 2013.

Malian soldiers celebrate as they return to Niono, from Diabaly, on January 19, 2013. French troops encircled a key Malian town, trying to stop radical Islamists from striking against communities closer to the capital and cutting off their supply line, a French official said. The move around Diabaly came as French and Malian authorities said that the city whose capture prompted the French military intervention in the first place was no longer in the hands of the extremists.

An carton containing American-made munitions believed to belong to Islamist rebels, in the courtyard of Issa Dembele's house in Diabaly, on January 23, 2013. Dembele said the rebels took over his house when they took control of Diabaly last week to store weapons and munitions.

On January 25 2013 09:07 Saumure wrote:


Nope it's a french soldier (check his arm). I read an article in the french newspaper LeMonde about it.
Here it is if you (maybe) understand french:
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Basically the authorities don't like it. I don't mind, war is cruel, and it's dusty down there.

On January 26 2013 11:13 Boblion wrote:

ERC-90 -> cavalry
Green chevron on the arm = Legion

Hence it's a legionnaire from 1st REC.

The dog of General George S. Patton on the day of his death (1945)

Tsar Nicholas and friend (1899)

The SAS storming the Iranian Embassy to free hostages taken by terrorists. London. 1980

On January 19 2013 02:06 pugowar wrote:
I love this thread...thanks for posting the pictures...out fo the most recent I liked the butterfly the best, and the scavenger picture was quite awful - that people have to live like that is just ebyond terrible...you can see the pigs eating the same stuff the woman are picking through.

On January 15 2013 13:56 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Beijing:

On January 16 2013 11:33 CaucasianAsian wrote:
wow, i heard it was bad, but that is just.... o.O

On January 30 2013 04:28 Cheerio wrote:




i dont get it

On January 30 2013 04:33 Gorsameth wrote:


I think the point is that not fog. Its smog

On January 30 2013 04:01 jinorazi wrote:
-cut-

i feel so cheated

"ohh beautiful of nature!" "what? these are fake??"


beautiful work nonetheless

Beijing before and after the smog: both taken at the same time, at the same place, with the only difference being the latest onslaught of what is now becoming a weekly occurrence of the worst breathing conditions recorded in any industrialized country.