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Photos from the Frontlines...April 24, 2003.
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Posted on 04/24/2003 4:55:53 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55


President Bush (news - web sites) pushes his tax cut during a speech at theTimken Co. in North Canton, Ohio Thursday, April 24, 2003. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)


President Bush (news - web sites) smiles and gives a thumbs up in response to questions shouted at him about reports of the capture of Tariq Aziz, the former Iraqi deputy prime minister, as Bush returned to the White House following a trip to Ohio, Thursday, April 24, 2003. Earlier, while touring a Lima, Ohio factory that makes the Abrams M1A2 battle tank, the president asked workers to support his plan for $550 billion in tax cuts over the next decade. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)


President Bush (news - web sites), right, recieve a helping hand from John Birkmeier, center, to climb on top of a tank turret as Dan Wilges, left, looks on, during a tour of the Lima Army Tank Plant operated by General Dynamics Corp., Thursday, April 24, 2003 in Lima, Ohio. The Lima tank plant is the world's only producer of the Abrams M1-A1 and M1-A2 tanks, which are the main battle tanks of U.S. military forces. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


President Bush, left, is introduced by Lt. Col. Damon Walsh, Plant Commander at the Lima Army Tank Plant operated by General Dynamics Corp., Thursday, April 24, 2003 in Lima, Ohio. The Lima tank plant is the world's only producer of the Abrams M1-A1 and


President Bush, center, listens to workers at the Lima Army Tank Plant from left to right, Chuck Phillips, William Tierney and Ron Maloon as he tours the plant with Gary King, far right, Plant Manager at the plant which is operated by General Dynamics Corp., Thursday, April 24, 2003 in Lima, Ohio. The Lima tank plant is the world's only producer of the Abrams M1-A1.


Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during and interview with the Associated Press at the Pentagon (news - web sites) Thursday, April 24, 2003. The United States will not allow an Iran-style religious government to take hold in Iraq (news - web sites), Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)


Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) gestures as he addresses the United States Asia Pacific Council in Washington Thursday, April 24, 2003. Powell spoke about North Korea (news - web sites), Iraq (news - web sites) and the cooperation with Asia on the war against terror. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)


President Bush (news - web sites) speaks to a crowd at the Lima Army Tank Plant Thursday, April 24, 2003, in Lima, Ohio. Bush was in the state Thursday, promoting both his tax-cut package to fix a sluggish economy and his continued emphasis on national security. Both issues are emerging as potential themes of his re-election campaign. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)


President Bush (news - web sites) shakes hands with people after speaking at the Lima Army Tank Plant Thursday, April 24, 2003, in Lima, Ohio. Bush was in the state Thursday, promoting both his tax-cut package to fix a sluggish economy and his continued emphasis on national security. Both issues are emerging as potential themes of his re-election campaign. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, presents House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., with a gavel on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in this Jan. 7, 2003, file photo, after Hastert won re-election as House Speaker defeating Pelosi. Pelosi's opposition to the war in Iraq (news - web sites) is fueling the latest effort by Republicans to hone a tested campaign tactic: labeling an opponent liberal by association. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette, File)


President speaks to a crowd at the Lima Army Tank Plant Thursday, April 24, 2003, in Lima, Ohio. Bush was in the state Thursday, promoting both his tax-cut package to fix a sluggish economy and his continued emphasis on national security. Both issues are emerging as potential themes of his re-election campaign. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)


President Bush (news - web sites) waves to the crowd after giving a speech at the Lima Army Tank Plant Thursday, April 24, 2003, in Lima, Ohio. At the plant, Bush scrambled atop and down from a mighty Abrams tank. In his remarks, he thanked the workers for assembling the best weaponry ``in the history of warfare.'' (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)


President Bush (news - web sites) waves to the crowd near the end of his visit to the Lima Army Tank Plant operated by General Dynamics Corp., Thursday, April 24, 2003 in Lima, Ohio. The Lima tank plant is the world's only producer of the Abrams M1-A1 and M1-A2 tanks, which are the main battle tanks of U.S. military forces. At the plant, Bush scrambled atop and down from a mighty Abrams tank. In his remarks, he thanked the workers for assembling the best weaponry ``in the history of warfare.'' (AP Photo/Pablo MartinezMonsivais)


Monumental sight : US President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s helicopter "Marine One" passes the Washington Monument as it departs the White House in Washington. (AFP/Luke Frazza)


POW's back home : Former prisoners of war Joseph Hudson (R) and Patrick Miller (L) respond to their welcome from the hatch of their C-130 airplane upon arrival at Biggs Army Airfield Deployment Center at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. (AFP/Paul Buck)


Easter guitar : US Army Private First Class Grady Jones (R) from the Alpha Battery in the 627 Field Artillery regiment strums his guitar after a morning Easter Sunday ceremony at their camp in the northern Kuwaiti desert. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt)


File photo of Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz speaking to an Egyptian delegation in Baghdad, February 25, 2003. According to reports on April 24, 2003, Aziz is now in the custody of U.S. forces. Photo by Pool/Reuters


A defaced portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is seen in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday April 24, 2003. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Bills of 250 Iraqi dinars, bearing the portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), are seen torn and burned outside a looted bank in central Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, April 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


A US Army soldier makes a thumbs up sign as he stands in the turret of his Abraham 1A2A tank after a rest stop. Lead elements of the 2nd Brigade Combat team of the 4th Infantry Division headed their convoy to an undisclosed location in central Iraq (news - web sites).(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)


Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, as he appears on the 'eight of spades' in the set of playing cards issued by the US military authorities to help capture the most wanted leaders of President Saddam's former regime. Aziz is believed to be in the custody of US forces, Pentagon (news - web sites) officials in Washington said Thursday April 24, 2003. He is number 43 on the US Central Command Iraqi Top 55 list. (AP Photo/ US Central Command ho/file)


Iraqi Vice Premier Tariq Aziz is seen through an armored glass window of his car as he leaves the St. Francis' Basilica, in Assisi, near Perugia, central Italy, in this Feb. 15, 2003 file photo. U.S. forces in Iraq (news - web sites) apparently have taken custody of Tariq Aziz, the former Iraqi deputy prime minister, Pentagon (news - web sites) officials said Thursday, April 24, 2003. No details on the capture or surrender were immediately available. Man reflected in the car window is unidentified. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)


A U.S. soldier directs his colleague during a patrol on the outskirts of Mosul as Iraqi police personnel look on, April 24, 2003. The Pentagon (news - web sites) said it planned in the near future to start cutting the number of Reserve and National Guard soldiers on active duty from the current 223,000 mobilized during the Iraq (news - web sites) war. Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters


President Bush (news - web sites) walks on stage as he visits the Lima Army Tank Plant operated by General Dynamics Corp., Thursday, April 24, 2003 in Lima, Ohio. The Lima tank plant is the world's only producer of the Abrams M1-A1 and M1-A2 tanks, which are the main battle tanks of U.S. military forces. He was to speak on national security, the Iraq (news - web sites) war and Iraq reconstruction. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


President Bush (news - web sites), left, stand under the barrels of tank guns as he waves to the crowd during a visit to the Lima Army Tank Plant operated by General Dynamics Corp., Thursday, April 24, 2003 in Lima, Ohio. The Lima tank plant is the world's only producer of the Abrams M1-A1 and M1-A2 tanks, which are the main battle tanks of U.S. military forces. He planned to speak on national security, the Iraq (news - web sites) war and Iraq reconstruction.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


Student Mariam Yunis tears up a picture of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) that the class removed from textbooks as part of an exercise at the Qairuran School in Kirkuk, Iraq (news - web sites) Thursday April 24, 2003. Students returned to school for the first time since the war in Iraq ended. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)


Iraqi police personnel watch a U.S. soldier during a patrol on the outskirts of Mosul April 24, 2003. The U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division took over control from the Marines earlier this week and airlifted in thousands of troops in a show of force aimed at taming the rival groups. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov


A US soldier observes the details painted on a dome inside Baghdad's Archaeological Museum, featuring Iraq (news - web sites)'s toppled leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), Thursday, April 24, 2003. Retired Lt. Gen. Jay Garner, director of the office of reconstruction and humanitarian assistance to Iraq, visited the museum Thursday, which was ransacked and looted by mobs after the US-led invasion of the Iraq capital earlier this month. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen, Pool)


A US soldier keeps guard in Mosul, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday April 24, 2003. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)


Students tear up pictures of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) that the class removed from textbooks as part of an exercise at the Qairuran School in Kirkuk, Iraq (news - web sites) Thursday April 24, 2003. Students returned to school for the first time since the war in Iraq ended. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)


A student draws on a picture of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) that the class removed from textbooks as part of an exercise at the Qairuran School in Kirkuk, Iraq (news - web sites) Thursday April 24, 2003. Students returned to school for the first time since the war in Iraq ended. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)


British Royal Marines arrest one of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s Fedayeen. "We did not want to fight the Americans", said one Fedayeen.(AFP/File/Jon Mills)


An Iraqi man talks with a U.S. soldier as they sit on the curb at the checkpoint in Baghdad, April 24, 2003. Washington's administrator for Iraq (news - web sites) met some of the country's prospective new leaders on Thursday, after U.S. forces captured four more senior members of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s old guard. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich


Emil Vicale holds action figures of Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, left, and Osama bin Laden (news - web sites), the latter in a pink dress, Friday, April 18, 2003, in Danbury, Conn. Vicale's Danbury-based company, Herobuilders.com, makes action figures of notables in the Iraq (news - web sites) war and the war on terrorism, from President Bush (news - web sites) to Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). The doll of the information minister spews propaganda when a button is pushed on his back. (AP Photo/Wendy Carlson)


An AK-47 from Iraq (news - web sites), thought to be gold plated, is displayed at the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection in Atlanta Wednesday, April 23, 2003. Several members of the media and a U.S. serviceman have been caught attempting to ship Iraqi paintings, weapons and other war souvenirs to America, U.S. authorities said Wednesday. At least 15 paintings, gold-plated firearms, ornamental knives, bonds and other items have been seized at airports in Atlanta, Boston, London and Washington in the last week, according to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)


Capt. Dan King, right, with the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing, greets his son Nate, left, 21-months, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Wednesday, April 23, 2003, after returning from southwest Asia after participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan)


U.S. Army Sgt. Troy Jenkins, 25, a native of Repton, Ala., is seen in this undated family photo taken during his prior service as a U.S. Marine. Jenkins was serving with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division in Iraq (news - web sites) when he was wounded Saturday, April 19, 2003, when a cluster bomb exploded as he tried to save an Iraqi child and members of his unit. Jenkins, who lost his left leg and fingers on his right hand when the bomb exploded, joined the U.S. Marine Corps at 17 and four years later joined the U.S. Army and trained to be a paratrooper. (AP Photo/Family Photo via The Mobile Register)


U.S. Army Specialist Benjamin Beckett, of Wheeling, West Va., sits guarding the entrance to a Gas Oil Separation Plant, (GOSP), in the Rumeila Oil Fields, near Basra, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, April 23, 2003. Wednesday is the first day that oil began flowing through Iraqi pipelines since the war against Iraq. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)


United States Marine Staff Sgt. Richard Langille of Alexandria, Va., talks about the greeting he received from grateful Iraqis before he was wounded during combat in Iraq (news - web sites). Langille was among a group of Marines wounded in Iraq that talked about their experiences Wednesday April 23, 2003 at Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)


United States Marine Cpl. Alexander Coates of Springfield, Va., describes being blown airborne by an explosion that injured his legs and back during combat in Iraq (news - web sites). Cpl. Coates was among a group of Marines that decribed their experiences Wednesday April 23, 2003 at Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)


United States Marine Cpl. Dawani Kavir of Grove, Okla., relates details of the combat n Iraq (news - web sites) in which he suffered wounds to his hand, arm, face and ear iduring an interview Wednesday April 23, 2003 at Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)


U.S. Marine Jack Kandel, of Newport News, Va, 28 Echo Company in Task Force Tarawa has an afternoon shave in front of a bullet-riddled portrait of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at his base camp in Kut, 160 kms. (100 miles) south of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)


U.S. soldiers stand guard at their post of the Ministry of Oil in Baghdad, April 23, 2003. Oil flowed from Iraq (news - web sites)'s southern oilfields for the first time since the country was invaded by U.S.-led forces last month, a U.S. military spokesman said. Photo by Petr Josek/Reuters


Former POW Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., speaks to the media upon the return to his home in Lithia Springs, Ga., on Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Young, a helicopter pilot, was held in Iraq (news - web sites) for three weeks before being rescued with six other POWs last week. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)


Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., a former POW, speaks to the media as his mother Kaye laughs behind him after returning to his home in Lithia Springs, Ga., Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Young, a helicopter pilot, was held in Iraq (news - web sites) for three weeks before being rescued with six other POWs last week. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)


U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., center, a Former POW, shares a laugh with his father Ron, left, and mother Kaye upon returning to his home in Lithia Springs, Ga., Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Young, a helicopter pilot, was held in Iraq (news - web sites) for three weeks before being rescued with six other POWs last week. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)


Apache helicopter pilot Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, left, stops to talk on the tarmac in Atlanta at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport as he walks from a Delta jet to a waiting van on his return to Georgia, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Young and six other American POW's had been rescued in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Ric Feld)


Apache helicopter pilot Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, waves as he walks on the tarmac at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport from a Delta jet to a waiting van on his return to Georgia Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Young and six other American POW's had been rescued in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Ric Feld)


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To: Diogenesis; ConservativeMan55
Thanks for the ping. Please feel free to use your "Gotta See This" ping list like this. I darn sure don't mind, and in fact heartily encourage it. And thanks to you, CM55.
21 posted on 04/24/2003 5:46:03 PM PDT by FreedomPoster
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To: ConservativeMan55
Really great thread of photos. Thanks for all your hard work in putting it together.

Note to all single young ladies: Ronald Young, Jr., is quite a catch! He won't be on the "market" for long.

It was hard to choose just one photo from among all the great ones on this thread, but here's my favorite:

God bless all our coalition heroes.

22 posted on 04/24/2003 5:52:33 PM PDT by paws_and_whiskers
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To: ConservativeMan55
Awesome and inspiring! Thanks...

I never did like the Smuckers organiation. Too much sugar and not enough fruit/nuts.

23 posted on 04/24/2003 5:53:32 PM PDT by eleni121
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To: ConservativeMan55
We've seen whole strings of photos on many thread the past months. Many grim, harsh and pitiful pictures of the realities of war.

But this thread is a wonderful change of pace. Many, many joyful and happy pix here.

I LUV the one of our President with the square white halo over his head. You can tell he's relaxed, confident in his leadership, a little impish, and apparently delighted to be in the company of noble defense workers who are his kind of folks......and he's their kind of guy!

Leni

24 posted on 04/24/2003 5:59:10 PM PDT by MinuteGal (THIS JUST IN ! Astonishing fare reduction for FReeps Ahoy Cruise! Check it out, pronto!)
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To: Diogenesis
Outstanding photos. Thanks so much.

25 posted on 04/24/2003 6:19:20 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: ConservativeMan55

Former prisoners of war Joseph Hudson (R) and Patrick Miller (L) respond to their welcome from the hatch of their C-130 airplane upon arrival at Biggs Army Airfield Deployment Center at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.

Another media error. First of the airplane clearly says U.S. Air Force on it, so it can hardly be "theirs". :) Secondly and more seriously, that's not a C-130 it's a C-17. They, or some others of the former POWs, had that flag, and themsleves, sticking out of that hatch as they taxied out for takeoff in Germany as well.

27 posted on 04/24/2003 6:21:51 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: Heuristic Hiker
Great pictures on this thread. They'll make you smile.
28 posted on 04/24/2003 6:22:30 PM PDT by Utah Girl
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To: Diogenesis
OMG, she wears that picture around her neck? That is just about the most touching thing I've ever seen.
29 posted on 04/24/2003 6:38:27 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: ConservativeMan55
Great pics, Conservativeman!
30 posted on 04/24/2003 6:56:17 PM PDT by meyer
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To: Diogenesis
Thanks for the ping. Nice picture there as well. Its amazing that she carries this picture with her. Just amazing!
31 posted on 04/24/2003 6:57:10 PM PDT by meyer
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To: ConservativeMan55; Diogenesis
Great thread! Thanks for the ping, Dio!
32 posted on 04/24/2003 7:15:36 PM PDT by mamaduck
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To: Diogenesis; ConservativeMan55
Thanks ConservativeMan55 for the great work. Thanks Dio for the ping and a BIG bump for Heroes and Freedom
33 posted on 04/24/2003 7:23:25 PM PDT by Rightly Biased (<><)
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To: All
Thanks to all who responded! GW Kicks ASS!!!!
34 posted on 04/24/2003 8:01:48 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (Boycott Smuckers Jelly ! ! ! ! !)
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To: Diogenesis
That's a nice photo of those girls and Bush's picture.
35 posted on 04/24/2003 8:18:25 PM PDT by DBtoo
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To: Diogenesis
I should have said those girls WITH Bush's picture.
36 posted on 04/24/2003 8:19:09 PM PDT by DBtoo
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To: ConservativeMan55; Diogenesis
Very inspiring pictures. My favorite is the President standing between the guns with the Flag over his shoulder...

Thanks for the ping Dio. Missed you lately...

37 posted on 04/24/2003 8:39:39 PM PDT by tubebender (?)
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To: LindaSOG
Thank you so much for the heads up and the link! Wow!
38 posted on 04/24/2003 8:47:33 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: ConservativeMan55; Diogenesis
Good job Conservative Man!

Thanks for the ping Dio. I miss your posts but this one came a very close second!

39 posted on 04/24/2003 8:47:34 PM PDT by SeenTheLight
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To: Alamo-Girl
Playing cards slideshow


40 posted on 04/24/2003 8:50:07 PM PDT by ALS
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