Posted on 09/25/2003 2:05:13 PM PDT by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 09/26/03 -Baghdad, Bamiyan, Kabul, Mosul
BREAKING: Baghdad - minor explosion outside al-Aike Hotel BREAKING: Bamiyan - New Zealand heroes take over BREAKING: Kabul - FREED Afghanis everywhere BREAKING: Mosul - 101st Airborne division trains Iraqis
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========= Baghdad, IRAQ =========
North of Baghdad, Iraq, on the trail of Bruce Willis,
at his concert in Taal Afar airfield for Heroes of the 101st Airborne Division
In Baghdad, at the al-Aike Hotel, a bomb exploded outside the hotel,
killing a Somali guard and injuring a Canadian sound engineer
working with the NBC (moderately proterrorist) television network.
========= Mosul =========
In Mosul, during a training course for Iraqi soldiers
organized by the 101st Airborne division.
In Mosul, after the training course.
In Mosul, a Humvee was destroyed by an explosive device.
Seven American soldiers were wounded from two roadside bombs exploded
as their convoy passed at about 9 a.m. on the western side of the city.
========= Bamiyan, AFGHANISTAN =========
SUCCESS: Heroes of the Coalition Work Together
In Bamiyan, 80 miles northwest of Kabul, heroes for Freedom from New Zealand
and the US honor the New Zealand flag.
In Bamiyan, the New Zealand heroes take a break and perform their
traditional warrior dance, the 'haka'.
In Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Afghan Hazaras soldiers.
========= Ghazni =========
In Ghazni, 124 miles southwest of Kabul.
Taliban terrorist raiders frequently use motorcycles in their attacks.
========= Kabul =========
In Kabul as Canadian soldiers patrol.
In Kabul, Afghan children and women FREED BY THE USA.
Scenes of the real Afghanistan.
In Kabul, at the police academy, women FREED by the USA
are now police recruits and study their weapons.
In Kabul, at the Wheelchair Foundation distribution ceremony.
FREED by the USA, the handicapped now receive wheelchairs and help.
In Kabul, Afghan children FREED by the USA taken their education.
========= Antarctica =========
In Antarctica, Ernest Shackleton's hut from
his British Antarctic (Nimrod) Expedition of 1907-09 [taken Jan. 1999]
========= Trifid Nebula =========
Trifid Nebula (M20) - 5,000 light-years away in the direction of Sagittarius
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END OF TRANSMISSION 09/26/03 .......... K
LOL, you have to wait until she puts the gun down at any rate... ;-)
Good picture. Americans and Iraqis training side by side.
Thank you for saving Diogenesis's beautiful threads, ThomasMore!
Anyone know of a video clip of this "dance"? Might be cool, or funny depending on ones mood or outlook I guess. :)
Anyone know of a video clip of this "dance"? Might be cool, or funny depending on ones mood or outlook I guess. :)
Ka Mate! Ka Mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!
It is Death! It is Death! It is life! It is life!
Clip this into your browser and give it a listen, mate: or *click here* for an MP3 version]
http://www.geocities.com/allblacks_00/haka.ram
It's been mighty popular with those attending NZ *All Blacks* Rugby matchs.
Not real funny if those people doing that little dance might be out to kill you. And eat you.
It impresses the heck out of the Gurkhas, and those lads are not easily impressed. Some of them have learned it and are pretty good at it too. Of course, they're also known to be fond of the bagpipe....
The All Blacks performed the *Ka Mate* Haka in France during a game there a year or so back. I'm amazed France didn't just flat-out surrender to New Zealand....
Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!
Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!
Tenei te tangata puhuru huru
Nana nei i tiki mai
Whakawhiti te ra
A upa ... ne! ka upa ... ne!
A upane kaupane whiti te ra!
Hi !!! -archy-/-
You need to catch it in a troopies canteen, with Gurkhas as the audience. And then watch as they get up and show their version, with the big knives coming out, and fitting right in.
The Kiwi Maoris and the Gurkhas got along amazingly well; REAL scary idea, that. Not that *Gurkha* and *Rugby* used in the same sentence is a particularly settling thought....
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