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Jordan Back Menu
SOFEX 2004 Special Operation Forces Exhibition photograph report make by Army Recognition team to Amman.

SOFEX will be the pre-eminent defense and security exhibition and conference to be held within the Middle East in 2004. The Exhibition will be managed by a combined civilian and military team, experienced in the exhibitions field, and will be organized jointly between Jordan and the General Exhibitions Corporation of the United Arab Emirates. This world class Exhibition will focus on special operation forces, their special-to–role equipment, training and delivery methods, including combat support and combat service support systems. In addition there will be a specialist section dedicated to field medicine. The Exhibition will be supported by a wide range of tactical, live-firing and mobility displays. The team of the internet military magazine of "Army Recognition " was there to make a photograph report about this event, to see the complete pictures gallery about the SOFEX 2004 go to Sofex 2004 pictures gallery.
30 April 2004
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Spanish Back Menu
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's announce he was pulling Spanish troops from Iraq as soon as possible.

A Spanish armored personnel carrier is trucked towards the Kuwaiti frontier, after a convoy of 33 vehicles left bases in the Najaf and Diwaniya area of Iraq April 27, 2004. Reversing the Iraq policy of his pro-U.S. predecessor Jose Maria Aznar, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's first decision after taking office was to announce he was pulling Spanish troops from Iraq as soon as possible.
27 April 2004
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Spanish Back Menu
Spain has begun withdrawing its soldiers from Iraq.

Spain has begun withdrawing its soldiers from Iraq and will have them all home within six weeks, Spain's new government said April 19, 2004. Spanish soldiers are shown at a U.S. military base near Najaf April 16.
19 April 2004
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Irak Back Menu
During April the US Army soldiers losses were very high, several armoured vehicles were destroyed.

During April the US Army soldiers losses were very high, several armoured vehicles were destroyed. A US Army armored personnel carrier (APC) drives past a US army burning trailer on the highway leading to Baghdad International Airport. The US military trailer caught fire after being struck by at least one rocket-propelled grenade.
15 April 2004
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Serbia Back Menu
Serb soldier destroys weapons collected by the Stabilization Force with main battle tank T-72M1 in Banja Luka.

A Serb soldier atop a main battle tank tank T-72M1 destroys weapons collected by the Stabilization Force, in Banja Luka April 14, 2004.
14 April 2004

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Afghanistan Back Menu
Canadian troops in Afghanistan with the new light support vehicle M-Gator.

Canadian troops in Afghanistan with the new light support vehicle M-Gator. Canada will send a 600-strong armoured reconnaissance squadron to Afghanistan, when most of its forces leave the country in August
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Iraq Back Menu
Gunmen shot down a U.S. attack helicopter AH-64 Apache during fighting in western Baghdad.

Gunmen shot down a U.S. attack helicopter AH-64 Apache during fighting in western Baghdad on Sunday, killing its two crew members. Insurgents and Marines called a cease-fire in the besieged city of Fallujah, but the fragile peace was shaken by shootings that wounded two Americans. Smoke rose on Baghdad's western edge where the AH-64 Apache helicopter was downed by ground fire in the morning. More helicopters circled overhead, while U.S. troops closed off the main highway - a key supply route into the capital.
11 April 2004
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Iraq Back Menu
A U.S. Army main battle tank Abrams M1 was shot after an attack on a highway junction in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

A U.S. Army main battle tank Abrams M1 burns after an attack on a highway junction in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, April 10, 2004. Street fighting erupted in Baghdad and sporadic gunfire echoed across Falluja despite a new U.S. truce offer and an effort by Iraqi officials to secure a peace deal with insurgents in the western city.
10 April 2004
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U.S army troops fought fierce battles with Sunni and Shi'ite rebels.

U.S.-led troops fought fierce battles with Sunni and Shi'ite rebels on Thursday and a spate of kidnappings hit foreigners as Iraq descended into bloody chaos not seen since Saddam Hussein 's fall a year ago. US military leaders are considering extending the tours of duty of some soldiers in Iraq to counter the upsurge in violence.
10 April 2004
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Ukrainian Back Menu
Ukrainian soldiers against the supporters of radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr.

Ukrainian soldiers take shelter behind wheeled armored vehicles BRDM-2 after Iraqi demonstrators started throwing grenades towards them in the southern city of Kut. Ukrainian troops withdrew from the Iraqi city of Kut, south of the capital Baghdad, after heavy fighting with supporters of radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr who now control the city, the defence ministry said.
08 April 2004

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Czech Republic Back Menu
The Bhana 2002 and Bhana 2003 army day of Czech Republic photograph report of Army Recogniton magazine.

The 22 may 2004, is the Czech army open day. During year 2002 and 2003 the team of "Army Recognition" internet military magazine was to the city of Strasice to make a photograph report about this great event. Most of the equipment and vehicles of Czech army was show during event. There is also a dynamic historical show with many old armourd vehicles. Others countries as Germany, England, United States, Austria, France, and Netherlands come with vehicles and equipment. Of course the team of Army Recognition go to the edition 2004 to make a new photograph report. You can go to the page Bhana 2002 pictures gallery and Bhana 2003 pictures gallery to see all the pictures of edtion 2002 and 2003.
01 april 2004
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