Helicopter in-flight refueling exercise

Flight deck personnel aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) rig a fuel line for an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 46 during a helicopter in-flight refueling exercise while under way in the Atlantic Ocean April 25, 2010. Laboon is scheduled to conduct follow-on theater security cooperation port visits in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility following their participation in the United Kingdom-led exercise Joint Warrior 10-1. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Darius Jackson, U.S. Navy/Released)

Inspects a skiff in the Gulf of Aden

The visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) inspects a skiff in the Gulf of Aden April 27, 2010, for suspected pirate activity. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky, U.S. Navy/Released)

Facebook’s director for online operations, talk to employees

Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III and former U.S. Marine Don Faul, Facebook’s director for online operations, talk to employees at the website’s headquarters in Silicon Valley, Calif., April 28, 2010. (DoD by Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison, U.S. Air Force/Released)

Battle training in Rota, Spain

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Drew Van Hook, assigned to Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) Company Europe, instructs members of a Moroccan maritime interdiction operations team on basic close-quarters battle training in Rota, Spain, April 27, 2010, in preparation for exercise Phoenix Express 2010. The goals of the exercise are to increase the FAST unit core capabilities of the participating countries and highlight common safety and security concerns in the maritime environment. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul Cage, U.S. Navy/Released)

Returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor

U.S. Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) disembark the ship to greet their families upon returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii April 23, 2010. The ship, which departed the base Sept. 14, 2009, on an independent deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleets areas of responsibility, is returning stateside following the seven-month deployment. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robert Stirrup, U.S. Navy/Released)

Books to Afghan Doctors

U.S. Army Capt. David L. Lewis, a surgeon with the 405th Civil Affairs Battalion, Task Force Ute, hands out translated medical books to Afghan doctors during a village medical outreach in the Noorgal district of the Kunar province of Afghanistan April 19, 2010. Lewis and Soldiers with 1st Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Rock joined local healthcare providers and the Afghan provincial government to organize the event. (DoD photo by Spc. Albert L. Kelley, U.S. Army/Released)

7th Fleet Band’s Far-East Edition perform for residents

U.S. Sailors with the U.S. 7th Fleet Band’s Far-East Edition perform for residents at the Avenue Shopping Center in Pattaya, Thailand, April 21, 2010. The Far-East Edition is a 20-piece show band that performs a variety of styles ranging from traditional to contemporary big band, jazz, Latin and contemporary popular music. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Fidel C. Hart, U.S. Navy/Released)

Work to clean up oil

Response boats work to clean up oil off the coast of New Orleans, La., April 22, 2010. The spill occurred when the mobile offshore drilling platform Deepwater Horizon sank two days after being engulfed in flames following an explosion April 20, 2010. The Coast Guard is continuing in the search for 11 missing workers. (DoD photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard/Released)

2nd Samaa TV Journalist Killed in Suicide Attack- JIP Condoles death

Journalists For International Peace shocked to learn that Samaa TV Journalist Azmat Ali Bangash became the second Samaa TV journalist to be killed in a suicide bomber in past 48 hours. JIP would like to express condolences to the victim’s family and our support for Samaa TV for its courageous work in the worst given circu,stances. Reportedly, Bangash was covering an event and preparing a report in a camp for displaced Shiite villagers near the Afghan border, 65 km from Peshawar, when two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the place where families had gathered to be registered, killing 41 people including Bangash and injuring around 60 others.
    The bombings, which were claimed by a banned militant Sunni jihadist group, Al Laskhar-e-Jahngvi, were targeted at Shiites who have been forced to flee the fierce fighting in the Orakzai region resulting from an army offensive against the Taliban.

Samaa TV cameraman Malik Arif  was killed and five journalists were wounded by a suicide bombing at a Quetta hospital yesterday that left a total of eight dead. The journalists had gone to the hospital to cover a Shiite demonstration in support of a Shiite businessman who had been the target of a murder attempt.. JIP believes that possibility of some local or international conspirators are involved in the case, to create a sectarian clashes.
JIP prays for the departed soul of Azmat Ali Bangash.

Iftikhar Chaudri
President
Journalists For International Peace
Islamabad, Pakistan

Search and seizure exercise

U.S. Sailors assigned to the guided missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37) participate in a visit, board, search and seizure exercise at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, April 14, 2010. The exercise included Sailors from Crommelin, USS O’Kane (DDG 77) and USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60). (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robert Stirrup, U.S. Navy/Released)

A Meet with the elders

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Brian Pearl, the commander of 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, and Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Kohistani, the commander of the 1st Commando Kandak, speak with elders in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan April 10, 2010. International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and Afghan National Security Forces are repositioning forces into more populated areas in accordance with the ISAF counterinsurgency strategy. (DoD photo by Spc. Victor Egorov, U.S. Army/Released)

Plays with children

U.S. Navy Information Systems Technician Seaman Bianca Cabral, from the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), plays with children at the Rumah Singga and Orphanage in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 12, 2010, during a community outreach project. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel Viramontes, U.S. Navy/Released)

pull a suspected pirate from the water in the Gulf of Aden

Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team pull a suspected pirate from the water in the Gulf of Aden prior to returning to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) on April 10, 2010. The Ashland is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky, U.S. Navy. (Released)

U.S. Navy Electronics Technician

 U.S. Navy Electronics Technician 2nd Class Garry Compton inspects an antenna mounted on top of a mast on the guided-missile frigate USS Klakring (FFG 42) while pierside in St. Lucia April 12, 2010. Klakring is on a six-month deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean as part of Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multinational environment. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Darryl Wood, U.S. Navy/Released)

The rescue and salvage ship in the Yellow Sea

The rescue and salvage ship USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52) is shown anchored in the Yellow Sea April 11, 2010. The ship’s crew is joining USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5, Platoon 501 in support of the Republic of Korea Navy’s efforts to recovery an ROK ship that sank March 26, 2010. (DoD photo by Lt. Cmdr. Denver Applehans, U.S. Navy/Released)

A counter-narcotics operation

A Russian-made MI-17 Hip helicopter takes flight after dropping off Afghan National Army commandos in Deh Chopan, Afghanistan, April 10, 2010, to conduct a counter-narcotics operation. The ANA-led narcotics operation was conducted with the support of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. special operations forces to investigate the presence of narcotic facilities and to engage with the province’s residents. (DoD photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jeremy L. Wood, U.S. Navy/Released)

Patroling in Talhah, Iraq

U.S. Army Pvt. Donald Duncan conducts a patrol in Talhah, Iraq, April, 7, 2010. Duncan, who is assigned to Crazy Horse Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and other members of his unit are gathering information about the town to help improve their living conditions. (DoD photo by Spc. Jillian Munyon, U.S. Army/Released)

Go over flight information

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. John Grahm, an HC-130P Combat King Hercules aircraft pilot, and Senior Airman Jorge Jimenez, an HC-130P airborne mission systems specialist, both deployed to the 79th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, go over flight information April 10, 2010, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez, U.S. Air Force/Released)

Makes its way to a new pier location in Hawaii

The guided-missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37) makes its way to a new pier location at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii April 2, 2010. Crommelin is scheduled to participate in the Merrie Monarch Festival at Hilo, Hawaii. The weeklong festival is a celebration that honors the legacy of King David Kalåkaua, who inspired the continuation of Hawaiian traditions, language and arts. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark Logico, U.S. Navy/Released)

During a soccer game in Japan

U.S. Navy Chief Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) Florizel O'Hara evades a Royal Thai Navy cadet during a soccer game at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, April 3, 2010. HTMS Taksin (FF 422) and HTMS Chaophraya (FF 455), both assigned to Royal Thai Naval Cadet Training Unit 2010, are in Yokosuka for a scheduled port visit. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Charles Oki, U.S. Navy/Released)

Dance with traditional Malay dancers

U.S. Navy Culinary Specialist Seaman Dulce Looney and fellow Sailors of the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) dance with traditional Malay dancers upon the ship’s arrival in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, April 3, 2010, for a port visit. Blue Ridge is under way on a scheduled spring deployment. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel Viramontes, U.S. Navy/Released)

Hi-fives a child during a community outreach project

 U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Antwan Gibson, of Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team, 1st Company embarked aboard the 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), hi-fives a child during a community outreach project at Hospital Likas' Children Ward in Kota Kinabulu, Malaysia, April 6, 2010.. Blue Ridge is in Kota Kinabalu for a scheduled port visit. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cynthia Griggs, U.S. Navy/Released)

The littoral combat ship USS Freedom

The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) comes alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) for a refueling at sea in the Pacific Ocean April 7, 2010. Freedom is conducting counter-illicit trafficking operations in the area and Carl Vinson is supporting Southern Seas 2010. Southern Seas is a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multinational environment. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ashley Van Dien, U.S. Navy/Released)

Pass out certificates to Iraqi

U.S. Army Capt. Kristen Brockman and Sgt. Magaly Santillan, both assigned to the 1411th Civil Affairs Company, pass out certificates to Iraqi women graduating from the Ibn al-Haytham Vocational School’s widow beekeeping program in Musayyib, Iraq, April 3, 2010. The program is part of a micro-grant to help Iraqi women start their own beekeeping businesses. (DoD photo by Spc. Nashaunda Tilghman, U.S. Army/Released)

Burning sensitive papers

William Northcutt, left, and U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Hines, both from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers – Afghanistan’s Engineering Division North, burn sensitive papers in a burn barrel at Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, April 4, 2010. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. JT May III, U.S. Air Force/Released)