5/23/2004: Iraqi firefighters

Undertoad · 05-23-2004, 11:00 AM

Presented without bias is this shot of Iraqi firefighters, fighting a pipeline fire. From MSNBC Week in Pics.

I think this is one of the finest news images I've seen in a long time. It tells you an enormous amount. It's frightening, glorious, beautiful, amazing, informative, all at the same time.

wolf · 05-23-2004, 11:59 AM

That is an awesome, awesome picture. I can't really say anymore about it, and merely echo my appreciation for those who run the wrong way.

jaguar · 05-23-2004, 12:28 PM

That is an awsome pictures, damn, kudos to the photographer.
Secondly, those are some brave motherfuckers.

blase · 05-23-2004, 02:46 PM

Nice bubblebath

xoxoxoBruce · 05-23-2004, 03:05 PM

They played with the whale penis too long.

YellowBolt · 05-23-2004, 08:46 PM

Firefighting is probably one of the most difficult and honourable jobs of them all. Good pic.

MAdMoNKEY · 05-24-2004, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
They played with the whale penis too long.

That's nasty dude.

jaguar · 05-24-2004, 10:27 AM

After a little thinking I don`t think these guys are actually firefighters, more likely pro blowout control dudes, the mercs of the firefighting world. They work in close teams and are hired to cap wells that are on fire.

wolf · 05-24-2004, 10:30 AM

They are still technically firefighters.

Troubleshooter · 05-24-2004, 11:44 AM

Fire fighting sucks. I've dealt with two fires, neither of which was on that scale. Thank you, no.

Check this guy out. Red Adair

wolf · 05-24-2004, 11:51 AM

Putting out a fire and firefighting are really two different things.

You only have to ask a firefighter about it to easily see the difference. Firefighters both love and hate fire. The movie Backdraft comes very close to expressing that.

jaguar · 05-24-2004, 12:19 PM

Maybe it`s a distinction without a difference but I thought it was worth pointing out. They do get paid a buttload and tend, like anyone that does risky work for money, to be a little nutty.

Says the guy going to the west bank.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-24-2004, 08:52 PM

Washington post said they were Iraqui firefighters at a sabotaged pipeline fire.

wolf · 05-25-2004, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jaguar
Says the guy going to the west bank.

Good luck to you. Safe journey, keep your head down, wear a vest, and don't forget your "I'm not an American" tee shirt for over it. Hope you get a lot of good pictures!

chrisinhouston · 05-25-2004, 12:58 PM

"OK, now if the fire looks like it's going to flare up yank like hell on my safety rope"!

05-23-2004, 11:00 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	5/23/2004: Iraqi firefighters Presented without bias is this shot of Iraqi firefighters, fighting a pipeline fire. From MSNBC Week in Pics. I think this is one of the finest news images I've seen in a long time. It tells you an enormous amount. It's frightening, glorious, beautiful, amazing, informative, all at the same time.

05-23-2004, 11:59 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That is an awesome, awesome picture. I can't really say anymore about it, and merely echo my appreciation for those who run the wrong way. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-23-2004, 12:28 PM	#3
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	That is an awsome pictures, damn, kudos to the photographer. Secondly, those are some brave motherfuckers. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-23-2004, 03:05 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They played with the whale penis too long. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-24-2004, 10:27 AM	#8
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	After a little thinking I don`t think these guys are actually firefighters, more likely pro blowout control dudes, the mercs of the firefighting world. They work in close teams and are hired to cap wells that are on fire. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-23-2004, 02:46 PM	#4
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	Nice bubblebath

05-23-2004, 08:46 PM	#6
YellowBolt I lurk with the best of them Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: not close to philadelphia. :( well, not THAT close. Posts: 146	Firefighting is probably one of the most difficult and honourable jobs of them all. Good pic.

05-24-2004, 10:30 AM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	They are still technically firefighters. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-24-2004, 11:44 AM	#10
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Fire fighting sucks. I've dealt with two fires, neither of which was on that scale. Thank you, no. Check this guy out. Red Adair __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

05-24-2004, 11:51 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Putting out a fire and firefighting are really two different things. You only have to ask a firefighter about it to easily see the difference. Firefighters both love and hate fire. The movie Backdraft comes very close to expressing that. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-24-2004, 12:19 PM	#12
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Maybe it`s a distinction without a difference but I thought it was worth pointing out. They do get paid a buttload and tend, like anyone that does risky work for money, to be a little nutty. Says the guy going to the west bank. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-24-2004, 08:52 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Washington post said they were Iraqui firefighters at a sabotaged pipeline fire. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-25-2004, 12:58 PM	#15
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	"OK, now if the fire looks like it's going to flare up yank like hell on my safety rope"!

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