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The War
Profiteers - War Crimes, Kidnappings, Torture and Big Money |
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Iraq: Sniper Attack (I) Against U.S. Troops - 2005 |
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Background “[…] They have never seen Juba. They hear him, but by then it's too
late: a shot rings out and another US soldier slumps dead or wounded. There
is never a follow-up shot, never a chance for US forces to identify the
origin, to make the hunter the hunted. He fires once and vanishes. Juba is
the nickname given by American forces to an insurgent sniper operating in
southern Baghdad. […] ‘He’s good,’ said Specialist Travis Burress, 22, a
sniper with the 1-64 battalion based in Camp Rustamiyah. ‘Every time we dismount
I’m sure everyone has got him in the back of their minds. He’s a serious
threat to us.’ […]” Excerpt of a “Guardian” article from August 5th,
2005, which helped to support the myth of a single insurgent sniper. |
U.S. troops in Baghdad attacked by a sniper |
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The Video |
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External view: link file format: .rm |
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Screenshots |
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An insurgent sniper in training |
The commander of a sniper team |
The aftermath of a sniper attack |
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Video Credits Background The video features a sniper operation
against U.S. troops in Baghdad, which took place in 2005. The video was published
in early 2006 by the insurgents group “Jaish Al-Muhajeddin” Screenshots The screenshots are part of a
documentation, put out by the insurgents groups “Islamic Army in Iraq”. It
features video clips from sniper operations in 2006 and an interview with the
commander of Baghdad sniper units. |
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