Reply #3: Here is another link.... [View All]

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It is believed to have links to al-Qaeda, but the film tries to distance itself from the bloody methods of the foreign jihadists who kill civilians indiscriminately in their attempts to spark a civil war.

The tape features a long monologue by a man sitting in front of a sniper rifle whose face is obscured by computer pixelation. He describes the skills needed by the marksman – a steady hand, concentration and, above all, faith in Allah.

The video also shows a squad of men in lush, green fields typical of the Euphrates in the Sunni triangle, practising shooting with American M16s fitted with sniper scopes.

While the commander says his men use the Iraqi-made Tobruk rifle, the training manual has chunks written by one of the top-ranked retired marine snipers Major Plaster.

Major Plaster wrote his authoritative manual after three top-secret tours in Vietnam, sneaking behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia as part of the Studies and Observation Group. His book on sharp-shooting was described by one reviewer as "a great reference volume that could accompany training which is available to the military, police and citizens 'of good, moral character' ". The major was unavailable for comment yesterday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/10/29/wirq29.xml



Retired US Marines major John Plaster and his book

lovely. :(