NAJAF, IRAQ: A US soldier aims towards positions of Shiite militiamen loyal to radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr from a school building, some 150m from the shrine of Imam Ali, in the holy city of Najaf 20 August 2004. Grand Ayatoillah Ali Sisitani, the top Shiite cleric, has agreed to take control of the shrine and militiamen are to hand over the keys and evacuate it shortly, announced Sheikh Ahmed Shaibani , a close aide to Sadr. AFP PHOTO/Saeed KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 20: U.S. army Sergeant, Willie Hudgen, from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary, fires at a snipers position during sporadic fighting between Shiite militia and U.S. troops, on August 20, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 20: U.S. army Sergeant, John Urrutia (L) and Sergeant Vaitogi Taetuli from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary, locate a sniper position as they come under fire during sporadic fighting between Shiite militia and U.S. army troops August 20, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 20: U.S. troops from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary walk through a burnt out market place as they conduct a patrol during sporadic fighting between Shiite militia and the U.S. army August 20, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 20: Residents raise their hands as they walk past a U.S. army patrol from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary, during sporadic fighting between Shiite militia and U.S. Army troops August 20, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 20: U.S. army Sergeant, Willie Hudgen (L) and Sergeant First Class John Urrutia from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary, take up position as they come under sniper fire during sporadic fighting between Shiite militia and U.S. Army troops August 20, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 20: U.S. army Sergeant, Terrance Batts, provides covering fire for Private First Class, Wilbert Johnson from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary, as they come under sniper fire during sporadic fighting between Shiite militia and U.S. Army troops August 20, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ: A US soldier enters a classrom at a school some 150m from the shrine of Imam Ali in the holy city of Najaf during clashes with militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr 20 August 2004. Shiite Muslim militiamen were still holed up in Najaf's revered shrine, with no Iraqi police in sight despite government reports to the contrary, said an AFP correspodent at the mosque. The doors of the shrine were locked at around 5:30 pm (1330 GMT) to show the goodwill of the militia in returning control of the holy pilgrimage centre to Iraq's highest Shiite authority, militiaman Abu Mustafa, told AFP. Many militiamen and supporters of Sadr partisans were in the shrine parvis. Sporadic exchanges of fire between US troops and Sadr's Mehdi Army echoed through the southern part of the city, said another AFP correspondent. AFP PHOTO/Saeed KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)


U.S. Army soldiers raid buildings while under sniper fire in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Aug. 20, 2004. Later on Friday, militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr removed their weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf as part of an effort to end 2-week-old uprising centered on the holy site. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


U.S. Army soldiers take cover from sniper fire during a raid in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Aug. 20, 2004. Later on Friday, militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr removed their weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf as part of an effort to end two-week old uprising centered on the holy site. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


U.S. Army soldiers raid a building in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Aug. 20, 2004. Later on Friday, militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr removed their weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf as part of an effort to end 2-week-old uprising centered on the holy site. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


Two U.S. Army soldiers keep watch following clashes with members of the Shi'ite militia of the al-Mehdi army in southeast Baghdad's suburb of Kamaliya, August 20, 2004. Iraqi police took control of the Imam Ali Mosque in the holy city of Najaf on Friday after entering the shrine and finding that militia loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had left, the Interior Ministry said. REUTERS/Akram Saleh


A U.S. Army soldier aims his rifle from a fortified position in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Aug. 20, 2004. Later on Friday, militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr removed their weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf as part of an effort to end 2-week-old uprising centered on the holy site. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


A Mahdi fighter loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr aims toward British positions during clashes in the southern city of Basra, Iraq (news - web sites) Thursday Aug. 19, 2004. Militant Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Thursday rejected a government ultimatum to disarm his militia immediately and pull them out of a revered Shiite shrine risking a massive onslaught by Iraqi forces. The news came soon after militants, presumably from his Mahdi Army militia, bombarded a Najaf police station with mortars rounds, killing seven policemen and injuring 31 others. (AP Photo/Nabil al Jurani)


An Iraqi man stands guard as a Shi'ite cleric Assad al-Basri addresses Friday prayers in the southern city of Basra, August 20, 2004. Shi'ite clerics in Baghdad and other parts of the country denounced during Friday prayers the U.S. assault on the sacred city of Najaf. Moqtada al-Sadr, a radical Shi'ite cleric, prepared to hand control of a shrine at the heart of a Shi'ite uprising in Iraq (news - web sites) to religious authorities on Friday, but still rejected demands by the interim prime minister to disband his militia. REUTERS/Atef Hassan


Militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr shoot towards American positions during clashes with U.S. and Iraqi forces in the besieged city of Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites) Friday Aug. 20, 2004. Followers loyal to al-Sadr said Friday they were prepared to hand control of the revered Imam Ali Shrine to top Shiite religious authorities in a bid to end a 2-week-old uprising in the holy city of Najaf. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)


Al Mahdi soldiers loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr clash with U.S. and Iraqi forces in the besieged city of Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites) Friday Aug. 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)


NAJAF, IRAQ -AUGUST 20: An AK 47 rifle is laid against the wall of a make shift militia mosque on August 20, 2004 in Najaf. A spokesman for Moqtada al-Sadr said today that the militia will hand the shrine of Imam Ali to a committee of clerics, while fighting continues in the city. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 20: An Iraqi Shiite militia sniper loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr fires at US troops from an empty building on the outskirts of the Najaf cemetery, on August 20, 2004 in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. A spokesman for Moqtada al-Sadr said that the militia will hand over the shrine of Imam Ali to a committee of clerics, while fighting continues in the city. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images)


An Ossetian man fires his assault rifle in the yard of a private house during the clashes with Georgian army on the northern outskirts of Tskhinvali, capital of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, August 19, 2004. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said his forces seized strategic heights after fighting in the rebel region on Thursday and promised more such victories to fulfill a pledge to reunite his fractious country. REUTERS/Eduard Kornienko


South Ossetian peacekeepers take their positions near the village of Prisi outside Tskhinvali, the capital of the rebel South Ossetian region, August 20, 2004. A Kremlin source on Friday excluded the possibility of any Russian economic sanctions being brought against Georgia in response to recent events in which Georgia moved troops into its breakaway region of South Ossetia, sparking an outbreak of fighting. REUTERS/Eduard Kornienko


Georgian Interior Ministry soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint near the village of Tamarasheni in South Ossetia, August 20, 2004. Georgia withdrew its troops after seizing strategic ground in the rebel region, but tension remained high as the separatist leadership dismissed the Georgian pullback as a 'theatrical gesture.' REUTERS/Eduard Kornienko


TSKHINVALI, GEORGIA: Russian peacekeepers wave as they occupy their position at the hill sandwiched between the settlements of Tskhinvali and Tamarashani, that have been abandoned by Georgian troops, 20 August 2004. Fighting died down in South Ossetia as Georgia pulled troops back from its separatist pro-Moscow region after an unprecedented show of force that infuriated Russia and worried Washington. An AFP reporter saw the last tanks and other artillery being withdrawn from the region by Georgian troops and there were rumours that a new round of peace talks involving Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania could be held in the region later. AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV (Photo credit should read VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Quoted: us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040820/capt.bag11508201312.iraq_najaf_bag115.jpg WTF kinda shooting position is that

Looks extremely tactical.

Easy to get up and move from, low profile, extremely stable weapon support, etc. etc.

OUTSTANDING

Quoted: Quoted: us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040820/capt.mac10808201559.iraq_mac108.jpg U.S. Army soldiers take cover from sniper fire during a raid in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Aug. 20, 2004. Later on Friday, militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr removed their weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf as part of an effort to end two-week old uprising centered on the holy site. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan) Hey did Hawkeye send his rifles over to Iraq?

     

BTT with a new pic:


Jim MacMillan/Associated Press - A United States Army soldier used a dummy head to try to draw a sniper into view in Najaf on Friday.

Quoted: Quoted: graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2004/08/20/international/22iraq.l.jpg never point your weapon at something you aren't willing to destroy.....

Thats for living rooms and static ranges. In the real world, there is only 1 rule. Finger off the trigger unless you intend to fire. No fingers on that trigger,  so the weapon will not fire.