American army and marines were squeezing out the militia of the rebel cleric Moktada al-Sadr from the Shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times



Once in place, the marines received heavy sniper fire, as well as mortar and rocket-propelled grenade attacks from Mahdi rebel fighters. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times



U.S. Army soldiers guard an outpost in an office complex in central Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday, Aug. 26, 2004. A ceasefire was called Thursday afternoon while demonstrators marched through the city. Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite cleric, made a dramatic return to this violence-wracked city on Thursday aiming to broker a peace deal to end more than three weeks of devastating fighting between U.S. forces and Shiite militants. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


A U.S. Army soldier looks over the destruction from an outpost in central Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday, Aug. 26, 2004. A ceasefire was called Thursday afternoon while demonstrators marched through the city. Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite cleric, made a dramatic return to this violence-wracked city on Thursday aiming to broker a peace deal to end more than three weeks of devastating fighting between U.S. forces and Shiite militants. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


A U.S. Army soldier guards an outpost in an office complex in central Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2004. A ceasefire was called Thursday afternoon while demonstrators marched through the city. (AP/Jim MacMillan)


Iraqi police officers run during a neighbourhood patrol in Najaf August 26, 2004. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani


Iraqi police escort the 30-vehicle convoy of sport utility vehicles travelling with Iraq (news - web sites)'s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani, as the convoy is about to leave the southern city of Basra, Iraq Thursday Aug. 26, 2004. Sistani headed to Najaf in a bid to end weeks of fighting between U.S. forces and Iraqi insurgents. (AP Photo/Nabil al Jurani)


A Palestinian boy holds a rifle in front of pictures of Palestinians jailed in Israeli prisons, during a protest in the West Bank city of Jenin, August 26, 2004. REUTERS/Saeed Dahlah


NAJAF, IRAQ: The car carrying leading Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani enters his home in Najaf's al-Saad district, some 300m from the shrine of Imam Ali, 26 August 2004 after he arrived in a convoy with thousands of supporters from the southern city of Basra, one day following his return from London, where he was undergoing medical treatment, to "save" Najaf. AFP PHOTO/ (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)



Thai policemen inspect a motorcycle which was destroyed after it exploded in Thailand's Narathiwat province, August 26, 2004. A bomb hidden in the motorcycle killed one person and wounded at least 25. The bomb exploded at a bustling morning market in the Muslim-dominated southern province and the wounded included six policemen, seven marines, shoppers and schoolchildren. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang


Police inspect the damage after a remote-controlled bomb exploded in front of a shop near a Buddhist temple in Yingor district in Thailand's Narathiwat province, August 26, 2004. The bomb exploded four hours after another blast in Sukirin district killed one and wounded 25. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang


SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 26: South Korean soldiers participate in an anti-chemical and anti-biological terror drill as part of the Ulchi Focus Lens (UFL) exercise on August 26, 2004 in Seoul, South Korea. The United States and South Korea commenced the two-week contingency exercise amid international concerns over terrorism and North Korea's nuclear program, with North Korea denouncing it as a 'grave challenge to peace and security'. The annual exercises are conducted on the Korean Peninsula, and will run from August 23 to September 3. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)


Indonesian anti-terror police storm a building during a mock hostage rescue in a display of their skills at Jakarta police headquarters August 26, 2004. Terrorists struck the Indonesian resort island of Bali with bomb attacks in 2002, killing more than 200 people and again in Jakarta in 2003, killing 12 at a luxury hotel. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside


An Indonesian anti-terror policeman rescues a hostage after his team stormed a building during a mock hostage rescue in a display of their skills at Jakarta police headquarters August 26, 2004. Terrorists struck the Indonesian resort island of Bali with bomb attacks in 2002, killing more than 200 people and again in Jakarta in 2003, killing 12 at a luxury hotel. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside


Indonesian anti-terror police ride on the side of a truck before storming a building during a mock hostage rescue in a display of their skills at Jakarta police headquarters August 26, 2004. Terrorists struck the Indonesian resort island of Bali with bomb attacks in 2002, killing more than 200 people and again in Jakarta in 2003, killing 12 at a luxury hotel. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside




JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Indonesian Police demonstrate their skills during an anti-terror drill in Jakarta, 26 August 2004. The drill was part of a showcase demonstrating the capability of anti-terror squad to defend the country's capital from terror attack. AFP PHOTO/CHOO YOUN-KONG (Photo credit should read CHOO YOUN-KONG/AFP/Getty Images)


Soldiers from Australia's 4RAR (Royal Australian Regiment) undergo amphibious training on the Georges River in the western Sydney suburb of Holsworthy August 25, 2004. The commando exercise, which was witnessed by the Australian defence minister, involved securing a beachhead using military watercraft. Photograph taken on August 25, 2004. Australian Department of Defence/Phil Barling/Handout


Members of the New York Police Department's Emergency Services Unit are posted in Times Square in New York on August 25, 2004. Thousands of New Yorkers will work from home or leave the city to avoid next week's Republican convention and the tightest security in the history of U.S. political party gatherings. REUTERS/Peter Morgan

Colt  scope.

Quite common in the Israeli inventory until they started buying TA01s and TA31s in quantity

Quoted: Most likely stolen

The Palestinians seem to have more captured, stolen, or purchased Israeli weapons than they do former Soviet-bloc stuff.  I recall a news story from some years back about an Israeli being arrested for selling them IDF weapons.

BTT with one or two new ones

BTT for the night crew