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Fallujah hundred and fifty marines at war with an Iraqi sniper

At the end of the 150 U.S. Marines in March on Fallujah did not believe his eyes. In front were two three-story buildings along the highway number 10, on which was a sniper lurking enemy. First they ordered two air raids: the buildings are already crumbling shells rained down from 200 kg. Then they fired thirty-five times with 155 mm mortars, ten others with guns mounted on tanks and accompanied Abram shots with gusts around 30,000 of their automatic rifles. The buildings were a heap of smoking ruins, but the gunman continued to shoot.

The New York Times devoted a moment of the battle of Fallujah, the assault of U.S. troops to the stronghold of the Iraqi resistance, opening the first page.

The sniper, if indeed only one, has managed to keep at bay for almost 150 American soldiers a day. Another lesson, the newspaper said, the nature of the enemy that the Americans have faced in the hell of the streets surrounded by the ruins of Fallujah. Not all martyrs are ready to sacrifice themselves at the first opportunity between the guerrillas are also trained killers who know how to do their job with cold precision. And never die.

"It makes you think he is up there if they have to eat sandwiches - said Lt. Andy Eckert, who took part in the siege - and we went crazy trying to get him out." It's funny, but there is little to laugh about. No Highway 10 has claimed the lives of two soldiers of Company B of the first battalion of the Eighth Regiment of the Marine assault troops. Snipers them gunned down a mosque a mile further back, before it was razed.

Even with their deadly arsenals if the Americans should do with the tenacity of the insurgents, the tension of being under fire is skyrocketing, and when it seems to have reached the maximum rises again. The battle is fought with the nerves, in the twilight with eyes in the scope of his rifle to hunt for any suspicious movement.

On another occasion, the snipers Americans have heard something in a building. A cat is finally out of the closet began to wander in the neighborhood. "I can do fire, sir? A Marine would ask your supervisor." Absolutely not "felt answer.

At five in the afternoon of Wednesday, when the company thought he had finally secured the area, some soldiers have crossed the highway and began to scour the Detrich's three-storey building. At five and a half times the sniper started shooting again.