[templar]

If you watch closely, you will see snipers in almost every squad in Iraq.

But how good are they?

[Teetop]

If you have no idea of what a sniper goes through to be named a sniper, I'm not going to explain it to you. You can go find out the material & read it for yourself.

[freddy]

the long muzzles masked by more scraps of cloth, the better to prevent the glint of metal which would give their position away.

All US military sniper rifles are NON reflective and it is NOT necessary to cover the barrel or the scope with "dusty rags".

That part of the story is bogus...Unless it was the personal choice of the sniper to cover the scope and barrel.