[Republic of Texas]

From what I understand, the Royal Marine snipers are causing the Baathists a bit of "consternation" in Basra. Death from "out of nowhere" will do that to you.

[punster]

Sniping has one really big advantage: It is very selective.

It does seem far more humane to selectively kill the leadership of a group of enemy soldiers than to just kill the whole bunch in wholesale slaughter.