THE DAY OF THE SNIPER: RAMADI, IRAQ

orbat ^ | 11.6.2005 | Ravi Rikhiye

[ArrogantBustard]

Sniping appeals to my engineer's love of efficiency.

[Southack]

Point taken. The basic vdare theory that they posted was that some cultures encourage their least intelligent to have the most children, but that cultures with the highest average IQ's tend to prosper more.

...but then they got caught up trying to explain why cultures with higher average IQ's such as Vietnam were backwaters, economically.

[Southack]

"When I was a youngster we shot quail like that.... locate a covey and shoot there heads off one by one using a 22 cal rifle with a home made silencer.(hope the statue of limitations has expired)"

The legal hassles of silencers aren't worth the risk...especially since merely removing the powder from a 22 round and firing the shot by primer alone works better than a silencer and is legal in all 50 states.

[swarthyguy]

Perhaps what the writer meant was their mindset when they're on duty.

[Lady Jag]

Thank you! He has done some interesting stuff. Granted, it is likely that no two studies will be exactly alike, but Richard Lynn is close:

Average arab IQ is 80, and average Israeli IQ is 95 or so. In the battle of wits, arabs lose.

 

http://www.volkmar-weiss.de/table.html

p. 73-80, Table 6.5: National IQ based on arithmetic means calculated by Lynn and Vanhanen (2002), in parentheses PISA scores of "mathematical competence" (Prenzel, Manfred et al. (eds).: PISA 2003. Münster: Waxmann 2004, p. 70, Table 2.9; or: PISA 2003: A Profile of Student Performance in Mathematics) , transformed into IQ (PISA scores, mean 500, SD 100, have to be transformed into IQ values, mean 100, SD 15, by adding or subtracting the deviation from the mean in the relationship 100 : 15 = 6,67, that means PISA 433 corresponds to IQ 90, PISA 500 to IQ 100, PISA 567 to IQ 110):
Afghanistan IQ 83, Albania IQ 90 (78), Algeria IQ 84, Angola IQ 69, Antigua and Barbuda IQ 75, Argentina IQ 96 (82), Armenia IQ 93, Australia IQ 98 (104) Aborigines (92) Non-Aborigines (105), Austria IQ 102 (101), Azerbaijan IQ 87, Bahamas IQ 78, Bahrain IQ 83, Bangladesh IQ 81, Barbados IQ 78, Belarus IQ 96, Belgium IQ 100 (104) Eupen-Malmedy (102) Flanders (108) Wallonia (100), Belize IQ 83, Benin IQ 69, Bhutan IQ 78, Bolivia IQ 85, Botswana IQ 72, Brazil IQ 87 (78), Brunei IQ 92, Bulgaria IQ 93 (87), Burkina Faso IQ 67, Burma IQ 86, Burundi IQ 70, Cambodia IQ 89, Cameroon IQ 70, Canada IQ 97 (105) Alberta (107) British Columbia (106) Manitoba (104) Newfoundland (103) New Brunswick (102) Nova Scotia (102) Ontario (104) Prince Edward Island (100) Quebec (106) Saskatchewan (102), Cape Verde IQ 78, Central African Republic IQ 68, Chad IQ 72, Chile IQ 93 (81), China IQ 100, Colombia IQ 89, Comoros IQ 79, Congo (Brazzaville) IQ 73, Congo (Zaire) IQ 65, Costa Rica IQ 91, Croatia IQ 90, Cuba IQ 85, Cyprus IQ 92, Czech Republic IQ 97 (102), Denmark IQ 98 (102), Djibouti IQ 68, Dominica IQ 75, Dominican Republic IQ 84, Ecuador IQ 80, Egypt IQ 83, El Salvador IQ 84, Equatorial Guinea IQ 59, Eritrea IQ 68, Estonia IQ 97, Ethiopia IQ 63, Fiji IQ 84, Finland IQ 97 (107) Finns (107) Swedish minority (105), France IQ 98 (102), Gabon IQ 66, Gambia IQ 65, Georgia IQ 93, Germany IQ 102 (100) Immigrants from Turkey, descendants of first generation, born and educated in Germany (86) PISA 2000/PISA 2003: Baden-Wuerttemberg (102/101) Bavaria (102/104) Berlin (-/98) Brandenburg (96/98) Bremen (93/95) Hamburg (-/97) Hesse (98/99) Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (98/99) Lower Saxony (97/99) North Rhine-Westphalia (97/97) Rhineland-Palatinat (98/99) Saarland (98/99) Saxony (100/103) Saxony-Anhalt (97/100) Schleswig-Holstein (99/99) Thuringia (99/101), Ghana IQ 71, Greece IQ 92 (92), Grenada IQ 75, Guatemala IQ 79, Guinea IQ 66, Guinea-Bissau IQ 66, Guayana IQ 84, Haiti IQ 72, Honduras IQ 84, Hongkong IQ 107 (107), Hungary IQ 99 (99), Iceland IQ 98 (102), India IQ 81, Indonesia IQ 89 (79), Iran IQ 84, Iraq IQ 87, Ireland IQ 93 (100), Israel IQ 94 (96), Italy IQ 102 (95) Italy South (89) Lombardy (103) Piedmont (99) South Tyrol - German Schools (105) Tuscany (99) Veneto (102), Ivory Coast IQ 71, Jamaica 72, Japan IQ 105 (105), Jordan IQ 87, Kazakhstan IQ 93, Kenya IQ 72, Kiribati IQ 84, Korea (North) IQ 104, Korea (South) IQ 106 (106), Kuwait IQ 83, Kyrgyzystan IQ 87, Laos IQ 89, Latvia IQ 97 (97), Lebanon IQ 86, Lesotho IQ 72, Liberia IQ 65, Libya IQ 84, Liechtenstein (105), Lithuania IQ 97, Luxembourg IQ 101 (99), Macao (104), Macedonia IQ 93 (80), Madagascar IQ 79, Malawi IQ 71, Malaysia iQ 92, Maldives IQ 81, Mali IQ 69, Malta IQ 95, Marshall Islands IQ 84, Mauritania IQ 74, Mauritius IQ 81, Mexico IQ 87 (83), Micronesia IQ 84, Moldova IQ 95, Mongolia IQ 98, Morocco IQ 85, Mozambique IQ 72, Namibia IQ 72, Nepal IQ 78, Netherlands IQ 102 (106), New Zealand IQ 100 (103) Whites (109) Maori (100), Nicaragua IQ 84, Niger IQ 67, Nigeria IQ 67, Norway IQ 98 (99), Oman IQ 83, Pakistan IQ 81, Panama IQ 85, Papua New Guinea IQ 84, Paraguay IQ 85, Peru IQ 90 (76), Philippines IQ 86, Poland IQ 99 (99), Portugal IQ 95 (95), Puerto Rico IQ 84, Qatar IQ 78, Romania IQ 94, Russia IQ 96 (95), Rwanda IQ 70, Samoa (Western) IQ 87, Sao Tome/Principe IQ 59, Saudi Arabia IQ 83, Senegal IQ 65, Serbia IQ 93 (and Montenegro 90), Seychelles IQ 81, Sierra Leone IQ 64, Singapore IQ 103, Slovakia IQ 96 (100), Slovenia IQ 95, Solomon Islands IQ 84, Somalia IQ 84, South Africa IQ 72, Spain IQ 97 (98) Basque Country (100) Castile-Leon (100) Catalonia (99), Sri Lanka IQ 81, St. Kitts and Nevis IQ 75, St. Lucia IQ 75, St. Vincent/Grenadines IQ 75, Sudan IQ 72, Suriname IQ 89, Swaziland iQ 72, Sweden IQ 101 (101), Switzerland IQ 101 (104) German Swiss (106) French Swiss (104) Ticino (102), Syria IQ 87, Taiwan IQ 104, Tajikistan IQ 87, Tanzania IQ 72, Thailand (87), Togo IQ 69, Tonga IQ 87, Trinidad and Tobago IQ 80, Tunisia IQ 84 (79), Turkey IQ 90 (88), Turkmenistan IQ 87, Uganda IQ 73, Ukraine IQ 96, United Arab Emirates IQ 83, United Kingdom IQ 100 (in 2000 IQ 104, no representative sampling in 2003) Northern Ireland (102) Scotland (104) Wales (100), United States of America IQ 98 (97) IQ averages in US States (attention, you have to subtract 3 points to correct these data to a mean of 97), Uruguay IQ 96 (88), Uzbekistan IQ 87, Vanuatu IQ 84, Venezuela IQ 89, Vietnam IQ 96, Yemen IQ 83, Zambia IQ 77, Zimbabwe IQ 66

 

[old-ager]

> Marines aren't cold blooded at all.

I agree.

[Bubba]

The frogs a**es are on their own...

Would not pour a hot beer in one's mouth if his throat was on fire.

[Bubba]

Being one... I'll take that as an insult.

[Bubba]

The sh***est moment in one's life is looking though an 8-18 and seeing another scope full in the face.

[AZLiberty]

Where's that fellow who set up remote-control deer hunting, so you could shoot a deer from the comfort of your PC screen? Rummy should give him a ring so that some of us back home can contribute to the war effort.

[VOA]

bump

[Spktyr]

There have already been a few, but one anecdote I've heard had a the terrorists using a favorite sniping spot a little too often, so a Marine squad decided to send the enemy a message. The next time someone started sniping from the position, they got a TOW missile greeting.

[FairOpinion]

I came late to this, so someone may already have pinged you to this, but just in case.

It's a GREAT story of our Iraqi successes.

If you haven't already, I am sure you'll want to ping your Iraq successes ping list.

[FairOpinion]

Thanks for posting it and thanks, S&A for pinging me to it.

It did indeed brighten my day. :)

[FairOpinion]

A day brightener for you.

[FairOpinion]

And here is a story of a Canadian sniper, who has done a terrific job, but was unappreciated.

I wish he could go back and fight with our great snipers.

Top Canadian sniper quits in frustration, might become mercenary.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1468026/posts


A Canadian Forces sniper who set a distance record by killing an al-Qaida fighter from more than two kilometres away has quit in frustration and may go into mercenary work.

Master Cpl. Arron Perry made national headlines twice in 2002: the first was anonymous, after he shot an al-Qaida fighter in Afghanistan from 2,430 metres, a world record.

The second was public and ugly. Perry, 33, and a 13-year veteran, was accused of discreditable conduct after he allegedly cut the finger off an al-Qaida corpse, defecated on another and then had his picture taken with a corpse that had a lit cigarette hanging from his lips and a sign around his neck reading "F**k Terrorism."

The investigation was eventually dropped and no charges were ever laid, but Perry's reputation was left in tatters.

A military ombudsman's investigation was launched into whether Perry and other snipers, who were seconded to an American unit to provide cover fire and support, were unfairly treated after their return from Afghanistan.

Five of the snipers received the Bronze Star from the U.S. military for their efforts, which included killing about 20 members of al-Qaida.

Perry, originally from Newfoundland, quit at the end of April.

"I retired because I didn't feel that I was being treated properly and I felt abandoned by the military," he said. "I don't trust anyone. "

Perry is still surprised at how upset some people got after his picture ran in a national newspaper next to the corpse.

"It's a dead body. Who cares? You know what, I was glad about that picture. Remember what that sign said? 'F**k Terrorism.' And I still say, 'f**k terrorism.'

"I saw the sign up there before the picture, and if I didn't like it, I would've taken it off."

[Calpernia]

Multi National Forces West press release, forwarded by Mike Thompson: "In the first incident, a sniper team observed an insurgent digging a hole along a street that historically contained a high number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The sniper team engaged the insurgent with one round and was able to confirm one enemy killed in action.

Shortly afterwards, a taxi pulled up and stopped between the body of the insurgent and the sniper team. Three insurgents exited the vehicle and began firing sporadically in all directions with AK-47s.

The sniper team engaged all the three individuals and was able to confirm three additional enemy killed in action. At this point, a fourth insurgent got out of the taxi and began firing at the sniper team. The insurgent was engaged as well, but was able to escape in the taxi after being injured.

[Calpernia]

Thanks for the ping!

BTTT!

[Slings and Arrows]

You're quite welcome. It's nice to see the world being made a better place.

[El Gato]

(hope the statue of limitations has expired)

I don't think the BATFE believes in any steenking statute of limitations. If there even is one on NFA violations, they'll just find some fender washers in your garage and say you were in possession of components to make a silencer.

Watch your back, and your front.