[toddst]

I beleive you are correct about the pictures being staged, where's the brass?

Don't know about the brass but the photos don't look staged to me. A well trained sniper hit the guy who went down. Probably a chest shot with a .223, likely hit the heart or a major artery.

The intent was to reduce fire and control the scene. The sniper only had to hit one man. The others suddenly lost interest in the fight AND were occupied with removing their comrad from the street. Mission accomplished, IMHO.

[Duvdevan]

As an Israeli soldier my first instinct would be to return fire and kill the enemy, if i saw 4-5 men armed and shooting i would subdue that enemy i would not leave the other three alive to help, i believe this picture to be a faked photo op nothing more, also the photographer himself is in a very precarious position to the front left !! if i was a photographer i would not be standing here.