Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons,
packed up and ready to go.
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway,
a place where nobody knows.
(I changed my hairstyle SO many times, I don't know what I look like.)
~~~Talking Heads, "Life in Wartime".
Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock, we blended with the crowd
We got computer, we're tapping phone lines, I know that ain't allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives, or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle, so many times now, I don't know what I look like! Life During Wartime
This song captures the mindset of the insurgent well. A lesson to be learned from the lyrics is that sniper could appear to be more ordinary than we think. Which does not mean we rule out Al Quada or some other foreign terrorists, but just that we should not focus solely on one particular profile.