According to reports, the sniper holding the rank of staff-sergeant, was part of an elite team of military advisers embedded in the Iraqi army. After discovering that the bombers were in the building, a number of offensive options were considered including an air strike and a rocket launch.
However, both were deemed too dangerous to civilians as a number of innocent people were being used as human shields around the property. The sniper set himself up in another building around 1,000m away and fired into the command post, leaving one of its walls almost completely destroyed.
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