US Sniper School makes competion "realistic for spectators"

[Rose Siding]

Muslim Music to Pray, and Shoot, To

In a bow to realism, the Sixth Annual International Sniper Competition at Fort Benning, Ga., is taking a page out of the real-life situation troops face in Iraq every day. For the contest taking place October 28, the U.S. Army Sniper School will include a few urban stress scenarios like blaring Muslim prayer music, exploding smoke grenades, and bloodied mannequins. "In some cases we've broken the head of the mannequin," says sniper school boss Capt. Kenny Crowley. "You've got some pieces of skull laying on the ground and fake blood." Crowley says the special effects make the contest realistic for spectators. Thirty teams from the United States, Canada, England, and elsewhere will compete to take the title from the Arkansas National Guard.

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