Reporters saw the bodies of three Al Qaeda fighters in a sniper nest riddled with machine-gun bullets.

According to one historical eye-witness, this smaller stone shelter was the 'sniper nest' where a sentry perched with his Krag-Jorgensen rifle trained on the Imogene Pass road.

There, the marines on Monday blasted away the minaret of a mosque being used as a sniper nest by insurgents.

On the southern edge of the city, it remains a chilly grouping of damaged high-rises and former sniper nests, where all streets are marked by rows of protective shields.

The only available sniper nests were on the roofs of the abandoned five-storey warehouses opposite.

Marco is the first of the authorities to reach Shaw's sniper nest and it is heavily implied that Marco kills him.

Her 40 mm batteries shredded concealments of shore batteries and sniper nests, working in close conjunction with shore spotting teams who ferreted out the hidden enemy.

Finally he decided on the best sniper nest above the cabin-a small, level, grassy area shielded by low boulders on two sides and by huge boulders behind it.

No automated sniper nest this time.

Well, the ones dropping from the trees are more Olbornians, of course-and I think I see a lot of well-prepared sniper nests up there, too.