IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. The intersection below was frequently mined so the Americans had set up a fake camera. They wanted the
insurgents to destroy it under the eyes of the watching snipers, who late one night had taken over a nearby
building. Half the men watched the intersection while the other half slept. It was soon clear that the Iraqis
knew the Americans were there. Cars would drive by occasionally, the passengers making lewd gestures at
the windows where the Americans watched.