Special sniper bullets and explosive ordnance are used. Shells are quite expensive, by the way.

Swim across a river to sneak past soldiers, snipe them from a distance or steal a turreted jeep and start firing.

We cannot know what is going through the mind of crazed ex-despot Muammar Gaddafi as he continues to flee Nato bombs and rebel snipers - but we can have a good guess.

Later on, when the commandos came under intense sniper fire, Millin pressed forward, rallying the troops behind him.

At least three of the SEALs had participated in the sniper operation off the coast of Somalia in April 2009 that freed Richard Phillips the captain of the Maersk Alabama and left three pirates dead.