I watched intently and not without a little fascination as the figure, draped in brown so as to blend seamlessly with his surroundings, took up position about three hundred metres away 12 o' clock ahead. Methodically, I lined myself up behind the sniper scope of my Dragunov and peered through it, as the entire swath of open and defenseless terrain leapt into distinct focus....and could only watch in barely-contained amazement as he did precisely the same, he even possessed the same rifle with an identical scope! I steadied myself and trained my cross-hairs on him without flinching for even the slightest instant. The moment an unencumbered glimpse of his head presented itself to me, I squeeze