A military source in Diyala told the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) today that "some areas of Diyala, including the villages of Khanaqin and the Waqf Basin witnessed the return of
sniping cases by the elements of Daesh, which was used by the organization during the battles to liberate the cities and places that fell under the occupation of Daesh terrorists in 2014.
Officials say that firing and shelling with small and heavy arms apart, the Indian army has added a cowardly and dreadful practice to the incessant ceasefire violations on their part
sniping with heavy calibre weapons and targeting innocent men, women and children while they carry out their daily chores.
Though
sniping had been carried on in armies for a considerable time prior to 1914, it was during the Great War that the discipline really came of age.
The first Canadian experience of
sniping occurred during the Boer War.
A man needed plenty of patience when
sniping and might wait hours before he could see a man to fire at.
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Sniping was part of the policy of intimidating the population," he told judges.