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what the navy seal marksmen did, on a ship that was rolling and bobbing, firing on a lifeboat that was rolling and bobbing, at dusk, at a distance of over 100 feet, with nightvision scopes, with just three bullets is, well, beyond amazing. what our trained service people are capable of is truly mindboggling. bravo to them. from the nytimes:

"Two of the captors had poked their heads out of a rear hatch of the lifeboat, exposing themselves to clear shots, and the third could be seen through a window in the bow, pointing an automatic rifle at the captain, who was tied up inside the 18-foot lifeboat, senior Navy officials said.

It took only three remarkable shots — one each by snipers firing from a distance at dusk, using night-vision scopes, the officials said."