Juba (sniper)

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Juba (Arabic: جوبا), sometimes spelled Joba, also known as Juba the Baghdad Sniper, is the pseudonym of an anonymous sniper with the Sunni insurgent group Islamic Army in Iraq involved in the Iraqi insurgency, featured in several videos released between 2005 and 2007. Juba became famous after videos showing footage of his shootings appeared online. The second of these videos shows Juba marking a tally of 37 "kills". Juba became a folk hero among many Iraqis due to his role in fighting against the American occupation of Iraq. Juba worked in mostly Sunni parts of Iraq, specifically the Al Anbar province. Juba's videos showed real battle scenes with background nasheeds. In many videos, Juba is seen killing and wounding multiple American soldiers with what seems to be a Dragunov sniper rifle. Juba is seen wounding and killing at ranges of a few hundred meters to approximately a thousand meters in the videos, several of them involving precision shots to the head. Juba waits for U.S. soldiers...

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