Caught in the sniper's nest: Gulf veteran and the teenager

It was revealed that while in the army Mr Muhammad won a marksmanship award for use of the M16 assault rifle. The rifle found in the boot of the car was a Bushmaster, the civilian equivalent of the M16....Mr Muhammad was described by a fellow soldier as "clean-cut" and "very compet itive". "He was just an altogether 100% soldier," Randy Lyons, who served with Mr Muhammad at Fort Lewis in Washington state, said in a TV interview.