Gallery: The Counterterrorism Games: Where the Bad Guys Are Plastic and the Guns Are Real
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The Lebanese team gathers up their gear at the Warrior Competition at KASOTC near Amman, Jordan.
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The Russian team storms a fake city in the urban assault event.
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The Colombia team participates in the desert stress shoot event. Soldiers run and crawl through an obstacle course, then pick a weapon and shoot at targets popping up at varying distances.
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The three-gun gauntlet. For this event, a team member runs through a concrete maze while holding a rifle then shoots at targets. After that, they have to run through two more stations and shoot at targets with two other weapons.
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The Jordan team participates in a mock Airbus seizure event. The plane was filled with plastic dummies, some with paper targets on their heads and chests to signify that they are terrorists.
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The all-women's Unit 30 SWAT Police team from Jordan.
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Teams from several countries relax on the sidelines during the “Top Gun” event.
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Fake buildings at the KASOTC training facility in Amman, Jordan.
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Brigadier General Aref Al-Zaben is the General Director for the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center.
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Soldiers await instructions during the urban assault event. All the exercises are performed with live ammunition.
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For the airbus seizure event, teams board the plane, shoot the hijacker, remove explosives, and carry victims to safety.
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Members of the American and Canadian teams watch other teams compete during the Warrior Competition.
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The Jordanian team rests before participating in the “urban assault” event, where soldiers raid a building, rescue a hostage, and fire at fake terrorists.
