A close friend (who served in Iraq) told me, that the US troops in Iraq learnd that if a camera is around and its not with a bunch of US soldiers (e.g. press) its most likely that an IED will go off soon or that a sniper will try to kill a soldier. The insurgents always try t catch there acts on tape for propaganda reasons. He told me, that this lead to the habit of shooting at those guys, which - according to him - decreased the number of attacks. I guess the Isralis leard the same thing. Which may explain how this happend.....