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Wide shot of Muslim cemetery next to camp site at sunrise2. Grave stones with sunrise behind them3. Bedouin tent with sunrise behind it4. Course participants sleeping in tent5. Participant sleeping wearing kafiya (Arab head dress)6....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide shot of Muslim cemetery next to camp site at sunrise\u003cbr/\u003e2. Grave stones with sunrise behind them\u003cbr/\u003e3. Bedouin tent with sunrise behind it\u003cbr/\u003e4. Course participants sleeping in tent\u003cbr/\u003e5. Participant sleeping wearing kafiya (Arab head dress)\u003cbr/\u003e6. Participant keeping guard, warming hands over fire outside tent\u003cbr/\u003e7. Participant wearing traditional Arab dress waking up\u003cbr/\u003e8. Participants waking up in tent\u003cbr/\u003e9. Participant walking out of tent, silhouetted against sunrise\u003cbr/\u003e10. Participants silhouetted against morning light doing sit-ups\u003cbr/\u003e11. Armed participants during training exercise jumping out of first car in simulated VIP convoy (AUDIO gunfire)\u003cbr/\u003e12. Participant with fake gun jumping over wall and firing\u003cbr/\u003e13. Participants taking 'VIP' into safe car as convoy is under attack\u003cbr/\u003e14. Van reversing quickly as armed participants cover for it\u003cbr/\u003e15. Smoke billowing from side of road as participants guard convoy, instructor in view\u003cbr/\u003e16. Tzafrir Pazi, the chief instructor at the Counter Terrorism Training Centre, overseeing simulated attack\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tzafrir Pazi, Chief instructor, Counter Terrorism Training Centre\u003cbr/\u003e\"What we are doing here is trying to give the experience, the experience that we have already, how to be and not to behave in high risk zones when you have to deal with unknown enemies, adversaries which have their own advantages because you are fighting and living in their country.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Pazi overseeing participants in simulated attack\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tzafrir Pazi, Chief instructor, Counter Terrorism Training Centre\u003cbr/\u003e\"All the time try to think in the mind, or the way your adversary is thinking, which unfortunately we in Israel have experience of, not only because of the last four intifada (Palestinian uprising) years, but mostly since we are living here since '48.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Participants walking with body armour (sound of siren)\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Fred Wingo, Course participant (works in corporate security for international courier company)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I think there are no people better to teach us, the Israelis have been dealing with Arabs for... well, since their existence and I think they have understanding of them in two ways, from their cultural background as well as their military capabilities.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christopher Purdy, Course participant (security guard for Ambassador James Jeffrey at U.S. Embassy in Iraq) \u003cbr/\u003e\"The biggest thing was the technical information and knowledge on suicide bombings, two weeks ago there were two suicide bombers that infiltrated the green zone, that killed four people which were my best friends and my team mates and wounded numerous others.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Purdy sipping glass of Bedouin tea\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christopher Purdy, security guard for Ambassador James Jeffrey, the No. 2 man at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't know, maybe with some of the technical information we learned here, that would have triggered some kind of a response, a red flag.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Instructor talking to group of participants in body armour\u003cbr/\u003e26. Close up participants listening\u003cbr/\u003e27. Various of participants loading fake guns\u003cbr/\u003eFiring at attackers through a thick pall of smoke, U.S. Embassy guards from Baghdad and German bodyguards for the Saudi royal family safely\u003cbr/\u003eescorted their charges through an ambush.\u003cbr/\u003eThe guards were real, but Thursday's attack was a simulated training exercise in a course run by Israelis specialising in security duties in the Middle East.\u003cbr/\u003eThe participants hope lessons from Israel's conflicts will give them an edge, both when facing real combat and in securing lucrative security contracts.\u003cbr/\u003eBut despite Israel's experience in combating Islamic militants during its 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon and the last four years of Israeli-Palestinian violence, studying here has drawbacks too.\u003cbr/\u003eMany of the 23 participants, which organisers said included four Americans currently working in Baghdad, three Germans who provide security for the Saudi Royal family and Croatian special forces, would not speak to the media, fearing that if their training in the Jewish state were exposed it would compromise their ability to work in Arab countries hostile to Israel.\u003cbr/\u003eThe week-long course, run by former Israeli special forces and secret service operatives, aims to give the guards tactical combat skills and expose them to Arab culture. \u003cbr/\u003eThis combination enables them to work more effectively in high-risk Mideast combat zones, organisers and participants said.\u003cbr/\u003e \"What we are doing here is trying to give the experience... to deal with unknown enemies, adversaries which have their own advantages because you are fighting and living in their country\", said Tzafrir Pazi, the chief instructor at the Counter Terrorism Training Centre, who described himself as a former senior field agent in Israel's Shin Bet security service.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Israel is known for its expertise in these areas,\" said Christopher Purdy, 23, currently working as a bodyguard for the No. 2 man at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, Ambassador James Jeffrey.\u003cbr/\u003ePurdy, a former Marine from Seattle who is employed by a civilian security company, said the Israeli knowledge was particularly helpful in dealing with suicide bombers.\u003cbr/\u003eHe said he hoped his new training will help him avert similar attacks.\u003cbr/\u003eOrganisers say the second advantage of the course is a brief immersion into Arab lifestyles, food and culture.\u003cbr/\u003eAs dawn broke over Rahat, a sprawling Bedouin town in the Negev desert, Stezelecky rose from his guard post to wake the other team members who were clad in Galabiyas, flowing Arab robes, and sleeping on mats in the nearby tent.\u003cbr/\u003eTo help rouse them, Arabic music blared over a loudspeaker.\u003cbr/\u003eThe group quickly changed before heading out for morning exercises, followed by a quick breakfast of pita bread, olives, cheese and small\u003cbr/\u003eglasses of sticky, 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