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Without his belt kit, he had run out of ammunition, and was captured as he attempted to take the vehicle.

According to McNab's account, the old goat herder left MacGown with directions to a hut, where he found two vehicles.

After killing a uniformed Iraqi soldier attempting to reach one of the vehicles, " six or seven " more came from the hut, three of whom were killed before MacGown's M16 / M203 jammed, and he was captured as he sat in one of the vehicles.

According to an interview given by MacGown in 2002, he came across the first soldier near a vehicle: " I brought up my trump card which was " mohaba " and he said nothing, and I carried on talking and he then made a dash for the vehicle.

I shot him in the head.

A single shot.

" As more soldiers came out of the hut, MacGown aimed his rifle and fired but heard a click, indicating he was out of ammunition.

It was apparent that Phillips had never reloaded the weapon after the initial contact on 24 January.

For reasons unknown to MacGown, the soldiers did not return fire, but instead took him captive.