Protesters block an embassy gate and trap officials inside. Shouting with raised fists, they demand that the ambassador and his staff leave their country.
Soldiers arrive to evacuate the diplomats.
They form a tight wedge toward the gate and level their rifles at the demonstrators. He's a combat photographer documenting a mock civil disturbance as part of the Exercise Cooperative Osprey '96. The scenario is part of a Partnership for Peace program that teaches soldiers from emerging democracies how to conduct NATO peacekeeping and humanitarian missions. The exercise includes platoons from 19 NATO and partner countries. The three participating NATO countries were the United States, Canada and the Netherlands.