This is 99% invisible.

I'm Roman Mars.

Back in 2008, the so-called War on Terror was in full swing.

That year, close to 190,000 U.S. troops were stationed in the Middle East.

In Afghanistan, the Taliban and other anti-government insurgents were fighting against the Afghan government and its international military partners.

It was during midday, I'm probably afternoon. I was very tired and I was just looking for a quiet remote place.

This is Mustafa who is only using his first name to protect his friends and family in Afghanistan.

Mustafa remembers one particular day when he needed a break from the stress of life in his village.

He was exhausted, and so that afternoon he started looking for a quiet place to take a nap.

So I went and entered in this room and I was a bed there.

And it was a very remote area of the village.

He went into the house and quickly fell asleep.

Next thing I know there were Marines kicking in the door, people with the

guns wrong, they came in yelling and they say oh we got him we got him and then

I was like I didn't know what to do

Before he knew it

Mustafa had been handcuffed and taken in for interrogation.

They were like, what you were doing?

Where did you come from?

And later on I found that that was a suspected Taliban house.

It could have been a catastrophe for Mustafa, except it

wasn't real. Because the entire situation was a military simulation.

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