In the final scene in Iraq, while the lead terrorist celebrates Alkins's decapitation, the "terrorist camera" pans up to reveal the ocean shoreline in the top right corner of the frame. At this point, however, most viewers are too disturbed by the preceding scene that they fail to notice that the roadside in Iraq was shot on the Sandy Neck Dunes in Barnstable, Massachusetts!
During the shot in which the lead terrorist covers Tyler's head in a shroud and puts the machete up to his neck, the terrorist accidentally touches the blade to Tyler's neck. This shot made the final cut.