Recently discovered video, showing Abu Musab Zarqawi firing a large machine gun in the desert, was leaked/released by the U.S. Defense Department, along with an editorial by Pentagon Officials who found the video outtakes of previously circulated propaganda videos to demonstrate inept military activity on the part of the Al-Qaeda leader.
Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, spokesman for U.S.-led forces in Iraq, pointed out that the video showed Zarqawi's deputy burning his hand by grabbing the red-hot metal barrel of a just-fired machine-gun. He added that "[The video shows] Zarqawi, the ultimate warrior, trying to shoot off his machine gun. It's supposed to be automatic fire; he's shooting single shots." The Pentagon was also quick to point out that Al-Zarqawi was wearing western-style tennis shoes.
Maj.Gen. Lynch did not comment on the roadside bomb in south-central Baghdad killed two U.S. soldiers on May 4th, nor did he address statistics that suggest the "inept" Al-Qaeda has been directly responsible for the deaths of over 1000 U.S. Servicemen.
While the U.S. has amassed and published an entire library of videos showing Al-Zarqawi engaged in various activities in and around Iraq, strangely, they have yet to broadcast to the American people the video showing his capture by U.S. forces.
