[lit-ideas] Re: See SAW
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 23:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
Why is this an issue that should capture public
attention ? O.K.
--- Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What didn't get much press here in the US is that
> Zarqawi was wielding a SAW in his video. (Squad
> Automatic Weapon, aka M249 Light Machine Gun.) The
> hidden message was that he had captured some US
> squad leader's weapon.
>
> What probably didn't get much press in the Arab
> world is that Zarqawi and his friends were klutzy
> in handling the weapon. Probably too much for him
> and for them.
>
>
>
>
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-05-04T151733Z_01_IBO453084_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-ZARQAWI.xml&src=050406_1315_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters
>
> BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on
> Thursday it was close to capturing the leader of
> al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, after
> discovering documents and the unedited copy of a
> video he released last week.
>
> ....the unedited video showing Zarqawi, wearing
> New Balance running shoes, struggling to handle
> the machine gun he was shown firing in the version
> posted on the Internet and aired on television.
>
> Another clip appears to show his aides grabbing
> the gun's hot muzzle and fumbling with it after he
> had finished.
>
>
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