Titled: General: Zarqawi 'Bloopers' Tape Found
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted man in Iraq, doesn't exactly look like a terrorist mastermind in a new videotape released by the U.S. military today.
In blooper-type footage from a Zarqawi video released last week, the al Qaeda in Iraq leader is seen fumbling with a machine gun.
It's quite a show. Firing at nothing in particular, then rotating around to point the barrel directly at a colleague. Then getting it stuck in single round mode, jamming and staring in confusion as someone has to un-jam it for him. Then others grabbing at the hot barrel and burning themselves. All in New Balance sneakers - infidel footware.
Certainly not the experienced combatant he portrays himself to be.
I'm also not sure that New Balance can build much of an ad campaign around the footage.