Iran Reviews > The Daily Tension for Thu. 4 May

http://thetension.blogspot.com [THE TENSION] TENSION NEWSMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD IRAQ CONFLICT Now Playing in Iraq: Zarqawi Outtakes U.S. Releases Footage to Mock Insurgent Leader BAGHDAD, May 4 (www.washingtonpost.com) -- Insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is seen puzzling over how to fire a machine gun and trotting around in tennis shoes in a video that the U.S. military released Thursday to mock his prowess as a field commander. US says hot on heels of Zarqawi 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.

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