Now "Zarqawi" Releses a Blooper Tape!

The whole fake terrorist thing has been getting funnier and funnier. First, we have new tape releases by the big three-- two of which, at least, have been dead for years: Bin Laden, Al-Zarqawi and this new guy, Al-Zawahiri. Now, we hear about “outtakes” from “Al-Zarqawi,” outtakes which actually contain a blooper!

This blooper collection along with strategy papers by “Al-Zarqawi” were convienently “found” by U.S. troops in a raid. The blooper in question was “Al-Zarqawi” fumbling with his rifle. Now this is clearly a U.S. psyops. What could be less manly for an Arab warrior than “fumbling” with his rifle?

First the U.S. releases the tape to scare people. Many commentators were asking why all three released tapes at the same time. Maybe because Bush’s approval ratings had sunk to new lows of around 32%? I happened to be somewhere that week where I was forced to hear CNN throughout the day (the break room of a branch office I was visiting of the company I work for—see this) and it was amazing how everyone played along with the farce, pretending to believe these people are actually alive and releasing videos and leaving strategy docs in laptops lying around.

Then, after the fear sunk in (psyops against the U.S. public) they release the blooper tape (psyops against Arabs). Here is how the blooper was described by the military spokesman:

Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, spokesman for the U.S. command, mocked al-Zarqawi as the previously unseen footage showed a smiling al-Qaida leader first firing single shots from a U.S.-made M-249 light machine gun. A frown creeps across al-Zarqawi's face as the weapon jams. He looks at it, confused, then summons another fighter.

"It's supposed to be automatic fire. He's shooting single shots," Lynch said. "Something is wrong with his machine gun. He looks down, can't figure out, calls his friend to come unblock the stoppage and get the weapon firing again."

By contrast, the edited version which the militants posted on the Web showed what happened only after the fighter fixed the weapon — a fierce-looking al-Zarqawi confidently blasting away with bursts of automatic gunfire.