CNN.com - U.S. military: Al-Zarqawi was alive after...
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A month ago: cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.al.zarqawi/ [cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.al.zarqawi/]
[Major General Rick] Lynch was asked how al-Zarqawi can be a "terror mastermind" if he can't handle a firearm.
"You'll probably need to defer that question to his followers," Lynch said, noting that they have allowed him to be established as a leader.
Lynch said the images he showed indicate that al-Zarqawi "tends to have a problem" with mastering his own weapons system and with finding capable and competent aides.
"Why he's their leader, I don't know."
A month ago: cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.al.zarqawi/ [cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.al.zarqawi/]
[Major General Rick] Lynch was asked how al-Zarqawi can be a "terror mastermind" if he can't handle a firearm.
"You'll probably need to defer that question to his followers," Lynch said, noting that they have allowed him to be established as a leader.
Lynch said the images he showed indicate that al-Zarqawi "tends to have a problem" with mastering his own weapons system and with finding capable and competent aides.
"Why he's their leader, I don't know."
