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U-S Command unveils unflattering video snippet of al-Qaida in Iraq leader (Associated Press, 5/04/06)

Newly released video of the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq shows Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (AH'-boo MOO'-sahb ahl-zahr-KOW'-ee) decked out in American tennis shoes and fumbling with a machine gun.

The U-S military command says the footage was found during a series of raids in April on purported terror cell safe houses southwest of Baghdad.

Major General Rick Lynch says al-Zarqawi chose not to show the world this piece of video in which he's wearing "his New Balance tennis shoes," and in which his associates "do things like grab the hot barrel of the machine gun and burn themselves."

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High-Ranking Al Qaeda Leader Detained in Iraq (FOCUS News Agency, 4 May 2006)

High-ranking leader of terrorist organization Al Qaeda was detained today in Iraqi province of Karbala during military operation, Iraqi news agency INA reports.

Abdel Fatih Isa, a.k.a. Abu Aisha, was arrested in a private home where he had been hiding for a long time. The arrest was made after a few houses in the town had been searched through.