Pentagon Accidentally Posts 10-Year-Old Terror Video To Support Raid

The video was supposed to show off captured intelligence.

Pentagon Accidentally Posts 10-Year-Old Terror Video To Support Raid

By Jake Godin
February 3, 2017

By Jake Godin
February 3, 2017

The Department of Defense posted an Al Qaeda video that gave instructions for making explosives.

The U.S. military said it came from a recent raid at an AQAP headquarters in Yemen.

It was supposed to prove how important the captured intel was.

But there's one problem: It's a 10-year-old video.

The Department of Defense pulled the video shortly after its age was revealed.

The Yemen raid cost the lives of both civilians and a Navy SEAL.

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