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     Toronto_s3 |
Taken from Yahoo News today. PESHAWAR, Pakistan - An American armed with a pistol and a 40-inch (102-centimetre) sword was detained in northern Pakistan and told investigators he was on a solo mission to kill Osama bin Laden, a police officer said Tuesday. The man, identified as 52-year-old Californian construction worker Gary Brooks Faulkner, said he wanted to cross over into the nearby Afghan province of Nuristan because he had "heard bin Laden was living there", according to officer Mumtaz Ahmad Khan. Khan also said the man has a small amount of hashish in his possession. Faulkner was picked up in a forest in the Chitral region late on Sunday, he said. "We initially laughed when he told us that he wanted to kill Osama bin Laden," said Khan. But he said when officers seized the pistol, the sword, a dagger and night-vision equipment, "our suspicion grew." He was questioned Tuesday by intelligence officials in Peshawar, the main northwestern city. Faulkner told police he visited Pakistan seven times, and this was his third trip to Chitral, which is a mountainous region that attracts adventurous Western tourists and hikers. Unlike much of northwestern Pakistan, it is considered relatively safe for foreigners. Chitral and Nuristan are among several rumoured hiding places for the al-Qaida leader, who has evaded a massive U.S. effort to capture him since 2001. The focus of that hunt has been along the Afghan-Pakistan border. Bin Laden is accused of being behind the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, as well other terrorist acts. Washington has offered a bounty of $25 million for information leading to his capture. Khan said Faulkner was also carrying a book containing Christian verses and teachings. When asked why he thought he had a chance of tracing bin Laden, Faulkner replied, "God is with me, and I am confident I will be successful in killing him," said Khan. Faulkner arrived in the Chitrali town of Bumburate on June 3 and stayed in a hotel there. He was assigned a police guard, as is quite common for foreigners visiting remote parts of Pakistan. When he checked out without informing police, officers began hunting for him, said Khan. U.S. Embassy spokesman Richard Snelsire said the mission had received notification from Pakistani officials that an American citizen had been arrested. He said embassy officials were trying to meet the man and confirm his identity. | ||
| Hootowl |
Why would anyone want to emulate a middle-aged pot smoking guy from California? No offense Hex  "Bin Laden is accused of being behind the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States" Typical of most of the media these days. That should read: "Bin Laden has admitted to being behind the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States" | ||
| Court |
Why don't we fund this guy? | ||
| Ezblast |
For sure he's doing more than our government. EZ | ||
| Firstbuell |
sez Hoot, ".....Why would anyone want to emulate a middle-aged pot smoking guy from California?....." when you can BE one, instead G-d love him, this guy's taking matters into his own hands, displaying a much more cost-effective approach than US Gov't's we should start up a BadWeb "Freedom Fighter" collection for his defense/release fund ! (Message edited by firstbuell on June 15, 2010) | ||
| Hootowl |
"sez Hoot, ".....Why would anyone want to emulate a middle-aged pot smoking guy from California?....." when you can BE one, instead" Because then I wouldn't have been able to get a friendly dig in on Hex. Assuming he's reading this thread... | ||
| Court |
It's his sixth trip over . . he's developed an entire intel network and sounds like he's fairly fluent in the ways of the Northern Territory. Just heard his brother, who admits he's " a little out there", interviewed and he said he had some terminal kidney condition, figured this was his last trip and the one he'd take out Osama on. | ||
| B00stzx3 |
"40-inch (102-centimetre) sword"  Awesome!! I posted this earlier to day on my local site... he's an american hippie ninja! | ||
| Hex |
I read everything...  | ||
| Aesquire |
I applaud this gentleman's effort. Sorry he didn't get farther. If I was terminal, I can think of worse ways to spend my last vacation. Don't laugh at the sword. It's quiet, doesn't run out of ammo, and with training, has been the premier death dealer for thousands of years. Hard to behead a guy with a Glock. ( not impossible, but messier than a sword ) You wouldn't want to carry the whole body back for the reward, would you? Heads enough. The hashish is good for cover and altitude sickness. Also has historical roots in this endeavor. Quite Traditional. Osama has not "admitted" he's behind Sept. 11, 2001, he's bragged about it on video. He laughed about the fools who follow him that had no idea they were on a suicide mission, they had been lied to and thought they were on a hijacking to force the release of fellow jihadi. The pilots knew the truth, but not the bulk of the fools Osama laughed at. My opinion is Osama's been dead for years. I haven't seen a good quality video of him since 2001, early 2002 maybe. Just because the CIA says it's probably him on the tapes Al-jazeera plays, is no reason to believe them. Their record of public success isn't that good. ( the secret record? who knows? I sometimes wonder if they just have a public persona of incompetence to cover for how good they are. It's be nice if that were true. ) | ||
| Pwnzor |
No glaucoma for Hex! Me either, for that matter | ||
| Gunut75 |
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