American Hunting Bin Laden Detained In Pakistan

A 52-year-old American was arrested in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border and claimed he was hunting Osama bin Laden. CNN reports, "The Californian named Gary Faulkner was carrying a pistol, a sword, night-vision equipment and Christian religious books, said Mumtaz Ahmed, a police chief in the area... He told police that he had been looking for bin Laden since 9/11 and had traveled to the area several times before."

While Faulkner said he had no intention of killing bin Laden, "police believed he was trying to kill bin Laden because of the weapons he was carrying." Well, the FBI's Most Wanted description of bin Laden does say he "SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS." The U.S. Embassy wouldn't speak specifically about Faulkner, but did say an American had been detained in Pakistan, "We're hoping to get consular access to the individual."

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By Jen Chung in News on June 15, 2010 10:00 AM

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wingedearth

I guess he didn't realize that bin Laden died in the late 1990's of kidney disease. Some people believe everything they see on tv.

longacre

I would be but I just finished spanking it to your avatar...give me a few minutes.

Mrs Parker

Beats spending your payout money on breast implants, arguing over who's name goes where on what memorial, or emotionally blackmailing the city into paying to sift through a big pile of ashes for the hundreth time.

napalm

This is one brave idiot.

Too bad he doesn't know that there was a time when bin laden received America's full aid and support as far as weapons and training ect.

Are we still aiding and harboring terrorists as long as they're on our side? And if we are, then what does that make "us"? ..... Nevermind, that's a whole other topic I guess

ozik

Why would you assume he doesn't know about the US funding of Bin Laden? I'm sure this guy was acquainted with every conspiracy theory, wacky and legit, history or not. (I'm not saying US funding of Middle Eastern fighters isn't a fact.)

hotstepper

while reading the article, i was half expecting this patriot's name to be Chuck Norris. terrorism is nothing that a good roundhouse kick to the throat can't solve.