Psych Exam For Man Who Was Hunting Osama bin Laden

Guess what: Pakistani authorities have conducted psychological tests on the American man apparently on the trail of Osama bin Laden who was arrested near the Afghanistan border. Gary Brooks Faulkner, a 50-year-old Colorado resident, was found armed and a source told the AFP, "They are asking him a lot of things, especially about the sword and dagger that look like ceremonial weapons. He said he wanted to kill Usama but killing Usama with a sword and dagger is not child's play. Carrying a pistol and such a long sword is definitely a crime but we need a lot more clarifications."

Faulkner's sister spoke to the Daily News and gave a guess about his intentions, "He only has 9% kidney function, and the only thing that can cure him is a transplant. He needs dialysis three times a week. I'm guessing that he wanted to do one last thing for his country before he died." She added that he wasn't after the $50 million reward from the U.S. authorities, "My brother is extremely religious since his troubled youth. He's not crazy." And a brother said, "He is highly intelligent and loves his country and he has not forgotten what Osama has done to this country."

One Pakistani official said, "We initially laughed when he told us he wanted to kill Osama bin Laden." Another tidbit: Besides his weapons and night vision goggles, Faulkner was reportedly found with hashish (hello, hashish-assassin connection).

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By Jen Chung in News on June 16, 2010 12:04 PM

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cocoboy

Wow, moron, idiot, stupid or extremely religious, crazy...!!!!! -What did you do with your life ?

This guy is a real Man, a dreamer! but only zombie hasnt a dream.

We shoudl help him to make his dream come tru.

Good luck !!!

potsmoker

why order a psych exam, of course hes crazy,

he thinks he can find binladin in the mountains between afganistan and pikistand and somehow get close enough to finsih him off ninja style with a sword while nobody notices...sounds so crazy it just might work!!!

EddieFatoush

Good fix... see what actually reading what you write can do for you.

EddieFatoush

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't the first rule of writing an article be making sure you get the subject's name correct? His name is GARY, not Robert.

wow 14th street

Would not surprise me that some of the legal

drugs he is on made him a little crazy.

His heart is in the right place if not his mind.

verbal

We should be outfitting convicted lifers and giving them one way tickets to that shithole; reward plus freedom for the first one to succeed. On second thought why haven't we just nuked that whole region already?

whitecastlerock

John Denver is alive and well in Pakistan...

Mr. Shankly

Was Cheech with him?

chuzzlewit

kinda grabs ya by the booboo, don't it?

TheCowman

This dude is rad. I wish he succeeded.

chuzzlewit

why is it illegal to go after someone with a big ass USA bounty on their head? it is illegal to carry a pistol and sword in pakistan (wtf)? shoulda given him some clif bars and wished him luck.

Jen S

Considering your statement somehow led me to chatroom arguments from 2006: Chuck Norris vs. Dog the bounty hunter.

JenChungsNewBra

Silly rabbit, bin Laden is more valuable free.

ozik

Extremely religious and wanted to kill someone for what they did to his country. Why does crazy religious fervor and nationalism so easily go hand in hand when they should be opposite drives? I guess in this guy the nationalism overwhelmed the religious bit, assuming his Christian, what with his dying wish being to murder someone.