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Where bin Laden went down, a theme park to rise up
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| February 5, 2013
| Jeff Black
Posted on 02/04/2013 7:04:49 PM PST by Pan_Yan
Move over Orlando, here comes Abbottabad.
Pakistan's tourism officials have announced plans to build a $30 million amusement park on the outskirts of the Himalayan foothills town that gained worldwide attention as the place where U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden.
The 50-acre site will include a zoo, restaurants, water sports, miniature golf as well as rock climbing and paragliding, officials said.
Officials in north Kyber Pakhtunkwa province denied to Sky News that the project was a way to improve the town’s image after the bin Laden raid, saying the goal is simply to boost tourism.
"This project has nothing to do with Osama bin Laden," Syed Aqil Shah, the provincial minister for tourism and sports, told Sky News.
Jamaluddin Khan, the deputy provincial minister for tourism, told Reuters the project will take five years to complete, with work beginning in late February or early March.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: binladen; binladenworld; holysite; islamicmonument; napl; osamabinladen; pakistan; themepark
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To: Slings and Arrows
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02/05/2013 3:45:06 AM PST
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Pan_Yan
To: BenLurkin
“Walid-World”?Wahabi World...
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02/05/2013 3:46:44 AM PST
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Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: andyk
“Bin Laden is dead and our deficits have been cut in half.”
Maybe we could open a debt related theme park to celebrate?
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02/05/2013 3:53:08 AM PST
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Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
SA& to Pakistan: If I want to remember Bin Laden I'll p*ss into the sea.
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02/05/2013 10:37:01 AM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Pan_Yan
"This project has nothing to do with Osama bin Laden," Syed Aqil Shah, the provincial minister for tourism and sports...I'm glad to see Baghdad Bob has moved on to a new job!
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02/05/2013 11:24:59 AM PST
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JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: Pan_Yan
"This project has nothing to do with Osama bin Laden," Syed Aqil Shah, the provincial minister for tourism and sports...I'm glad to see Baghdad Bob has moved on to a new job!
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02/05/2013 11:38:10 AM PST
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JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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