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Osama Bin Ladens Unhappy Twin (and you thinks you've got problems!)
Strategypage ^ | 5/4/07

Posted on 05/04/2007 8:07:00 AM PDT by Valin

There's this guy in Afghanistan, named Sher Akbar, and until you get real close to him, he looks just like Osama bin Laden. Same height, same build, same beard, same large nose. Sher Akbar is an Afghan, who lives near the Pakistani border. He crosses the border frequently, on business. So far, Sher Akbar has been arrested twice, on suspicion of being Osama bin Laden. Sher Akbar's movements have been reported to the authorities several times, by people hoping to collect the $25 million reward.

Sher Akbar is not amused, especially as people have told him about Predator UAVs launching Hellfire missiles at vehicles believed to contain al Qaeda leaders. On a more practical level, Sher Akbars presence will continue to make life harder for intelligence agencies. That's because Osama bin Laden now has the option of moving about while pretending he is Sher Akbar.


TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; muhammadsminions; osamabinladens
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1 posted on 05/04/2007 8:07:02 AM PDT by Valin
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To: Valin
On a more practical level, Sher Akbars presence will continue to make life harder for intelligence agencies. That's because Osama bin Laden now has the option of moving about while pretending he is Sher Akbar.

Yep !!

2 posted on 05/04/2007 8:08:57 AM PDT by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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To: Valin

> Sher Akbars presence will continue to make life
> harder for intelligence agencies.

It might be worthwhile to emigrate this guy to US,
just to cut down on false alerts.


3 posted on 05/04/2007 8:09:56 AM PDT by Boundless ("Balanced" is still half lies.)
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To: Valin
And we know this guy is not OBL because...?

:)

Another possibility: maybe OBL is dead and this is the guy who's been making the occasional video tape since '01?

4 posted on 05/04/2007 8:10:37 AM PDT by Dr. Frank fan
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To: Valin

Better to arrest Sher Akbar a thousand times than to allow Osama bin Laden to roam free.


5 posted on 05/04/2007 8:11:11 AM PDT by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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To: Valin

So His Fake Twin Towers Over Him.


6 posted on 05/04/2007 8:12:02 AM PDT by Silly (http://www.sarcasmoff.com)
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To: Dr. Frank fan
Another possibility: maybe OBL is dead and this is the guy who's been making the occasional video tape since '01?

Wishful thinking - But nope - Nor does he look that much like him to pass muster from trained eyes.....

7 posted on 05/04/2007 8:12:15 AM PDT by SevenMinusOne
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To: Dr. Frank fan

I thought they identified OBL by using voice-print technology.


8 posted on 05/04/2007 8:12:38 AM PDT by bubbacluck
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To: Valin

Bummer for this guy, that is like the deer being born with bullseye on it’s chest.


9 posted on 05/04/2007 8:12:58 AM PDT by padre35 (we are surrounded that simplifies things-Chesty Puller)
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To: Valin
He looks a little like him, but not that much.


10 posted on 05/04/2007 8:13:01 AM PDT by mysterio
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To: mysterio

They all look alike! :-)


11 posted on 05/04/2007 8:14:42 AM PDT by JoeSixPack1
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To: Valin
Runor has it that Sher Akbar is going to team with an radical cleric named Sunni Atta to start a new show on Al Jazeera called, oddly enough, the Sunni and Sher Show.
12 posted on 05/04/2007 8:17:10 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: mysterio

That is a very old photo of Bin Laden.


13 posted on 05/04/2007 8:19:11 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Valin
Dead guys don't have the option to be moving around.
14 posted on 05/04/2007 8:26:32 AM PDT by ASA Vet (I survived the Great purge of 2007.)
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To: Valin

I wouldn’t object to offering this poor bastard plastic surgery on our dime.


15 posted on 05/04/2007 8:33:51 AM PDT by lesser_satan (FRED THOMPSON '08)
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I wouldn’t object to offering this poor bastard plastic surgery on our dime.

Or maybe blond. That would be cheaper but then he would be mistaken for Britany Spears.

16 posted on 05/04/2007 8:40:58 AM PDT by pikachu (Breakfast is the most important beer of the day!)
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To: Valin

Hey, I feel for the guy. Mel Gibson and I have had the same problem for years.

Though I concede the possibility of getting struck by a hellfire missile is a little worse than the risk of being arrested by an irate Jewish cop.


17 posted on 05/04/2007 8:58:41 AM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: mysterio

All he needs to do is shave and put on a Yankees cap. ;)


18 posted on 05/04/2007 8:59:48 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Doesn’t inbreeding promote similar looks?


19 posted on 05/04/2007 9:30:42 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (The Right Brothers Rock)
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To: Valin

Guess he needs a camel with rockets.....


20 posted on 05/04/2007 9:43:25 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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