Colo. man went on solo mission to kill bin Laden

Associated Press ^ | June 11, 2010 | DAN ELLIOTT and CHRIS BRUMMITT

[Frank_2001]

I don’t think we needed to capture him-we dropped a mountain on him instead...

[Cacique]

And I bet he’s a registered democrat..

[r9etb]

The 51-year-old Faulkner, who has a lengthy arrest record and served time in a Colorado prison, arrived in the town of Bumburate on June 3 and stayed in a hotel there.

My guess is that a lifetime of heavy drinking and/or other pharmaceutical misdeeds are responsible for his long chain of poor decisions.

[anymouse]

Now hear is a man I can respect. He doesn't pussyfoot around. He sees a problem and goes out and takes on the task.

Psst: you know the reward is only payable upon receipt of bin Laden's head, right?

Just prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the government of Iran imprisoned two EDS employees in a contract dispute. Perot organized and sponsored their rescue. The rescue team was led by retired U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel Arthur D. ('Bull') Simons. When the team was unable to find a way to extract their two prisoners, they decided to wait for a mob of pro-Ayatollah revolutionaries to storm the jail and free all 10,000 inmates, many of whom were political prisoners. The two prisoners then connected with the rescue team, and the team spirited them out of Iran via a risky border crossing into Turkey. The exploit was recounted in a book, On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett, which became a best-seller. In the 1986 miniseries, Perot was portrayed by Richard Crenna.

[r9etb]

Why are you all making fun of him? What have you guys done to help with the war effort or to catch Bin Laden? Too many keyboard commandos around these parts. I laud this guy for his efforts, and if we had more americans like him, we probably wouldn’t be sitting where we are now in regards to catching/killing these international terrorist.

He gets points for effort ... but really, the guy's history suggests that he's a whackadoodle.

[presidio9]

And I bet he’s a registered democrat..

Let's see: Theologically confused drug user and personal weapons fetishist from Colorado?

If this turkey isn't a libertarian, I'll eat my hat.

[dragnet2]

Capture, mountain on lap...both work....But capture, dead or alive is better, as there is no guessing or speculation whether ya got um or not.

[Joe 6-pack]

"An American man has been detained in the mountains of Pakistan after local authorities found him carrying a sword, pistol.."

Sounds like Froggy went a courtin'...

[Freddd]

Isn’t it such a coincidence THE SAME DAY BIN LADEN GIVES A MESSAGE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, THIS STORY ALSO COMES OUT.

Not hearing much about the message Bin Laden gave us though are ya?

[Freddd]

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7497337

[Snickering Hound]

[retrokitten]

I pictured him to look like this....

[moovova]

Well, since you asked...

I actually stopped an invasion by a secret society of giant mutant albino vampire cockroaches that had vowed to conquer America, and enslave all of its citizens (to be held in expection of being used as recyclable blood donators). There were some pretty viscious plans afoot by these creatures.

While the invasion has been a closely guarded secret until just now, I actually received several awards from a little known government organiztion (Science Moderated Anti-Cockroach Kill Squad...SMACKS for short) set up to keep track of dangerous critters such as this. I was also made a member of this group, given a government salary and benefits, and given a new identity to protect my family from reprisals. Really, it was no big deal. I just happened to be in the right spot at the right time.

I’m glad you asked about anyone actually defending America. I’ve been about to bust with the news.

[steveo]

series

[marron]

You may remember earlier in the war there were free lance mercs there going after him. Finally the Afghans complained and the US military shut them down. They were grabbing people and interrogating them in their headquarters and some folks didn’t like it.

My attitude was, if you put out a reward, are you serious or aren’t you?

[piasa]

Faulkner, a 51-year-old construction worker, also was carrying ...a small amount of hashish.

Well, that may explain it...