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Vigilante Russian gardeners seize bin Laden lookalike
Ananova ^
| March 5, 2003
| Ananova
Posted on 03/05/2003 1:11:11 PM PST by MadIvan
Russian gardeners hunting a scrap metal thief were surprised when their man turned out to be an Osama bin Laden lookalike.
The Alekseyevka gardening association in the Kursk region of Russia is considering offering the bin Laden double to the US in exchange for a new electric transformer.
Their old one was destroyed by thieves looking for scrap metal. The gardeners staged an ambush to try and catch the culprit.
They hid in wait at a local scrap metal yard and caught a man with a big bag of electrical components, who looked exactly like the world's most wanted man.
The gardeners realised they would have little chance of winning any compensation from the man, who was actually homeless and well-known to local scrap metal dealers.
Pravda reports that the man was rather happy about their proposal to offer him to the US, as he thought the weather would be much warmer.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Russia; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: binladen; gardeners; lookalike; osama; reward; vigilantes
Boy, he sure gets around doesn't he? ;)
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
03/05/2003 1:11:12 PM PST
by
MadIvan
To: Mr. Mulliner; Semper911; Bubbette; Kip Lange; dixiechick2000; UofORepublican; kayak; ...
Bump!
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posted on
03/05/2003 1:11:53 PM PST
by
MadIvan
(Learn the power of the Dark Side, www.thedarkside.net)
To: MadIvan
Last I heard, the look-alike was in Utah... boy, he sure gets around!
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posted on
03/05/2003 1:12:54 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Lurking since 2000.)
To: MadIvan
Pravda reports that the man was rather happy about their proposal to offer him to the US, as he thought the weather would be much warmer.Hilarious!
To: Constitution Day
"Gitmo here I come!"
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posted on
03/05/2003 1:15:47 PM PST
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: MadIvan
Maybe DoD Psyops can give him a job in anti-propoganda.
Make a few messages and confuse the Islamo-facists.
Bin Laden double: People of Islam, I have seen the light. We must bow down to the great and holy America for the real satan is France!
To: MadIvan
hey, at least they were alert and on top of things!!!
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posted on
03/05/2003 1:22:17 PM PST
by
Bobby777
To: MadIvan
Maybe DoD Psyops can give him a job in anti-propoganda.
Make a few messages and confuse the Islamo-facists.
Bin Laden double: People of Islam, I have seen the light. We must bow down to the great and holy America for the real satan is France!
To: MadIvan
"Pravda reports that the man was rather happy about their proposal to offer him to the US, as he thought the weather would be much warmer."ROTFLMBO!
The weather in Cuba is very nice.
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posted on
03/05/2003 1:26:28 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(I heart "New" Europe!)
To: MadIvan
They got any good taxidermists in Kursk? There's obviously no intelligence value from this goof, but if they'd gut and stuff him and mount him neatly, he could probably be put on display over here for a a buck a view....
-archy-/-
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posted on
03/05/2003 1:29:16 PM PST
by
archy
(Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
I think he's living with Elvis and James Dean. JFK is a neighbor.
To: Marysecretary
Is he still dating Marilyn Monroe?
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posted on
03/05/2003 1:36:38 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Lurking since 2000.)
To: MadIvan
Are they SURE it's just a lookalike ...??
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posted on
03/05/2003 5:43:03 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
( -> -> -> Oswego!!)
To: MadIvan
Russian gardeners hunting a scrap metal thief were surprised when their man turned out to be an Osama bin Laden lookalike. Thanks for the strong effort, guys. You're doing more to help us get the bad guys than your government is.
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posted on
03/05/2003 9:42:17 PM PST
by
Mr. Silverback
(Saddam is Hitler Lite!)
To: Constitution Day
Yeah, it's very Chekov-ish!
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posted on
03/05/2003 9:43:56 PM PST
by
Mr. Silverback
(Saddam is Hitler Lite!)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
Hmm, could be! I think she's in the same place (smile).
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