Thursday, June 17, 2010

Colorado man goes on the hunt for Bin Laden

Osama bin Laden has avoided exhaustive search and kill missions from the U.S. and U.K. militaries since 2001, but the use of such extensive resources hasn't dissuaded a lone construction worker from heading into Pakistan in a one-man attempt to decapitate the al Qaeda chief.

Gary Brooks Faulkner, 52, who has been dubbed "Rambo," was arrested in northern Pakistan in possession of night-vision goggles, a pistol, a dagger and a 40-inch sword that security forces think he intended to use to lop the noggin from bin Laden's shoulders.

A devout Christian also dying of kidney disease, Faulkner set off on his seventh visit to Pakistan from California on a revenge mission for the 9/11 attacks.

Pakistani police assigned Faulkner a security guard, but he sneaked off in the middle of the night and was found 10 hours later on a mountain track in a forest nine miles from the remote border he was trying to cross into Afghanistan.

Pakistani intelligence say Faulkner threatened to open fire on officials before giving himself up. Faulkner told investigators he was on a "mission to decapitate Osama bin Laden," according to Pakistan's Dawn News, which headlined its report "American on 'Hunt Osama Mission' Held." His case is believed to be the first of an American entering Pakistan and Afghanistan alone to take on al-Qaeda.

How embarrassing would have it been if he was able to kill him?
Posted by SPURS FAN at 12:09 AM

49 comments:

  1. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 12:15 AM

    Thanks for this DG. And it's $25,000,000, not $25,000. So you'd be set.

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  2. DGJune 17, 2010 at 12:18 AM

    I wonder if CBT envies this guy.

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  3. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 12:18 AM

    No, because CBT would have killed him withing seven minutes of going up the mountains. This guy isn't even a man.

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  4. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 12:19 AM

    *within*

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  5. AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 2:33 AM

    uh, he kinda looks like that bigfoot sketch.

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  6. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:34 AM

    You're right, he does.

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  7. AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 2:35 AM

    i say let the man go and him do his thing. maybe he will kill bin laden. its an open bounty anyway, isnt it?

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  8. AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 2:36 AM

    i can read the headlines now: ghost of jerry garcia kills osama.

    how amazing would that be?

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  9. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:36 AM

    I'm not sure how that works. I don't think Pakistan wants this guy around anymore though.

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  10. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:36 AM

    That would be amazing.

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  11. AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 2:37 AM

    pakistan...fucking snobs.

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  12. AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 2:38 AM

    maybe jerry garcia was practicing his tracking skills at hillbillys house and this is who hillybilly saw?

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  13. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:39 AM

    There's a theory.

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  14. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:40 AM

    I'd like to hear that guy talk some more. That was great.

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  15. AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 2:47 AM

    would you go drinking with him?

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  16. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:48 AM

    No, and I don't think that guy goes out very much anyway.

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  17. AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 2:50 AM

    i think he has tasted human flesh before.

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  18. AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 2:51 AM

    ok man. i have a couple of long days ahead of me so i have to turn in early. but i will drop by and leave a stupid comment as usual when i get the chance.

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  19. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:52 AM

    Cool, later on man.

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  20. OZJune 17, 2010 at 12:35 PM

    werd?

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  21. AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 1:02 PM

    he looks like Chong... Cheech and Chong the Hunt for Bin Laden, sounds like a good movie. They have opium tribes in Afghanistan too..

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  22. AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 1:08 PM

    You have to respect the guys passion and bravery, be it foolish or not.

    "Spartans never retreat. Spartans never surrender. Hail Sparta!"

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  23. ElfieJune 17, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    That does sound like a good movie Astrid!

    This guy either has the biggest balls imaginable or he is just really delusionaly.

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  24. DGJune 17, 2010 at 1:17 PM

    I think they should let him go and make the hunt for bin laden a reality show. Maybe even bring in the guy from Man vs Wild to help him in his search. And add Gary Busey too just for the hell of it.

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  25. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 1:18 PM

    That Man vs Wild guy is a scam.

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  26. DGJune 17, 2010 at 1:20 PM

    Heidi and Spencer should join the cast too.

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  27. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 1:23 PM

    That's true Anonymous, you do have to respect him for that. I wouldn't even step foot in Pakistan.

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  28. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 1:23 PM

    Why don't you just go ahead and join the cast too DG?

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  29. ElfieJune 17, 2010 at 2:00 PM

    That's not very nice Sours...

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  30. Eazy VJune 17, 2010 at 2:07 PM

    Wonder if that guy lives inside a cave on the Rockies somewhere.

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  31. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:07 PM

    What do you mean? I think it would be entertaining. Frankly, I don't think it's nice you think I'm always being facetious.

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  32. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:08 PM

    Skeets.

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  33. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:08 PM

    Good question. He probably does.

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  34. ElfieJune 17, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    Sours.

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  35. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:11 PM

    How's your day going so far Skeets? (see? I'm nice)

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  36. ElfieJune 17, 2010 at 2:12 PM

    I think there is a phantom smoker who borrows my clothes at night... the shirt I'm wearing REEKS of smoke and I do not smoke, nor have I been around any smokers lately and I just washed this shirt 2 days ago. It's driving me crazy.

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  37. Eazy VJune 17, 2010 at 2:15 PM

    CBT probably has a smoke while he's standing by your bedside beating off.

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  38. Eazy VJune 17, 2010 at 2:15 PM

    Or, maybe it's more of an after sex smoke?

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  39. ElfieJune 17, 2010 at 2:15 PM

    It's going fabulously... with the exception of the above issue I am currently experiencing.

    How is your day going?

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  40. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:17 PM

    That's strange about your shirt Skeets. You should call the Tucson P.D. and have them send out a detective.

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  41. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:20 PM

    My day is going good Skeets, thanks. I'm thinking of leaving soon. I stayed here till 8 last night, so leaving early sounds like a great plan.

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  42. Eazy VJune 17, 2010 at 2:21 PM

    Do you make your own hours, Spurs?

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  43. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM

    Pretty much. I'm supposed to be here from 10 to 5, but I just finished something that my boss didn't need done until tomorrow, so yeah, she's cool.

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  44. ElfieJune 17, 2010 at 2:26 PM

    Yeah no EV... unless I was drugged to the point of unconsciousness there would be no sex.

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  45. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:34 PM

    So FMB doesn't smoke?

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  46. ElfieJune 17, 2010 at 2:51 PM

    Heck no he doesnt smoke, he finds it repulsive.

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  47. SPURS FANJune 17, 2010 at 2:51 PM

    That's cool. And hey, there's a new post.

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  48. SPURS FANJune 18, 2010 at 10:51 AM

    Funny Oz.

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  49. SPURS FANJune 18, 2010 at 10:51 AM

    Did you watch that game last night?

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