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15 Jun 2010, 8:34 pm

Is this guy crazy or a hero?

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_15301373

Its amazing he got as far as he did. I say he's a hero.

Edited to fix spelling.



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15 Jun 2010, 8:40 pm

He's crazy.


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15 Jun 2010, 9:19 pm

When I first read the title I was like.....Bin Laden arrested? 8O

Yeah the guy's obviously crazy and everyone knows Bin Laden's either dead or had a sex change.


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15 Jun 2010, 10:34 pm

MissConstrue wrote:
...everyone knows Bin Laden's either dead or had a sex change.


I didn't know that and, I guess, neither did the guy in the story. Maybe that's why I thought he was a hero :)



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16 Jun 2010, 12:33 am

Well, if the U.S. drones aren't able to do the job, and if the Pakistani government has too much of a split personality to do anything, this is probably the way to go.

Even so, isn't that Zawahri guy the one officially in control?


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16 Jun 2010, 1:03 am

"Gary Faulkner, 50, was detained in the mountains of Pakistan late Sunday after Pakistani authorities found him carrying a pistol, a 40-inch sword, a dagger and night-vision goggles"

Um. He could have taken his equipment selection a bit more seriously. This guy would never have gotten within pistol range of Bin Laden, let alone blade range. Not alive and unshackled anyhow.

Other than that, I say go dude from Greeley. Show no mercy.


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16 Jun 2010, 2:45 am

DenvrDave wrote:
Is this guy crazy or a hero?


Crazy. As Bin Liner was killed nearly a decade ago this guy was woefully underprepared; he should've packed holy water and a stake.


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16 Jun 2010, 6:46 am

Local newspaper headline - 'Rambo out to kill Bin Laden arrested in Pak'.



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16 Jun 2010, 7:01 am

It is sorta cool tho. I fantasized about doing the same thing.



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16 Jun 2010, 11:37 am

Suicide mission? topic

And what will happen now? Knowing the kind of "government" in Pakistan, Faulkner's life is on the line. I doubt there would b dialysis machines available. :?


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