Osama bin Laden found on British Airways 4, June 2010
Posted by thegulfblog.com in American ME Relations.Tags: Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden found, Osama Bin Laden on British Airways
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This picture is taken from a British Airways staff magazine. It shows, as you can see, a first class boarding pass in the name of a Mr. Osama Bin Laden.
It is a perfect example of one of those little japes that seems oh so funny at the time; distinctly less to when you’re in your manager’s office after he’s just received a “severe talking-to” from his boss. It’s not as if BA are currently looking to retain all of its staff at the moment either…
Hat tip. Sultan Al Qasseimi
Use bears to catch Bin Laden, of course 26, March 2010
Posted by thegulfblog.com in American ME Relations.Tags: Catching Bin Laden, Dapartment of Defence, Osama Bin Laden, Parachuring bears
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(Clearly the best photo I’ve ever posted. Many thanks.)
Using parachuting bears to catch Bin Laden is just one great idea submitted to the US Department of Defence in recent years.
Bears have scent detection that is far superior to bloodhounds! Trained bears with GPS and day/night cameras around their necks might be able to hunt down the scent of [Osama bin Laden], even in and through any caves and tunnels!!! Overnight, parachute some bears into areas [bin Laden] might be. Attempt to train bears to take off parachutes after landing, or use parachutes that self-destruct after landing.
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“The authors’ names were withheld, but all spelling, grammar and paranoia are authentic,” notes Stars and Stripes.
Here’s another peach of a comment submitted to the DOD that the Guardian highlights:
Has anyone at the Department of Defense noticed that the Twin Towers were destroyed on 9/11, and that when you dial emergency services in the USA you dial 911? If so, is this merely a coincidence
Who killed Abdullah Azzam? 1, March 2010
Posted by thegulfblog.com in Terrorism.Tags: Abdullah Azzam, CIA, Jihadica, KGB, Mossad, Osama Bin Laden
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One of the many mysteries involved in the birth of Al Qaeda and similar groups in 1980s Afghanistan is the death of Abdullah Azzam. The founder of Maktab Al Khidmat (Office of Services – MAK), usually considered to be the direct forerunner to Al Qaeda, Azzam was assassinated in November 1989. Yet no-one really has much of an idea who lay in wait to explode the IED that killed him. Rather, there are plenty of ideas, but no proof whatsoever. The finger of blame swings from the KGB to the CIA to the Mossad to the ISI to Osama Bin Laden to Iranian Intelligence and on to any number of interested parties.
Interestingly,Thomas Hegghammer of Jihadica, the one-stop-shop for all that needs to be known on the nitty-gritty of Islamic movements and personalities, thinks that there is some reasonably good evidence that it was in fact Jordanian Intelligence that did the deed. Go have a read and decide for yourself.
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