06.16
Wait, you can get arrested for trying to kill Bin Laden? Really?
Gary Brooks Faulkner, 52, was detained after being discovered in a forest in the Chitral region late on Sunday, allegedly armed with a pistol, a 40-inch sword and night-vision equipment, according to local police.
“We initially laughed when he told us that he wanted to kill Osama bin Laden,” said Mumtaz Ahmad Khan, a local police officer. But he said when officers seized his weapons, “our suspicion grew”.
The Californian allegedly told investigators he was on a solo mission to kill the al-Qaeda leader, who has evaded a massive US effort to capture him since 2001. (Via Telegraph)
Look, if you didn’t want people to try to kill him, you shouldn’t offer $25 million for his head.