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Old 06-15-2010, 05:47 AM
 
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This should go over real well with the locals.

BBC News - Armed US 'Bin Laden hunter' is held in Pakistan

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They said that 52-year-old Gary Brooks Faulkner, from California, was detained in the mountains of Chitral district - just north of Peshawar.

He had a pistol, dagger and a sword and was carrying Christian literature.


When asked if he felt that he had a chance of tracing Bin Laden, Faulkner replied, "God is with me, and I am confident I will be successful in killing him", Mr Khan told AP.
Well love him or hate him, at least he had the courage of his convictions, unlike so many keyboard commando's.
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Old 06-15-2010, 09:53 AM
 
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Oh this story just keeps getting better...

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When questioned, he told authorities that he was "on a mission to decapitate Bin Laden," Pakistani police officers quoted Faulkner as saying.
American arrested in Pakistan while on solo mission to kill Osama bin Laden, authorities say - latimes.com

Now we can't say he was on a jihad, but a guy holding Christian literature, a 40" sword on a solo mission with God to decapitate Bin Laden, there has to be something to call this.
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Old 06-15-2010, 09:58 AM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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there has to be something to call this.
Vigilantism.
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Old 06-15-2010, 10:02 AM
 
Location: The Heartland
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there has to be something to call this.
"courage of his convictions" unlike we keyboard commandos.
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Old 06-15-2010, 10:05 AM
 
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He's either got big brass balls or brain dead!
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Old 06-15-2010, 10:17 AM
 
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"courage of his convictions" unlike we keyboard commandos.
Apparently just as much so as the guy who lopped off Daniel Perle's head. I probably would have worded that differently had I known just how loony this guy really is.

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He's either got big brass balls or brain dead!
Why not a little of both?
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Old 06-15-2010, 10:45 AM
 
Location: Florida
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They call him "American Ninja".
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Old 06-15-2010, 10:45 AM
 
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Why not a little of both?
That makes more sense!
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Old 06-15-2010, 10:58 AM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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He's either got big brass balls or brain dead!
I'm voting for the latter. Probably watched one too many of his governor's movies.
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Old 06-15-2010, 11:09 AM
 
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They call him "American Ninja".
Ok, now THIS is hilarious!
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