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"PESHAWAR, Pakistan — An American armed with a pistol and a 40-inch sword was detained in northern Pakistan and told investigators he was on a solo mission to kill Usama bin Laden, a police officer said Tuesday. The man was identified as 52-year-old Californian construction worker Gary Brooks Faulkner, said officer Mumtaz Ahmad Khan. He was picked up in a forest in the Chitral region late on Sunday, he said. "We initially laughed when he told us that he wanted to kill Usama bin Laden," said Khan. But he said when officers seized the pistol, the sword and night-vision equipment, "our suspicion grew." He was questioned Tuesday by intelligence officials in Peshawar, the main northwestern city. Faulkner told police he visited Pakistan seven times, and this was his third trip to Chitral. Police alleged the American intended to travel to the eastern Afghan region of Nuristan, just across the border from Chitral. The area is among several rumored hiding places for the Al Qaeda leader, who has evaded a massive U.S. effort to capture him since 2001. Bin Laden is accused of being behind the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, as well other terrorist acts. Khan said Faulkner was also carrying a book containing Christian verses and teachings. When asked why he thought 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," said Khan. Faulkner arrived in the Chitrali town of Bumburate on June 3 and stayed in a hotel there. He was assigned a police guard, as is quite common for foreigners visiting remote parts of Pakistan. When he checked out without informing police, officers began hunting for him, said Khan. U.S. Embassy spokesman Richard Snelsire said the mission had received notification from Pakistani officials that an American citizen had been arrested. He said embassy officials were trying to meet the man and confirm his identity."

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/15/american-hunting-osama-bin-laden-gun-detained-northern-pakistan/

Awesome.

6/15/2010 12:59:40 PM

k

6/15/2010 1:00:04 PM

lol, that guy has seen one too many hollywood movies

6/15/2010 1:02:28 PM

haha would be bad ass if he actually found him. would look bad for the troops though

6/15/2010 1:07:11 PM

6/15/2010 1:08:29 PM

wow i wonder who is funding him. seems a bit extravagant for a construction worker.

6/15/2010 1:09:49 PM

I bet the flight was expensive, but once you get there you probably can't spend much money if you tried.

6/15/2010 1:27:10 PM

6/15/2010 1:41:24 PM

Isn't there a massive bounty on Bin Laden?

1. Kill Bin Laden with flea market sword.
2. Collect Bounty.
3. Book deal.
4. Talk show circuit.
5. Profit!

Pretty sure this is the job that will make it so that you, your children, and your grandchildren never have to work again.

Seems like a pretty solid plan for fame and wealth to me. Too bad those Pakistani police are protecting Bin Laden.

[Edited on June 15, 2010 at 2:19 PM. Reason : l]

6/15/2010 2:17:54 PM

There is a $50 million bounty on OBL

6/15/2010 2:20:10 PM

Well fuck...if I had known there was a bounty on him I would've turn in his body after I killed him. I just dumped him out in the ocean...I didn't want to get in trouble for murdering the guy that everyone else wanted to murder.

6/15/2010 2:24:23 PM

Before sept 11, they had that dude in the crosshairs plenty of times. Won't do any good to kill him. Plenty more where he came from. It'll just make the sheep sleep a little better at night

6/15/2010 3:01:13 PM

Are you suggesting that sheep can't count sheep?

6/15/2010 3:56:24 PM

I bet he was going to try to kill him and sever his head as proof he got him.

6/15/2010 4:33:16 PM

This man deserves a medal

6/15/2010 4:37:15 PM

yeah lets start encouraging our mentally unstable citizens to go off the grid and turn up in foreign countries

6/15/2010 4:43:55 PM

What makes you think he is mentally unstable?
Sounds like someone hates our freedom and loves the terrorists to me, but we're not going to fall for your bad mouthing people you don't even know.

6/15/2010 4:51:43 PM

perhaps because his family had no idea he had gone and when he turned up it was a complete shock

also, he has 9% use of his kidneys and needs dialysis, yet he decided to go halfway round the world

[Edited on June 15, 2010 at 5:22 PM. Reason : oh, just saw your source, that explains a lot]

6/15/2010 5:22:08 PM

I only trust stories on foxnews.com or msnbc.com or newsmax.com or huffingtonpost.com when they agree with my opinions on issues

6/15/2010 5:35:57 PM

I only trust Foxnews stories if they end up on the first page of Fark.com.

6/15/2010 5:36:39 PM

I saw this on the news a while ago. I don't think the guy was insane... just overly passionate.
I believe he was operating under the assumption that he, as an individual, would be successful because he can go into areas that the u.s. military cannot. Also, apparently he was fairly knowledgeable about the area... specifically certain caves gaurded by "shepherds" with walkie talkies, radios, and guns.

Passionate, but foolish.

[Edited on June 15, 2010 at 5:54 PM. Reason : phone]

6/15/2010 5:53:19 PM

This man deserves a medal

6/15/2010 6:01:16 PM

I wanna know how a construction worker can afford to go to Pakistan 7 times. Plane tickets ain't cheap!!

6/15/2010 6:05:31 PM

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"40 INCH DICK SWORD"

6/15/2010 6:12:52 PM

That is one Bad Ass Mother Fucker!

6/15/2010 7:14:36 PM

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"I wanna know how a construction worker can afford to go to Pakistan 7 times. Plane tickets ain't cheap!!"

I bet they're less than $3000 (probably a lot less). Most 52 year olds I know can come up with $21,000 if they really want to.

6/15/2010 7:19:40 PM

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"Gary Faulkner was in and out of Colorado state prisons between 1981 and 1993, serving a total of about seven years in five separate stints for burglary, larceny and parole violations, state officials said. The Larimer County sheriff released a mug shot from a 2006 arrest on charges of failing to have car insurance. "

He is a common crook.

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"Hugo Corral, who owns a barber shop in Greeley, recalled cutting Faulkner's hair a few months ago. He said Faulkner was quiet and wouldn't answer his questions. After the haircut, Corral said, he saw Faulkner acting strangely outside his shop. "He would walk, then stop, then do something like he was saluting something. It was kind of weird," Corral said. Through the glass of his shop, he said he could hear Faulkner cursing at no one in particular."

And FUCKING INSANE.


[Edited on June 15, 2010 at 7:23 PM. Reason : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_pakistan_bin_laden_hunter]

6/15/2010 7:22:39 PM

I lol'd

6/15/2010 7:27:37 PM

Is it just me, or does he look like Bob Seger?

6/15/2010 7:44:36 PM

Some of the baddest organizations in the world have been looking for OBL since Nov. 01, this guy thinks he's gonna waltz in as an old white guy and find him? Whew..

6/15/2010 7:52:25 PM

dude, didn't you read... he has an edge that the bad-asses don't:

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"When asked why he thought 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," said Khan."

6/15/2010 7:54:15 PM

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"I believe he was operating under the assumption that he, as an individual, would be successful because he can go into areas that the u.s. military cannot. "

Obligatory"I have a friend whose brother is in the Army Rangers and they've run some covert missions in Pakistan"

(seriously)

6/16/2010 2:30:02 PM

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"Faulkner underwent a medical exam Wednesday. A Pakistani doctor determined that he has psychological problems and has been undergoing dialysis every 20 days, said a senior Pakistani intelligence official, who is not identified because he is not authorized to speak to the media. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said Embassy personnel still have not had access to Gary Faulkner and were not aware of the doctor's examination. Faulkner's brother, Dr. Scott Faulkner, said Tuesday that Gary Faulkner does not have mental problems. "He doesn't meet any of the DSM -- that's the psychiatric manual -- he doesn't meet any criteria for psychosis. He is not schizophrenic. He doesn't have schizophrenia. He doesn't hear voices. God isn't telling him, 'Oh, Gary, go get him, go get him.' He's a normal person. He handles himself in society," Scott Faulkner said. "My brother is not crazy. He is highly intelligent and loves his country and he has not forgotten what Osama has done to this country," Scott Faulkner said."

6/16/2010 3:20:31 PM

^ his brother THE DOCTOR needs to read this:

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"Hugo Corral, who owns a barber shop in Greeley, recalled cutting Faulkner's hair a few months ago. He said Faulkner was quiet and wouldn't answer his questions. After the haircut, Corral said, he saw Faulkner acting strangely outside his shop. "He would walk, then stop, then do something like he was saluting something. It was kind of weird," Corral said. Through the glass of his shop, he said he could hear Faulkner cursing at no one in particular."

6/16/2010 3:24:17 PM

you know who is even more insane?

Usama motherfucking bin Ladin

6/16/2010 3:42:36 PM

Yeah no one is denying that.

6/16/2010 3:43:33 PM

I posted that story on my facebook page and said that I thought the dude deserved a medal and this liberal hippy douche bag I went to High School with posted this in response:

Tim Osmar commented on your link:

"at the risk of offering a dissenting opinion:
if a Pakistani was caught in america and said he was on a mission to shoot general Petraeus we would call that terrorism. is this a double standard or am i just not getting the whole imperialism thing?
everyone knows Usama Bin Laden is already dead, anyways. "


Is he really comparing Petraeus to Osama?!

BTW is it Osama Usama or what?

And I have one less face book friend

6/16/2010 6:59:34 PM

^i'm gonna friend request him, then if he adds me, i'm gonna write something on his wall about how Faulkner is a hero and good for him for trying to put a boot up UBL's ass

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"BTW is it Osama Usama or what?"

I'm pretty sure his name is "Usama Bin Ladin"

although it seems he's commonly referred to as "Osama Bin Laden"

[Edited on June 16, 2010 at 7:02 PM. Reason : .]

6/16/2010 7:01:16 PM

Obama Biden.

6/16/2010 7:42:22 PM

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"Obligatory"I have a friend whose brother is in the Army Rangers and they've run some covert missions in Pakistan" (seriously)"

That's not a Batt. job.

6/16/2010 8:21:58 PM

What was he arrested for? Having guns in Pakistan?

6/16/2010 9:51:26 PM

Prolly for not being a terrist.

6/16/2010 10:54:19 PM

6/16/2010 10:54:57 PM

too much warhammer online imo...

6/16/2010 11:56:15 PM

Someone should tell him to stick to World of Warcraft or Jedi Outcast.

6/16/2010 11:59:17 PM