Osama bin Laden is offering $50,000 to anyone who catches a US soldier alive.
October 12, 2001 7:10 AM Subscribe
Osama bin Laden is offering $50,000 to anyone who catches a US soldier alive. An al-Qaeda spokesman also says bin Laden is offering $3,000 for US uniforms and $1,500 for assault rifles.
Something tells me that Osama, Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban won't be adhering to the Geneva Convention.
posted by xyzzy at 7:31 AM on October 12, 2001
posted by xyzzy at 7:31 AM on October 12, 2001
I think I'll go to an Army Navy store and FedEx him some uniforms. I could use the cash.
posted by FreezBoy at 7:45 AM on October 12, 2001
posted by FreezBoy at 7:45 AM on October 12, 2001
Is there a reward for Enrie?
posted by adampsyche at 7:48 AM on October 12, 2001
posted by adampsyche at 7:48 AM on October 12, 2001
The price on his head is $5 million; the least he can do is match the U.S. bounty ... I guess that freezing those financial assets IS having some effect ...
On another note: Why not hire a mercenary company to capture him. And what about when they do catch him: the headline reads "Osama becomes a "Has-Bin"..."
posted by mfoight at 7:48 AM on October 12, 2001
On another note: Why not hire a mercenary company to capture him. And what about when they do catch him: the headline reads "Osama becomes a "Has-Bin"..."
posted by mfoight at 7:48 AM on October 12, 2001
I'm not going to bother fixing that. The three links were to army surplus stores. Ha-ha. OK? Done.
posted by luser at 7:52 AM on October 12, 2001
posted by luser at 7:52 AM on October 12, 2001
I remember an old G I Joe comic where the good guys and the bad guys all had the same uniforms, they were undercover in a hospital trying to assassinate/save someone. The Joe's, in order to know friend from foe, had embedded imagery inside their clothing that could only be seen with certain lenses. Think we do that? Think that if we _do_ that, Osama knows?
Infiltrating using just our outfits seems pretty out of the question to me, except for _maybe_ making/faking press releases with American soldiers in Hanoi Jane positions.
posted by swerdloff at 4:59 PM on October 12, 2001
Infiltrating using just our outfits seems pretty out of the question to me, except for _maybe_ making/faking press releases with American soldiers in Hanoi Jane positions.
posted by swerdloff at 4:59 PM on October 12, 2001
$50K, you mean jihad and the rewards of the afterlife aren't incentive enough? ;)
posted by nyomi at 6:12 PM on October 12, 2001
posted by nyomi at 6:12 PM on October 12, 2001
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posted by luser at 7:20 AM on October 12, 2001