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American Hunting Bin Laden Detained In Pakistan
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Jen Chung
Published Jun 15, 2010
Modified Jun 15, 2010
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A 52-year-old American was arrested in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border and claimed he was hunting Osama bin Laden. CNN reports, "The Californian named Gary Faulkner was carrying a pistol, a sword, night-vision equipment and Christian religious books, said Mumtaz Ahmed, a police chief in the area... He told police that he had been looking for bin Laden since 9/11 and had traveled to the area several times before."
While Faulkner said he had no intention of killing bin Laden, "police believed he was trying to kill bin Laden because of the weapons he was carrying." Well, the FBI's Most Wanted description of bin Laden does say he "SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS." The U.S. Embassy wouldn't speak specifically about Faulkner, but did say an American had been detained in Pakistan, "We're hoping to get consular access to the individual."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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