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Breaking News: Osama bin Laden's "Fairly Extensive" Porn Stash Found
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Ben Yakas
Published May 13, 2011
Modified May 13, 2011
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Ben Yakas
Published May 13, 2011
Modified May 13, 2011
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It seems that Osama bin Laden had plenty of good use for all that "natural Viagra," and we're not talking about his three wives/shields: U.S. officials say that commandos found a stash of pornography in bin Laden's hideout when they killed him. Was Abbottabad Girls 3: Bad To The Hijab among them?
According to officials, the pornography recovered consists of "modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive." The officials, who spoke under the promise of anonymity, told Reuters they weren't sure where in the compound the pornography was discovered or who had been viewing it, but they did add that bin Laden was cut off from the Internet and other hard-wired communications networks.
Already, Twitter is all over this one (wasn't this what Twitter was created for?) with plenty of jokes, under the hashtag #binLadenpr0n. Some of our favorites so far: "The Carpet Munchers of Mecca," Packin' Stan: Magna Cum Laden", and "Messin with Bush." Wired points us to Washington Times national security correspondent Eli Lake, who made his own wish: “Please make it gay porn.”
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