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Bin Laden's Secret Stash Of "Viagra" Located
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Christopher Robbins
Published May 8, 2011
Modified May 8, 2011
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Christopher Robbins
Published May 8, 2011
Modified May 8, 2011
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Like so many affluent, 50-something males before him, Osama Bin Laden may have needed a little something extra to ensure that he could have sex. According to NBC News "nearly a dozen drugs" were found in the Abottabad compound after last week's raid, including medicine to treat "ulcers and gastric reflux," a drug to treat high blood pressure, and "Avena syrup," an artificial sweetener that doubles as a "natural Viagra." We knew that the blue pill was our lil' helper in the War on Terror, but it appears it was a double agent.
Nevermind that NBC's chief medial editor is quoted as saying "there is a lot of folklore around [Avena's] potential as a natural Viagra…but not a lot of science." How many impotency puns can the Post pack into this 66-word story on Osama Bin Laden's "natural viagra" stash? It was a "downer for his 72 virgins." The discovery was "showing a softer side to the hardened terrorist." And it sits under the headline "The harder they fall: Bin Laden kept natural Viagra…"
Meanwhile, we will continue to ask the tough questions: where are the weapons of flaccid destruction? How did Osama Bone Lacken, the leader of a soft-rod jihad, feel about being caught between Iraq and a not-so-hard place? Did he ever watch any of Bob Dole's commercials on his satellite TV?
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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