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Look-alike Arrested Twice; Close But No Bin Laden
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An Afghan tribesman with an uncanny resemblance to Osama bin Laden has now been arrested twice, both times following reported sightings and massive manhunts for the al Qaeda leader, Pakistani intelligence officials tell ABC News.
Over six feet tall and with the same angular nose as bin Laden, Sher Akbar comes from an Afghan village, Bagh e Metal, in an area where U.S. officials believe bin Laden has been hiding.
Bin Laden is believed to be six feet four inches to six feet six inches tall and weigh 160 pounds. He is 50 years old.
The most recent arrest of bin Laden's near-twin came after Afghani officials reported informants saw bin Laden moving across the border into Pakistan, near the town of Chitral.
"We arrested this man as a result of this investigation, but it's not who you might think it is," a senior Pakistani intelligence official told ABC News, providing a photograph to make his point.
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The official said an extensive investigation involving Pakistani and U.S. intelligence officers found that the look-alike has no connection to bin Laden, but that local residents had tried to collect rewards based on Akhbar's resemblance to bin Laden.
The United States has offered a $25 million reward for information that leads to the location of bin Laden.
April 30, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (67)
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Its pretty sad when a country with as many weapons as the USA cannot catch a simple construction worker.
You can spend billions on war and oil exploits but cannot track down a religious man.
Posted by: Ben | Apr 30, 2007 12:36:55 PM
"I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"
The Title to OBL's new book and why he is still such a stringbean at 50.
Posted by: Boris | Apr 30, 2007 1:08:04 PM
Look at him - you can tell he is guilty of something. Send him down to Gitmo anyway.
Posted by: Scott | Apr 30, 2007 1:28:15 PM
that guy hets mistaken for bin laden and this gets mstaken for news.
Posted by: Bob | Apr 30, 2007 1:28:28 PM
Don't you se Bob, this is news...cause there is no real news...it is all in our heads what is news...news...news..news..ne..ne..n..n..
Posted by: boB backwards | Apr 30, 2007 1:31:19 PM
Isn't this profiling? Where is the ACLU? Haha.
Posted by: UBL | Apr 30, 2007 1:41:32 PM
You think the guy would figure it out and maybe shave or lose the turbin. If I live in the same region as the most wanted man on the face of the earth, I think I would do everything in my power not to look like him. We all know Bin Laden is hanging out in France. Don't worry France, you sit back and relax we will capture all the terrorist. No seriously, sit there and do nothing.
Posted by: Dotson | Apr 30, 2007 2:09:51 PM
When you consider how many 'enemy combatants' are detained in Gitmo without being charged with any crime, it's a wonder this guy wasn't head indefinitely the FIRST time he was picked up. And just how did he prove he wasn't OBL? That type of information, just like the locations of the WMD, will nenver be told to the American public because we can't be trusted with such, according to Big Brother.
Posted by: mike | Apr 30, 2007 2:15:20 PM
Simple advice for the Bin Laden look alike ... Shave the beard! It's a simple fix.
Posted by: Bryan | Apr 30, 2007 2:25:11 PM
bin Laden uses this guy as the canary in the coalmine. When people come looking for the terrorist they find this guy first which is exactly the way Bin Laden designed it. He then knows who is looking for him.
Posted by: almc logistics | Apr 30, 2007 2:43:20 PM
We should hire this guy to star in propaganda films we can leak to the middle east with him saying "the jihad is over, let peace reign". It would probably work!
Posted by: paul | Apr 30, 2007 3:00:44 PM
Wow. I wonder if the Bin-Laden look alike knows how much money he could be making as a standup comedian on American TV?
He wouldn't even have to learn English they could just used subtitles or an interpreter.
Posted by: Dennis Garwitz | Apr 30, 2007 3:04:39 PM
This story only PROVES that the war on terror is working! If you can come close to catching an Osama look alike then it only means GWB is winning the war on terror.
Posted by: Zach | Apr 30, 2007 3:17:13 PM
Wow... it definitely looks more like Bin Laden than the guy in the infamous (fake) Bin Laden 9/11 "confession" video.
Posted by: Sean | Apr 30, 2007 3:21:35 PM
This guy could probably get away with cashing Osama's CIA paycheck.
Posted by: Bob | Apr 30, 2007 3:38:09 PM
Bin Laden's whereabouts,
logically, a person with immense wealth,
a person with a broad family network, a person with medical needs. It is obvious to me, he is in Saudi Arabia with the full knowledge of the House of Saud. carrying on his terroist plans with their total support and knowledge
Posted by: boredwithidiotmedia | Apr 30, 2007 3:56:14 PM
The REWARD MONEY explains it all. They should keep his biometric records stored just in case there's another misunderstanding.
Posted by: Cheap Copywriters | Apr 30, 2007 3:57:16 PM
Next headline:
ABC accused of plagiarizing the National Enquirer, developing...
Posted by: Kennedy | Apr 30, 2007 4:34:48 PM
makes you wonder if we could have actually caught the real bin laden had we not been so busy spreading democracy in iraq with bombs and hangings. but seriously, i think this guy has a good shot at the next ABC made for tv movie concerning terrorism!
Posted by: camus | Apr 30, 2007 4:38:17 PM
Here's a crazy idea - Even though you look just like the subject of an international man-hunt, whatever you do, don't ever even think of, say, SHAVING THE BEARD and maybe NOT DRESSING JUST LIKE HIM!
Posted by: Taylor | Apr 30, 2007 5:36:17 PM
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