Jan. 16, 2010
Osama bin Laden similarity?
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20100116/ec634786-aa45-4191-b1ab-f45b1830b53f
If you are graced with some physical feature a US Law enforcement agency can use to make a poster of a terrorist, be on the alert.
As a matter of fact, it doesn't even matter if there is such similarity. The US law enforcement agencies have software that, supposedly, will tweak your photograph to the desired purpose.
A Spanish public official discovered to his horror that his mug had been so hijacked and he isn't amused:
Imagine this Spaniard boarding a US bound plane and landing at a US airport where he is nabbed and sent to Guantanamo until he proves that he is not bin Laden.
Sounds implausible?
According to the outraged Spanish public official, there are no similarities between him and bin Laden other than being of the same age.
Apparently the forensic artist was casting around the Internet for a model to create a poster of the much wanted bin Laden, showing current age.
Manuel Sotil
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