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.
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.
(Source: ABC Blog)
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11 Responses
How do they know for certain that it’s not Bin Laden??? Do they have B.L genuine dna & fingerprint???
That is Osama Bin Laden! I don’t believe them!
i bet it’s him!!!!!!!!
Him or not, he’s gone now
what makes you think you are smarter than the Pakistani and U.S. intelligence officers? If they say its not him, why can’t you just believe them?
They must have tested his DNA each time they got him, at least I hope so!
LET’S HOPE HE WILL BE COUGHT AGAIN!!
AND BEING TAKEN CARE OF!!!
He’s in Monsey
if there was any chance it is him america would want the credit
like they did with sadaams lookalike!
YWEditor, you are even better than AOL! They posted that this morning. Keep up the good work!
klurre kup reminds of a joke my children told me after 9/11.
Q: Where can you find Osama Bin Laden.
A: Pumping gas at a gas station on Coney Island Ave. in Flatbush!
Sure does look like him !!!!! 🙂