Funniest Tweets on 'Bin Laden Hunter' Gary Faulkner

Max Fisher 63 Views Jun 15, 2010

When Californian Gary Faulkner set out for Pakistan's Chitral forest to kill Osama bin Laden, armed with a handgun and a 40-inch sword, he probably did not find his mission to be particularly hilarious. But that's what it became when interested Twitter users--especially the terrorism and South Asia analysts who spend their workdays hunched over suicide bombing reports and counterinsurgency studies--made great comedic fodder of Faulkner. Here are some of the best.

I've been given an exclusive photo of bin Laden hunter Gary Faulkner: http://bit.ly/axCuSeless than a minute ago via webChristian Bleuer
AfghanAnalyst

@HerbCarmen BP's plan is to ask #GaryFaulkner to swim to the sea floor and plug the hole with his fist. #freegaryfaulkner #oilspillless than a minute ago via webAndrew Exum
abumuqawama

"The bin Laden Hunter: My Life As A Patriot" by Gary Faulkner (Viking, 2011).less than a minute ago via HootSuiteAfPak Channel
afpakchannel

If you aren't stalking the hills of Pakistan with a sword, you aren't serious about GWOT.less than a minute ago via EchofonChristopher Albon
chrisalbon

Another exclusive photo! Osama hunter Gary Faulkner leaving Pakistani custody: http://bit.ly/aFlZyLless than a minute ago via webChristian Bleuer
AfghanAnalyst

going to have to talk to my friends at the Pakistani Embassy in DC about expanding their Purpose of Visit section on their visa appless than a minute ago via webSean Maroney
seanmaroney

I am submitting a $300m contract bid to hunt Bin Laden with lone unemployed construction workers armed with melee weapons. @afpakchannelless than a minute ago via webChristopher Albon
chrisalbon

#GaryFaulker, a reaaaal American heeeeero, fixed the BP oil spill by threatening it with a sword.less than a minute ago via HootSuiteAfPak Channel
afpakchannel

#GaryFaulkner does not eat. Food understands that the only safe haven from #GaryFaulkner's sword of death is inside his own body.less than a minute ago via webAndrew Exum
abumuqawama

Petraeus apparently collapsed upon hearing our only hope in Pakistan has been arrested. #garyfaulknerless than a minute ago via TweetDeckNick Dubaz
ndubaz

Gary Faulkner is what happens when too much reality TV meets a decade of war http://yhoo.it/bIyfj0less than a minute ago via webAdamSerwer
AdamSerwer

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