This was meant to be satire.
Not accuracy in reporting.
If only they were all this easy:
Mohammad Ashan, a mid-level Taliban commander in Paktika province, strolled toward a police checkpoint in the district of Sar Howza with a wanted poster bearing his own face. He demanded the finder’s fee referenced on the poster: $100.
Afghan officials, perplexed by the man’s misguided motives, arrested him on the spot. Ashan is suspected of plotting at least two attacks on Afghan security forces. His misdeeds prompted officials to plaster the district with hundreds of so-called “Be on the Lookout” posters emblazoned with his name and likeness.
When U.S. troops went to confirm that Ashan had in fact come forward to claim the finder’s fee, they were initially incredulous.
“We asked him, ‘Is this you?’ Mohammad Ashan answered with an incredible amount of enthusiasm, ‘Yes, yes, that’s me! Can I get my award now?’” recalled SPC Matthew Baker.
Give him the money, he deserves it.
H/T Jihad Watch
Pay him, let him go and hope that the Taliban have a fast-track scheme for future leaders that will take him to the top.
Mind you, the US Army has nothing to boast about, being an organisation that paid $450 for a hammer they could have bought in Wal-Mart of $6.
Just a small quibble with the above. Having worked in the defence industry, the hammer is $6. The other $446 is for the paperwork identifying the specification and the supply trail. It’s part of the process that prevents a manufacturer buying the screws that hold the wings on a F117 coming from the same store.
bloke in spain,
You do, I hope, appreciate the spirit in which Kelly Johnson set-up the Skunkworks was not at all like that.