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US seeks access to arrested Osama-hunter
ISLAMABAD: US has formally sought access to an American construction worker arrested by security forces in Pakistan while on a mission to sneak into Afghanistan to hunt and kill Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.The US embassy has filed an application seeking access to 52-year-old Gary Brooks Faulkner, spokesman Richard Snelsire said.
Faulkner was arrested in a forest in Chitral and is currently in the custody of an intelligence agency, he said.
A pistol, a dagger, night vision goggles, some hashish and Christian literature were found in his possession. Police said he was trying to sneak into Nuristan province of Afghanistan to hunt and kill Osama Bin Laden.
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