{"id":7182,"date":"2010-06-25T10:36:50","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T07:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=7182"},"modified":"2010-06-25T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T08:58:00","slug":"osama-bin-laden-hunter-returns-to-the-us-after-being-released-by-pakistan-54645345","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/osama-bin-laden-hunter-returns-to-the-us-after-being-released-by-pakistan-54645345\/","title":{"rendered":"Osama Bin Laden hunter returns to the US after being released by Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Gary Faulkner, the self proclaimed terrorist hunter has returned back to the United States after being released by Pakistani authorities without any charges being pressed on the American.<\/h1>\n<h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7183\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7183\" title=\"Gary Faulkner home\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/berdiv\/public_html\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gary-Faulkner-home.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gary-Faulkner-home.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gary-Faulkner-home-280x210.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Faulkner returns to the US after a one man mission to capture Bin Laden. - Photo By: AP\/Chris Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Faulkner had gone to Pakistan in search of Osama Bin Laden who the al-Qaeda leader who was allegedly behind the 9\/11 bombings.<\/h2>\n<p>The 51-year-old one, who was on a one man mission to kill Bin Laden had been arrested on 13 June in a wooded area while attempting to cross the mountainous region of northern Pakistan into Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>He was armed with a pistol, sword, a map, night-vision goggles and Christian literature.<\/p>\n<p>After being caught by Pakistani security officials, Faulkner admitted that he was in the country in search of Osama Bin Laden to kill or capture the wanted leader.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Faulkner had left the US on May 30th after his brother dropped him off at the airport. Relatives of the 51-year-old said that he was not armed and had a valid visa when travelling to Pakistan and had not committed any crime.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Faulkner left Colorado on May 30. Scott Faulkner dropped him off at the airport and wasn&#8217;t sure he&#8217;d see him again. But he and other relatives have insisted that Gary Faulkner left the US unarmed, had a valid visa for Pakistan and was guilty of no crime while there.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Faulkner arrived in Denver&#8217;s airport at midnight Wednesday where he said &#8220;All I want to do is get some rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faulkner continued &#8220;This is not about me. What this is about is the American people and the world,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We can&#8217;t let people like this scare us. We don&#8217;t get scared by people like this, we scare them and that&#8217;s what this is about. We&#8217;re going to take care of business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ABC News agency also reported that Faulkner was determined to continue his mission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not like what people think as if I woke up one day and said, &#8216;I&#8217;ve got nothing better to do with my life, why not this?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who think it&#8217;s unrealistic never get off their couch and stay in front of the TV set and the movies and do something with their life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now, I&#8217;m out of wind, I need dialysis and some rest. Thank you and for all those who had something negative to say, sucks to be you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Faulkner was reported to have received dialysis treatment while in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Faulkner was reported to be an unemployed construction worker and had sold his tool to accumulate the finance on a total of six tips.<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\"><strong>Write your thoughts and comments bellow<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 9)<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! 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