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06-19-2014, 10:05 PM
CIA Made an Osama bin Laden Toy to Spook Children and Parents
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The CIA has a history of getting in**vative in attempts to counter enemy propaganda.
In 2005, the intelligence agency began working on creating an "evil" Osama bin Laden action figure made from heat-dissolving material that would pull back to show a devilish red-face. The figurine's code name was, appropriately, "Devil Eyes," as The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-hatched-plan-to-make-demon-toy-to-counter-bin-laden-influence/2014/06/19/cb3d571c-f0d0-11e3-914c-1fbd0614e2d4_story.html?hpid=z1) revealed on Thursday.
See also: Uncovered: 10 Secret Facts About the CIA (http://mashable.com/2014/03/13/cia-secret-facts/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The @CIA (https://twitter.com/CIA) hatched a plan to make demon toy to counter bin Laden influence — we found a samplehttp://t.co/5nG7nirkjP pic.twitter.com/TEzb2CUmr7 (http://t.co/TEzb2CUmr7)
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The CIA has a history of getting in**vative in attempts to counter enemy propaganda.
In 2005, the intelligence agency began working on creating an "evil" Osama bin Laden action figure made from heat-dissolving material that would pull back to show a devilish red-face. The figurine's code name was, appropriately, "Devil Eyes," as The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-hatched-plan-to-make-demon-toy-to-counter-bin-laden-influence/2014/06/19/cb3d571c-f0d0-11e3-914c-1fbd0614e2d4_story.html?hpid=z1) revealed on Thursday.
See also: Uncovered: 10 Secret Facts About the CIA (http://mashable.com/2014/03/13/cia-secret-facts/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The @CIA (https://twitter.com/CIA) hatched a plan to make demon toy to counter bin Laden influence — we found a samplehttp://t.co/5nG7nirkjP pic.twitter.com/TEzb2CUmr7 (http://t.co/TEzb2CUmr7)
— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) June 19, 2014 (https://twitter.com/AnupKaphle/statuses/479627748827492352) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/19/cia-osama-bin-laden-toy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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