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March 07, 2005
Russell Crowe: Cultural Stabilizer?
Michelle Malkin has a link up to a very weird story today. Apparently in 2001 the FBI warned Russell Crowe that al-Qaida was looking to kidnap him as part of a "cultural destabilisation plan."
I never realized that Russell Crowe was a cultural stabilizer. At the time he was nominated for an Academy Award, but still...it's not like he's a John Wayne or anything.
I can actually see why al-Qaida would want to kidnap a star. The incident would get a lot more press attention than some of the other kidnappings have.
This was before 9-11. Perhaps al-Qaida was planning to coordinate their Russell Crowe plan at the same time.
They should have kidnapped Barbara Streisand or Michael Moore. It would been a big time-saver. It wouldn't have been necessary to spend any time on torture, as Barbara and Mike would have been willing to say anti-American slogans at the beginning.
Check out Ace of Spades' take.
Posted by illuminaria at March 7, 2005 04:24 PM