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| Afghanistan/South Asia |
| Binny losing his market in Pakland |
| 2004-09-10 |
| The third anniversary of 9/11 has not brought Pakistani poster vendor Fateh Mohammad any windfall profits, unlike past years when his pictures of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden were big sellers. The bearded 50-year-old, who earns his livelihood in the city's bustling Saddar market said he sold only seven posters until Friday, while last year 500 were purchased by fans of the man regarded a hero by Muslim zealots. "I may sell few more on 9/11, but generally people don't seem to be interested in Laden's pictures any more," Mohammad told AFP with a wry smile. For Mohammad, Hollywood characters like Harry Potter and actors like Brad Pitt are becoming more popular and their posters sell like hot cakes among the youngsters in the world's second largest Muslim country. After Pakistan abandoned the hardline Taliban regime in Afghanistan and joined the US-led war on terror in late 2001, the Osama factor remained potent among certain groups in the country. But while such sentiments are still prevalent in the conservative tribal territory along the Afghan border, they are apparently losing their commercial value. "Our business thrives on current events," said a garment dealer in Karachi who use to sell bin Laden's shirts in the past. "There is little market for Bin Laden or Saddam Hussein but with one big event they can stage a comeback and we will give fresh orders for shirts with their photographs," shopkeeper Sher Zaman told AFP. Analysts believe that euphoria created by 9/11 terror attacks on United States among Muslim hardliners has considerably died down with the passage of time. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #16 Dead men don't sell big. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-10 3:12:16 PM |
| #15 AP: Michael Moore is not a big seller because the poster is too large. I also imagine that they don't sell any Amelia Airhart posters, either. ROTFLMAO! However, knowing that the RoP has it's own intellectuals, didn't you know that it was NOT Amelia Airhart that was the first woman pilot? It was Mahmoud bin crappin's 3rd wife in a burka, who took off from Fallujah Int'l Airport (which, BTW, is the 10,369th most holy site in all of Islam). |
| Posted by: BA 2004-09-10 3:08:05 PM |
| #14 Michael Moore is not a big seller because the poster is too large. I also imagine that they don't sell any Amelia Airhart posters, either. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-10 11:55:32 AM |
| #13 #11 JiB: For Mohammad, Hollywood characters like Harry Potter and actors like Brad Pitt are becoming more popular and their posters sell like hot cakes among the youngsters in the world’s second largest Muslim country. What about Michael Moore? I'm sure among the AQ and their ilk he would be a hot seller! That's only through controlled official channels, like Hezbollah and Hamas. Only certain jihadis are "worthy" of seeing F9/11! Brad Pitt & Harry Potter? Just wait til the boys get a load of the 2005 Hooters calendar and there's a McDonald's on every corner in Paki: Mohammad: Hey, Ayman, have you tried the McFalaffel or the Curry McChicken? Ayman: Are you kiddin' Mo? I'm checking out the "chick" Ms. May in the Hooters 2005 calendar. Allan be praised, but I hear next year's calendar will feature fashionable burkas for the ladies; I can't wait! |
| Posted by: BA 2004-09-10 10:20:03 AM |
| #12 He's Osama bin Done. All the hip young jihadis are wearing Basayev this season. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-09-10 10:16:09 AM |
| #11 For Mohammad, Hollywood characters like Harry Potter and actors like Brad Pitt are becoming more popular and their posters sell like hot cakes among the youngsters in the world’s second largest Muslim country. What about Michael Moore? I'm sure among the AQ and their ilk he would be a hot seller! |
| Posted by: Jack is Back 2004-09-10 9:45:44 AM |
| #10 For Mohammad, Hollywood characters like Harry Potter Book 8: "Harry Potter and Transformed Civilization" Go Harry, go! |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-09-10 9:20:26 AM |
| #9 One word, Mohammad. Plastics. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-09-10 9:01:59 AM |
| #8 posters like like Brad Pitt??? Can't say I blame those women! Maybe the stuff for the boys was in the back. |
| Posted by: B 2004-09-10 8:57:33 AM |
| #7 Oh, I see SPoD! My tech ignorance on show. But still, he so is dead... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-10 4:52:29 AM |
| #6 LOL is is a joke Netcraft reports on stuff like operating systems being run by web (servers) sites along with uptimes and other data. Rantburg is reported as running Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 for example As the saying goes "It's official netcraft reports BSD is dead. ( hardly true at all :p) In other words I don't believe Qsama is under a bunch of rock and dirt. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-10 4:47:36 AM |
| #5 it's offical Netcraft reports Ben Laden is dead. Come again? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-10 4:33:18 AM |
| #4 it's offical Netcraft reports Ben Laden is dead. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-10 3:57:56 AM |
| #3 How many posters of Zawahri, I wonder, now that we've pretty much been assured by him that Binny f*cked off to f*cking paradise a long time ago? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-10 3:45:55 AM |
| #2 "I used to be hooked on Osama but since I got Camel dung I have been able to give it up" Allan be praised. |
| Posted by: Trolling for Allan 2004-09-10 3:21:14 AM |
| #1 "Osama bin who? Oh, him! No, he's so 2001. We don't do him any more. Got posters of Bert on his own though, if you're interested." |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-10 2:27:24 AM |