# Okay, so we got him.....but what about his beard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 3, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734 "2003-03-03T07:52:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/1 "2003-03-03T07:52:27Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/03/03/pakistan.arrests/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/03/03/pakistan.arrests/index.html) Some of the photos I’ve seen of him show him with a full beard, and apparently it’s very important to them to have those beards. So, my question is, what happened to Khalid Shaikh Mohammed’s? Did he shave it off in an attempt to be less recognizable? Did we shave it off to piss him off? Did he get gum in it and for issues of santiation, decided to amputate as the only option? Probably a stupid question, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/2 "2003-03-03T08:41:51Z")
If the infidels shave your beard off, it goes straight to heaven where forty virgins await it. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/3 "2003-03-03T12:06:54Z")
Maybe he’s going for the “Ron Jeremy” look. The resemblance _is_ startling… ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/4 "2003-03-03T13:25:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krokodil \* > \*\*Maybe he’s going for the “Ron Jeremy” look. The resemblance _is_ startling… \*\* There’s got to be something in the Geneva Convention against _that_ sort of torture… ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/5 "2003-03-03T13:34:21Z")
Over the past year, the have been reports that top Al Qaeda members had shaved the beards and have been working in Pakistan. If you’ve kept in the loop over the past 1-2 years, you’d have read stories about their efforts to blend in with locals and/or change appearances. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/6 "2003-03-03T15:49:30Z")
From his [most wanted page](http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/terkmohammed.htm): > [@](#): > > Mohammed is known to wear either a full beard or a trimmed beard, or he may be clean shaven. ---
**Author:** ![da\_pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@da\_pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/da_pope)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/7 "2003-03-03T15:57:28Z")
On my way to get coffee, the headline in the newspaper box says ‘WHAT DOES HE KNOW?’ with the pic right next to it. I thought, ‘Ron Jeremy knows plenty I’m sure, but why do I want to know?’. Made me take a closer look at the image. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/8 "2003-03-03T16:42:49Z")
Who is Ron Jeremy? RR ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/9 "2003-03-03T17:44:40Z")
> [@](#): > > **Okay, so we got him…but what about his beard?** Unfortunately, his beard is still at large. ---
**Author:** ![Photog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@Photog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Photog)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/10 "2003-03-03T17:51:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RiverRunner \* > \*\*Who is Ron Jeremy? > > RR \*\* A disgusting walrus of a man who, despite his unpleasant appearance…sure seems to [score](http://www.ccchronicle.com/back/2001-12-03/arts1.html) with the ladies. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/11 "2003-03-03T17:51:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RiverRunner \* > \*\*Who is Ron Jeremy? > RR \*\* [Some really ugly dude.](http://centerstage.net/stumped/articles/ron-jeremy.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![holnist\_army](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@holnist\_army](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holnist_army)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/12 "2003-03-03T18:14:23Z")
we really didn’t need the beard, we knew who he was by his chest hair. christ! you could braid that stuff. blech! bush = :wally ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/13 "2003-03-03T19:47:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > \*\*From his [most wanted page](http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/terkmohammed.htm): \*\* One has to love the government’s precise descriptions. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/14 "2003-03-03T20:03:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Mohammed is known to wear either a full beard or a trimmed beard, or he may be clean shaven I wonder if that includes his back. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/15 "2003-03-03T20:13:19Z")
Since I’m not the first to hijack… Ron Jeremy’s going to make out like a bandit. Not only will he most likely play Khalid in the made for TV movie on Fox but the feds can hire him to do a (probably) non-lethal bludgeoning at the interrogation. Seka could take it but can Khalid? He’ll fold faster than Superman on laundry day. WHAP! “Augh, no more! I’ll talk! I’ll talk!” ---
**Author:** ![Howard\_Juneau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@Howard\_Juneau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Howard_Juneau)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/16 "2003-03-03T20:24:22Z")
Look at that t-shirt! What kind of a bulbous elephant-head stretched that thing out of shape? Man… and this is the _before interrogation_ picture! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-we-got-him-but-what-about-his-beard/158734/17 "2003-03-03T21:17:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Howard Juneau \* > \*\* What kind of a bulbous elephant-head \*\* That would be hubris, pride, or as it is known in the Southern United States, “The Big Head”.