# Sesame Street: Tool of the Terrorist

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-tool-of-the-terrorist/86815>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 11, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-tool-of-the-terrorist/86815 "2001-10-11T16:27:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-tool-of-the-terrorist/86815/1 "2001-10-11T16:27:38Z")

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Okay, I just had this pop up in my mail box. Here are two photos of what is obviously the finest Osama bin Laden poster in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

[Photo 1](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011005/wl/imdf05102001094431a.html).

[Photo 2](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011009/wl/imdf09102001085522a.html).

As best I can tell, these are genuine Reuters photos.  
And, for reference, here is the poster again with a different photo credit, but the critical part of the poster is missing.

[Photo 3](http://www.tctubantia.nl/CDA/regioportal/1,2078,1654__772741_,00.html).

Rather than spoil the suprise, I’ll just recommend you take a look at the little fellow riding on Osama’s left shoulder.

[Is that who I think it is?](http://www.fractalcow.com/bert/bert.htm)

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**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-tool-of-the-terrorist/86815/2 "2001-10-11T16:32:36Z")

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Been done in other threads…check

[here](http://www.lindqvist.com/bert.php) for a comprehensive approach to Bert & Osama

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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-tool-of-the-terrorist/86815/3 "2001-10-11T16:36:37Z")

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Oops. Sorry. I thought I had broken through into the truly surreal.