Can a puppet be a terrorist? In Egypt, this is a serious question

Minnpost ^ | 01/09/14 | Louisa Loveluck

[Pan_Yan]

On Wednesday night, Egyptian television viewers were treated to the sight of a grown man live-debating a puppet.

The doll in question – Abla Fahita – is the star of a new Vodafone commercial, and one of Egypt’s most recently accused spies. The commercial shows Ms. Fahita and her cloth-eared daughter as they search for the SIM card of a deceased relative. As Fahita chats away on her mobile, a radio anchor explains how to make "stuffed turkey" for Christmas.

Vodafone officials have been questioned over accusations that the ad conveys a secret message to the Muslim Brotherhood, a movement which has gone from political powerhouse to pariah status in just five months.

The man on the other side of the television debate, a youth activist who goes by the name Ahmed Spider, has filed a legal complaint against the telecommunications provider, arguing that Fahita’s words were so nonsensical that she must be dropping hints about a bomb plot. This is not the first time the errant puppet has sewn the seeds of sedition, he argued, reminding viewers of a previous advertisement in which she referred to Dolce Ice Cream as a "bomb."

[Pan_Yan]

Coming on the heels of the spy stork incident anything is possible.

[coloradan]

Do they mean a puppet like Kermit The Frog, or do they mean a puppet like Mr. Soetero?

[BenLurkin]

[Scrambler Bob]

I can’t tell them apart, except Kermit is green (and smarter).

[Army Air Corps]

Professor Honeydew was clearly a bomb maker.

[Maceman]

AM I really in before anyone else posts this?

[Pan_Yan]

The suspect:

[Pan_Yan]

I am sooo ashamed that I didn’t post that in the first comment.

[Chode]

they can run countries, so why mot???

[ETL]

[SandRat]

I knew he would appear.

[JoeProBono]

[Alex Murphy]

[Wings-n-Wind]

Don't forget Achmed...

Yo... Dunham... UP!

[ETL]

[12th_Monkey]

damn! You beat me to it.