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Al-Qaeda mastermind featured for ‘hairs, not terrorism’ in cosmetic ad: Turkish company
Hurriyet Daily News ^ | November 04, 2014

Posted on 11/06/2014 10:47:47 AM PST by Olog-hai

A Turkish cosmetics company that ran a controversial online ad for its hair removal product has defended itself, arguing that it featured a notorious al-Qaeda militant “for his hair, not terrorism.”

The ad for the hair removal product reads, in Turkish, “Waiting won’t get rid of that hair!” or, more literally, “The hair will not go away because you keep waiting!”

The slogan is accompanied by a photo of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pakistani former al-Qaeda leader who is best known as the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attack. Mohammed is currently being held in U.S. military custody in Guantánamo Bay and faces the death penalty if convicted. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hairremoval; khalidmohammed; rop; turkey

1 posted on 11/06/2014 10:47:47 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Most women find body hair like that a turnoff. On the other hand it doesn’t seem to bother goats at all. He’s probably not interested in removing the hair.


2 posted on 11/06/2014 11:01:45 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: Olog-hai
Sounds tongue-in-cheek to me.
3 posted on 11/06/2014 11:07:03 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
"Most women find body hair like that a turnoff."
4 posted on 11/06/2014 11:39:31 AM PST by paterfamilias
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To: paterfamilias

Scary...Too close to being true.


5 posted on 11/06/2014 1:43:58 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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