- ISLAMABAD: US Embassy officials on Thursday met with an American construction worker detained in Pakistan several days ago while on a solo mission to kill Osama bin Laden.
Gary Brooks Faulkner claims he set off for Pakistan after God appeared in his dream and ordered him to kill Al-Qaeda’s leader to avenge the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the US, according to Pakistani security officials. Police detained Faulkner on Sunday in a forest in northern Pakistan, where they said he was found carrying several weapons, including a pistol and a sword, and night-vision equipment. Catching the Al-Qaeda chief was 50-year-old Faulkner’s passion, his brother Scott Faulkner has said. He sold all his tools to finance his trip and was prepared to die in Pakistan, said his brother.

