Wednesday, April 18, 2007

What a character

Bin Laden look-alike runs for election (AP)

In this campaign poster, released by a family member of Lanao Del Sur Board Member candidate Agakhan Mangondato Sharief in Manila, Philippines, shows a big, bold 'Bin Laden' print of the 35-year-old candidate in the 1st District of Lanao Del Sur province in southern Philippines Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Philippine elections are largely a battle recall but Sharief resorted to using the nickname of the world's most wanted terrorist to catch attention of the voters for the May 14, 2007 local elections in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Agakhan Sharief Family, HO)AP - Philippine elections are largely a battle of name recall, so Agakhan Sharief has chosen a moniker that will surely capture the attention of voters well beyond his backwater southern province — Osama bin Laden.


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