Colo. 'Rambo' claims credit for bin Laden's death, wants 25% of reward
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A Colorado construction worker arrested last year in Pakistan while hunting for Osama bin Laden claims major credit for the al-Qaeda leader's demise and wants 25% of the $25 million bounty, the Associated Press says.
Gary Faulkner of Greeley, dubbed the "Rocky Mountain Rambo," was deported in June after trying to cross into Afghanistan during his 11th attempt to track down bin Laden. He was carrying a pistol, samurai sword, night-vision goggles and a map. Navy SEALs killed bin Laden early Monday in his compound in Abbotabad, north of Islamabad.
"I was in those mountains when I was arrested," Faulkner told the Greeley Tribune on Monday. "I think maybe I flushed him down out of the mountains into the foothills."
He told ABC News, "I had a major hand and play in this wonderful thing, getting him out of the mountains and down to the valleys. ... Someone had to get him out of there. That's where I came in. I scared the squirrel out of his hole, he popped his head up and he got capped."
Watch ABC's interview with him.
Faulkner said he'd use his share of the reward to launch a non-profit foundation called M.U.S.I.C. — Mankind Under Severe and Intense Crisis. The Tribune writes that the organization would "seek to help people who are struggling to survive, especially against terrorist incidents."
