Saturday, August 07, 2004

Is this guy considered a terrorist?

Update on that beheading I posted earlier this morning...

A video that appeared on a Web site used by Islamic militants purported to show the beheading of an American hostage on Saturday but the mother of the man shown in the video said it was a hoax.

"It's a hoax," Theresa Vanderford, mother of Ben Vanderford 22, said from her San Francisco area home. "He's very computer savvy and stuff."

...Vanderford earlier told the Associated Press he staged the beheading using fake blood and began distributing the videotape on the Internet months ago. "It was part of a stunt, but no one noticed up until now," he said.

Vanderford's Web site identifies him as a 22-year-old independent candidate for district supervisor in San Francisco. He is also a musician and video-game programer.
Reuters article

There you go, San Francisco. He and Arnold should get along fine.

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