Int'l Issues Pakistan Planning "Osama-Land" Amusement Park

gblowfish · 02-05-2013, 09:27 AM

I wish I was kidding....

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...icle-1.1254928

The town where Osama Bin Laden was killed will soon boast the Disneyland of Pakistan.

Officials in Abbottabad, where the 9/11 mastermind met his fate at the hands of U.S. Navy SEALs, is planning to build a $30 million amusement park to boost tourism.

But don’t expect the park to be filled with Al Qaeda-themed attractions such a fatwa funhouse or jihadist zipline.

“This project has nothing to do with Osama Bin Laden,” Syed Aqil Shah, minister for tourism and sports in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, told reporters.

The park will instead be very similar to ones in America.

Shah said the park will have a wildlife zoo, food courts, waterfalls, jogging tracks, rock-climbing walls and a miniature golf course.

Ground will be broken later this month on the first 50-acre phase of the project. Shah said the plans calls for the park to eventually be expanded by another 500 acres.

The Navy’s celebrated SEAL Team Six killed Bin Laden on May 2, 2011, during their daring raid on the Abbottabad compound where Bin Laden had been hiding out.

The compound has since been demolished out of fear it would become a shrine for Al Qaeda followers. A replica of the compound was built for the Oscar-nominated film “Zero Dark Thirty,” which chronicles the Bin Laden take-down mission.

Shah made clear that the ground where Bin Laden’s compound once stood will not be part of the amusement park.

He insisted the amusement park is not an attempt for the town to polish its tarnished image as Bin Laden’s longtime safe haven.

“We are working to promote tourism and amusement facilities,” Shah said.

Amnorix · 02-05-2013, 09:31 AM

What's the problem here exactly? They're NOT using the land where Osama's compound was, they're NOT naming it after him, they're NOT promoting him in any way. It just happens to be in the same city where he was killed -- a rather large city, by the way.

blaise · 02-05-2013, 09:33 AM

Must not make Twin Towers of Terror joke.

Radar Chief · 02-05-2013, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amnorix

What's the problem here exactly? They're NOT using the land where Osama's compound was, they're NOT naming it after him, they're NOT promoting him in any way. It just happens to be in the same city where he was killed -- a rather large city, by the way.

Don’t you think that $30M would be better spent on infrastructure? It’s their money so whatever but still, priorities.

**RNR** · 02-05-2013, 09:44 AM

Glad to see our tax dollars being used for something over there. The billions we have sent to that shit hole never seem to bring results~

Fat Elvis · 02-05-2013, 10:03 AM

Quote:

The park will instead be very similar to ones in America.

Shah said the park will have a wildlife zoo, food courts, waterfalls, jogging tracks, rock-climbing walls and a miniature golf course.

I thought these pictures from their brochures looked pretty promising:

Wildlife zoo-

Food court-

Waterfall-

Jogging Track-

Climbing Wall-

Miniature golf-

King_Chief_Fan · 02-05-2013, 10:06 AM

maybe they will have one of those real life experience type of things where they can blow each other up

Hog Farmer · 02-05-2013, 02:11 PM

Sign at entrance reads :

There will be no smiling allowed while in the park. The stoning pit is next to the south entrance and the Goat exhibit is still under construction.

cosmo20002 · 02-05-2013, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gblowfish

I wish I was kidding....

Pakistan Planning "Osama-Land" Amusement Park

So, I read the story, and from what I read...Pakistan is not planning "Osama-Land" amusement park.

Good article.

Radar Chief · 02-05-2013, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

Sign at entrance reads :

There will be no smiling allowed while in the park. The stoning pit is next to the south entrance and the Goat exhibit/brothel is still under construction.

Amnorix · 02-05-2013, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Don’t you think that $30M would be better spent on infrastructure? It’s their money so whatever but still, priorities.

Why in the world would you care?

|Zach| · 02-05-2013, 02:33 PM

Well, that is one ridiculous thread title.

Amnorix · 02-05-2013, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Well, that is one ridiculous thread title.

Early leader for "worst thread title of the year"....

Radar Chief · 02-05-2013, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Why in the world would you care?

Beyond smirking at their screwed up priorities I don’t.

cosmo20002 · 02-05-2013, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Well, that is one ridiculous thread title.

Just when ya think nothing could out-pete petegz28--bam, there it is.

02-05-2013, 09:27 AM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $3132343	Pakistan Planning "Osama-Land" Amusement Park I wish I was kidding.... http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...icle-1.1254928 The town where Osama Bin Laden was killed will soon boast the Disneyland of Pakistan. Officials in Abbottabad, where the 9/11 mastermind met his fate at the hands of U.S. Navy SEALs, is planning to build a $30 million amusement park to boost tourism. But don’t expect the park to be filled with Al Qaeda-themed attractions such a fatwa funhouse or jihadist zipline. “This project has nothing to do with Osama Bin Laden,” Syed Aqil Shah, minister for tourism and sports in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, told reporters. The park will instead be very similar to ones in America. Shah said the park will have a wildlife zoo, food courts, waterfalls, jogging tracks, rock-climbing walls and a miniature golf course. Ground will be broken later this month on the first 50-acre phase of the project. Shah said the plans calls for the park to eventually be expanded by another 500 acres. The Navy’s celebrated SEAL Team Six killed Bin Laden on May 2, 2011, during their daring raid on the Abbottabad compound where Bin Laden had been hiding out. The compound has since been demolished out of fear it would become a shrine for Al Qaeda followers. A replica of the compound was built for the Oscar-nominated film “Zero Dark Thirty,” which chronicles the Bin Laden take-down mission. Shah made clear that the ground where Bin Laden’s compound once stood will not be part of the amusement park. He insisted the amusement park is not an attempt for the town to polish its tarnished image as Bin Laden’s longtime safe haven. “We are working to promote tourism and amusement facilities,” Shah said.
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Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $195910	What's the problem here exactly? They're NOT using the land where Osama's compound was, they're NOT naming it after him, they're NOT promoting him in any way. It just happens to be in the same city where he was killed -- a rather large city, by the way. __________________ "I love signature blocks on the Internet. I get to put whatever the hell I want in quotes, pick a pretend author, and bang, it's like he really said it." George Washington
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King_Chief_Fan Praise Him Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: St. Louis MO Casino cash: $47364	maybe they will have one of those real life experience type of things where they can blow each other up __________________ Ephesians 2:8-10 English Standard Version (ESV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
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