A new front in the war on terror?
The global war on terror has many fronts — including, apparently, the pages of the January 2006 issue of GQ magazine: sexybinladen.bmp The person you see above is Wafah bin Ladin Dufour, the subject of a GQ story by George Gurley entitled, “It Isn’t Easy Being the Sexy Bin Laden.” From the article: On a ...
The global war on terror has many fronts -- including, apparently, the pages of the January 2006 issue of GQ magazine: The person you see above is Wafah bin Ladin Dufour, the subject of a GQ story by George Gurley entitled, "It Isn't Easy Being the Sexy Bin Laden." From the article: On a hot August afternoon, aspiring pop star Wafah Dufour walks into the media lunch hub Michael?s, in Midtown Manhattan. Accompanied by her publicist, Richard Valvo, the slender, exotic young woman with long dark hair in a high ponytail ? la I Dream of Jeannie is dressed in a white tank top, green love beads, lacy miniskirt, and backless pumps. Conversations continue as heads look up to check her out. Ms. Dufour passes by Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue, who is lunching with designer Isaac Mizrahi, then stops at the next table to meet former Sony Music chairman Tommy Mottola and NBC head Jeff Zucker. ?You know Wafah bin Ladin?? Valvo asks the men loudly. ?Wafah Dufour,? she snaps, shooting him a look that?s more pleading than hostile. Lest you think this is some attempt at a put-up job by a deep cover Al Qaeda agent, Gurley provides some additional info: She has no contact with most of her relatives, including her father, doesn?t speak Arabic, has an American passport? The list goes on. ?At the end of the day, I believe that the American people understand things and they have compassion and they see what?s fair,? she says. ?They?re very fair, and that?s why I love America, and that?s why my mom loves America.? The entire staff here at danieldrezner.com wishes Ms. Dufour the best of luck in all of her endeavours -- and we hope in particular that word reaches her notorious uncle. As Reuters reports, "Asked how he would react to her posing for racy pictures in a glossy magazine, she said, 'I think he would have a heart attack.'"
The global war on terror has many fronts — including, apparently, the pages of the January 2006 issue of GQ magazine:
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The person you see above is Wafah bin Ladin Dufour, the subject of a GQ story by George Gurley entitled, “It Isn’t Easy Being the Sexy Bin Laden.” From the article:
On a hot August afternoon, aspiring pop star Wafah Dufour walks into the media lunch hub Michael?s, in Midtown Manhattan. Accompanied by her publicist, Richard Valvo, the slender, exotic young woman with long dark hair in a high ponytail ? la I Dream of Jeannie is dressed in a white tank top, green love beads, lacy miniskirt, and backless pumps. Conversations continue as heads look up to check her out. Ms. Dufour passes by Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue, who is lunching with designer Isaac Mizrahi, then stops at the next table to meet former Sony Music chairman Tommy Mottola and NBC head Jeff Zucker. ?You know Wafah bin Ladin?? Valvo asks the men loudly. ?Wafah Dufour,? she snaps, shooting him a look that?s more pleading than hostile.
Lest you think this is some attempt at a put-up job by a deep cover Al Qaeda agent, Gurley provides some additional info:
She has no contact with most of her relatives, including her father, doesn?t speak Arabic, has an American passport? The list goes on. ?At the end of the day, I believe that the American people understand things and they have compassion and they see what?s fair,? she says. ?They?re very fair, and that?s why I love America, and that?s why my mom loves America.?
The entire staff here at danieldrezner.com wishes Ms. Dufour the best of luck in all of her endeavours — and we hope in particular that word reaches her notorious uncle. As Reuters reports, “Asked how he would react to her posing for racy pictures in a glossy magazine, she said, ‘I think he would have a heart attack.'”
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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