| 7-2-2004 |
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Fireworks Give Chance
to Blow Up Bin Laden
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By
JOSEFINA LOZA
Associated Press Writer |
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. -- Some
Americans this Fourth of July plan to get a bang out of blowing
Osama bin Laden's head off. The bin Laden Noggin, a cone-shaped
pyrotechnic device with a cartoon of bin Laden's face, has
been a hot seller at some fireworks stores around the country.
When lit, the bin Laden cone erupts in blood-red flames and
screeches for 60 seconds. Two shots blow his head off.
It is part of an Exploding Terrorists Heads four-pack that
also includes Saddam Hussein, Yasser Arafat and Moammar Gadhafi.
Another hot seller in some places: Game Over, a package
of three artillery shots decorated like bin Laden, Saddam
and Gadhafi in striped jail uniforms.
Both sets of fireworks are made in China.
Suzi Hoffman, whose husband returned home in May after spending
eight months working as an electrician in Baghdad, got a
kick out of the terrorists' heads while shopping for fireworks
in suburban Omaha.
"I thought they should have shot Saddam in the head
when they found him," she said. "So, this is a
great way to get your aggression out."
Lisa Myer of Papillion was appalled when she heard about
the fireworks while shopping for smoke bombs and sparklers
for her son.
"What are we trying to teach our children?" she
asked.
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