Islamic militants buy plumber's old truck, use it in Syria
Source: USA Today
TEXAS CITY, Texas A plumber's traded-in truck has landed in Syria, and the man's friends at home think he's been aiding terrorists.
It's all because of a photo posted on an Islamic militant group's Twitter feed. It shows one of Mark-1 Plumbing's old work trucks with its logo on the side, turned into an anti-aircraft firing weapon on the front lines of Syria's civil war.
"We had no intentions or no idea that this would even happen," said Jeff Oberholtzer, son of Mark-1's owner.
He traded the truck in himself in November 2013 at an AutoNation Ford dealership about 20 miles away in Houston.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/12/17/plumbing-truck-syria/20523873/
Why didn't he removal the decals before trading it in?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I should have checked with them before giving my old car to my son.
Wonder what the carfax on that VIN looks like.
cloudbase
(5,552 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)pstokely
(10,554 posts)he assumed the dealer would remove the decal, the dealer probably just sold at an auto auction to someone who shipped from it Galveston port to the middle east
delrem
(9,688 posts)outfitted with machine guns.
They sure don't lack for well-moneyed sponsors.
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)always stumped with old squad cars. They haven't removed the paint so of course you slow down because of the colors
whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)I mean, since Rick Perry said so many times he was protecting Texas from AQ, this is BIG!!11!
dembotoz
(16,896 posts)easy spot just look 4 the car that won't start
Calista241
(5,586 posts)GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)That would be like a pickup truck traded in rebel held Syria that ended up in Texas with "Abdullah's Electrical and Falafals" written on the side.
What would Abdullah's friends make of that if seen in a photo years later? That their friend is aiding the infidels?