FBI searches home of Texas man seeking bin Laden bounty

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SANSOM PARK, Texas (AP) -- A Texas man who told authorities he was headed to Syria to try to collect the $25 million bounty on Osama bin Laden was rarely home and mostly kept to himself, neighbors said.

But a few weeks ago, Matt Mihsen walked through the yard of his tiny, white-clapboard A-frame house carrying a shotgun over his shoulder, wearing a green Army jacket and looking disheveled, a neighbor said Friday.

"He looked kind of wild," said Patty Kelley, 28, whose house is about 30 yards from Mihsen's. "I have a 4-year-old son, and I was like, "Let's get in the house.' We don't go outside on that side of the house anymore."

Mihsen, 47, remained in federal custody in Detroit on Friday, three days after his arrest at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. He told agents that he was going to Syria in hopes of claiming the reward, offered by the U.S. government, for information leading to bin Laden's arrest and conviction, according to a federal criminal complaint.

http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw111945_20050218.htm

[Mugweed]

1. What?

OK, first I tought it was raised to $50 million. But now this poor, hard working American small businessman just wants to help the cause and go find Bin Laden and they arrest him? sarcasm off. Sounds like a Bush voter to me.

[Bronco69]

2. LOL!

The only person looking for bin Laden, and they throw him in jail! hahahahaha

[emad]

3. Hired by the Riggs Bank, like Jonathan Idema, Edward Carvallo

etc - the US mercenaries jailed in Kabul last autumn after running a private Abu Ghraib-style jail and caliming to be bounty-hunters working for the Pentagon?

[Clark2008]

4. Have you ever noticed that when the perpetrator is a real nutjob

the neighbors quoted always say, "He was a quiet neighbor. No one ever expected him to do something like this."
However, when there is something fishy to the story, the neighbors all noticed some weird occurrence they, ironically, never told police about.
Hmmmm......