lol .. this is a riot.
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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network wanted to kidnap Russell Crowe as part of a "cultural destabilization plot," the Oscar-winning actor is quoted as saying in an Australian magazine.
In an interview published in the March edition of Australia's GQ Magazine, Crowe said FBI agents told him of the threat in 2001, in the months before he won a best actor Oscar for his role as Maximus in Gladiator.
"That was the first (time) I'd ever heard the phrase al-Qaida," Crowe said. "It was about - and here's another little touch of irony - taking iconographic Americans out of the picture as sort of a cultural destabilization plot," he added.
Crowe was born in New Zealand and has a ranch in eastern Australia but made his name in Hollywood.
It was not clear if there were other targets in the plot.
Crowe said he was shadowed by FBI agents after the threat and hired private security guards.
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Originally Posted by AlecWest
Anyway, Russell's threat came on the set of Proof of Life. Meg Ryan probably too.
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I dont know how you consider a threat to ones life a "riot" ...
it is a very scary situation, as is kidnapping ...
anyway - closing thread as it will become to political .."Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems." - Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
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