Al-Qaeda fury over Botham Knighthood

OSAMA Bin Laden's deputy has condemned the award of a knighthood to Shredded Wheat legend Sir Ian Botham.

In a 20 minute audiotape, Ayman al-Zawahiri threatened to retaliate against Britain for honouring the former England cricket captain.

Zawahiri said: "I say to Blair's successor that by honouring this man you repeat the insults of Colin Cowdrey and Viv Richards."

www.thedailymash.co.uk...

Edited all caps in title

[edit on 11/7/07 by masqua]

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[edit on 11/7/2007 by Mirthful Me]

Is this supposed to be some kind of bad joke?

OB, you might want to change your thread title, so that all caps are not used.


also, I think there's already a thread on this... hang on.

Here's the "Source"

I believe it's a joke paper. BTS, anyone?

Edit: And before I could post, it was done!

[edit on 11-7-2007 by Benevolent Heretic]