Oct 20

Google Frees Hostage in Iraq

Australian John Martinkus was kidnapped in Baghdad on Saturday because his captors thought he was a CIA agent. The kidnappers googled him and found enough information on his homepage to convince them that he was who he said he was and he was freed.

I smell a business opportunity here. Bogus web sites for people (or CIA agents) who feel they might find themselves in this situation. You could detail your fictional journalistic and humanitarian endeavors and espouse the beliefs of whatever land you are planning to visit.

Via Buzzmachine

by Rob   October 20, 2004 8:23 AM   |

Comments

by Ozh,   October 20, 2004 10:50 AM  

rofl. Better not have a name like "Joe Chang" with 10.000 hits on google.

by Deane,   October 20, 2004 11:25 AM  

They should have just gone to http://www.whosarat.com. That would have settled it.

by Chris,   October 20, 2004 5:12 PM  

lol Funny thing is, a friend of mine had a similar idea yesterday: Buy an Alibi. Add this part in there, somebody's got a good business.

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