andyandy
6th September 2007, 08:09 PM
breaking news....
a group of ABC comedians in Australia, with a fake blacked out motorcade car and photocopied security passes got through security, allowing a guy dressed as OBL to run for the president's hotel....
lucky for them they avoided being shot....and are just held under arrest
SYDNEY (AFP) - Stars of a hit Australian comedy show, one dressed as Osama bin Laden, came within 10 metres of the hotel where US President George W. Bush was staying in a prank on Thursday, witnesses said.
Two stars of the satirical programme "The Chaser's War on Everything" were among 11 crew members charged after the stunt, involving a fake motorcade of three black limousines flying Canadian flags in the heart of Sydney.
Surrounded by fake security men in black suits but lacking security passes for the ongoing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the pranksters managed to get past one important security checkpoint, witnesses said.
Team members said they thought Canada would be a country that might not be too closely scrutinised and might realistically have only three cars in a motorcade.
Police said the 11 were bailed after being charged with entering a restricted area without justification under special laws that have increased police powers for the duration of the APEC meeting.
Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino declined to discuss the president's security arrangements but panned the stunt, rolling her eyes and deadpanning "that sounds absolutely hilarious."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070906/wl_asia_afp/apecsummitbushcomedy_070906135826
heads will roll :)
a group of ABC comedians in Australia, with a fake blacked out motorcade car and photocopied security passes got through security, allowing a guy dressed as OBL to run for the president's hotel....
lucky for them they avoided being shot....and are just held under arrest
SYDNEY (AFP) - Stars of a hit Australian comedy show, one dressed as Osama bin Laden, came within 10 metres of the hotel where US President George W. Bush was staying in a prank on Thursday, witnesses said.
Two stars of the satirical programme "The Chaser's War on Everything" were among 11 crew members charged after the stunt, involving a fake motorcade of three black limousines flying Canadian flags in the heart of Sydney.
Surrounded by fake security men in black suits but lacking security passes for the ongoing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the pranksters managed to get past one important security checkpoint, witnesses said.
Team members said they thought Canada would be a country that might not be too closely scrutinised and might realistically have only three cars in a motorcade.
Police said the 11 were bailed after being charged with entering a restricted area without justification under special laws that have increased police powers for the duration of the APEC meeting.
Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino declined to discuss the president's security arrangements but panned the stunt, rolling her eyes and deadpanning "that sounds absolutely hilarious."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070906/wl_asia_afp/apecsummitbushcomedy_070906135826
heads will roll :)