As you may have noticed, I have replaced the header graphic at the top of the blog, although I know that many of you will miss the cheerful face of our good friend Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Our new friend is no less interesting, and I have some questions about him.
You know the drill, right? The first student with a correct answer to any of these questions gets a brownie point. Students answering more than one question are disqualified from the contest. All answers must come in comments appended to this post.
1) What is the organization that this man leads?
2) What is the nickname that this man's fellow militants have given him?
3) What is the name he was born with?
4) What is the name of the president who signed a peace agreement with this terrorist, giving him de facto control of a territory the size of Switzerland?
5) What was the name of the semi-independent territory from which this man was expelled by government forces, leading him to form the organization which he now heads?
6) What is the amount of the bounty placed on this man's head by the United States Department of State?
Good luck!
17 comments:
This man leads the FARC, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Coombia.
*Colombia
The nickname his fellow militants gave him is Tirofijo.
For Question 4:
President Andrés Pastrana granted the FARC de facto control of 42,000 KM2 of area around the San Vicente del Caguán settlement.
Q1 - one brownie point for Matt.
Q2 - 1 B.P. for Scott.
Q4 - 1 B.P. for Sean.
His original name is Pedro Antonio Marín
One point for Ian. Where are the ladies today?
The U.S. government is offering a reward of up to $5 MILLION! This guy is worth a lot.
we just had to let the guys have a head start this time : )
oh! and by the way, this picture is a lot better than the previous one. Thank you for changing it.
The state department is offering up to $5 million as per their website:
http://www.state.gov/p/inl/narc/rewards/63840.htm
I didn't realize that questioned had already been answered.
I could be wrong, but I need to take a shot at the last question.
The semi-independent territory was the Marquetalia Republic.
the semi-independent territory of which he was run out was called the Marquetalia Republic.
One brownie point for Sam, Alex, and Maggie.
And the contest is done!
(Maggie, one of these days we will have to figure out why comments from you and Noah get screened so that they don't show up immediately. Are you using a different email address to comment than the one to which I sent your invitation?)
yup, i just looked and you sent the invitation to my yahoo e-mail, but I am registered under my gmail e-mail. i thought I had to use my gmail account name to be able to use the blog. any suggestion on how to get that fixed?
I just sent an invitation to your gmail account. That should straighten everything out.
What about other names ?
Pedro Antonio Marín, known by his "nom de guerre", Manuel Marulanda Vélez, and nicknamed by his comrades "Tirofijo" (English: Steadyshot)
The contest is closed, David.
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