Iraqi Reality Show Plants Car Bombs on Celebrities

File under “S” for stupid.

Move over Punk’d, a new show on Iraq television makes unwitting contestants think they are going to jail after they are pulled over at a security checkpoint and a explosive device is found in their vehicle.

The show “Put Him in [Camp] Bucca” has received numerous protests but continues to air.

Popular public figures are tricked by being invited to the headquarters of  TV station Al Baghdadia to be interviewed, while en route a fake bomb gets planted in their car while they were being searched by Iraqi soldiers — who amazingly are in on the prank.

The unwitting celebrities are then secretly filmed, Candid-Camera-style, as they reacted with shock, disbelief and anger as fake checkpoint guards shout abuses at them: “Why do you want to blow us up?” “You are a terrorist.” “How much did they pay you to do it? You will be executed.”  Quality television indeed.

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And just in case you think “how dumb is it that Iraqi soldiers are doing pranks like this in a war where untold lives are being lost“?  Meet a member of the US Military who while on active duty in Iraq, decided to film his own version of Punk’d by planting a explosive device in a car during a traffic checkpoint and filming the drivers reaction.   Nice.  Click HERE for the video.

Bulletproof T-Shirts?

First we reported Bulletproof Polo’s, and now an a Fruit of the Loom that can stop a bullet?   The University of Carolina has reportedly created a breakthrough that would allow an ordinary T-Shirt to become “wearable armor” by splicing the carbon in the cotton with boron, the third hardest material on the planet.

Me personally?

I think I’m going to wait until all the beta testing is done.

For the full story on Bulletproof T-Shirts, click HERE.

See related:  Bulletproof Polo’s

Security Guard Threatens to Blow Up the NBA?

A  private security guard has just been charged with making false bomb threats against the NBA.  19 year old Jose Quesda, Jr. provided security for the NBA’s Secaucus office and allegedly made several calls from his cell phone over a 3 day period.

On a voice mail he was stated to have left the following: “ I put a bomb outside. Gonna kill all the NBA. I put a bomb outside in the bush. No way out. Gonna blow up at 9 o’clock in the morning. Good luck.” At which time the building was evacuated and the bomb squad called in.

Yeah, that was Smart.

For the full story, click HERE.

Gaddafi Bodyguards Don’t Play Well With Others

FrontPageMag.com is reporting that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his security team exhibited some “unusual” behavior during the leaders visit to the African Heads of State Summit in Uganda.  While Gaddafi reportedly slapped an aide in publifc for taking him to the wrong venue, the article goes on to state that the his bodyguards frequently got into tussles with other security teams and the press.

For the full story, click HERE.

Kidnapper Tries To Hire Bodyguard Firm to Help?

Still trying to get my head around this story, but apparently a man reached out to a well regarded executive protection firm and tried to enlist their aid in kidnapping a female co-worked.  Of course the firm reported it to the police and the man, a former convict was eventually arrested and charged.

Read the strange story HERE.

Mexico Government Rents Bodyguards to Workers

Millionaire Leaves Bodyguard 7 Million in Will???

Gail Posner, the wealthy daughter of Victor Posner, died at age 67.  In her will she left approximately 10 Million to her daughter.   And while that’s an amazing story, particularly for our profession, like everything else there’s more to it.  Ms. Posner, might have been, well, slightly “off” before her death, as she also willed the largest portion of her inheritance (around 20 million) to her household staff so that they can care for her 3 pets???  Her only son, got pennies.

I’m thinking this one is going to court.

Read the strange story HERE.

French Prez Bans Tall Bodyguards?

Reports are coming in that French President Nicolas Sarkozy has issued an off-the-record ban on bodyguards over a certain height, because they make him look small???  According to the source (which may just be someone with an axe to grind), President Sarkozy is famously sensitive and secretive about his height of around 5′ 5″.  Full story, click HERE.

Note to the President’s advisors:  Advise him on this one.  Security definitely does not HAVE to be taller than the client they are protecting, but for Presidential Security the term “coverage” actually takes on a literal meaning.

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“They sure knew how to throw a dinner party in 1947!”

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(*Actually, these were pellet guns, not real firearms from a 1947 issue of Life Magazine,.)

Iowa Governor & Bodyguard Make Traffic Stop?

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver

Apparently Iowa Governor Chet Culver does not like being given the finger (or cut off in traffic depending on who’s telling the story).   The Governor was riding in an unmarked SUV when an incident happened causing a member of his Executive Protection Team who was driving to attempt to pull the offending vehicle over.  Even with red and blue lights the driver didn’t get the hint, he thought a deranged person was following them –that is until a marked patrol car joined the chase. 

Click HERE to read the full story.