Bin Laden Costume Chief Loses Afghan Job ; a Senior Devon and Cornwall Police Officer has Been Removed From His Position Training Policemen in Afghanistan After Dressing Up As Osama Bin Laden at a Cornish Carnival.

Western Morning News, The › September 16, 2008

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A senior Devon and Cornwall police officer has been removed from his position training policemen in Afghanistan after dressing up as Osama Bin Laden at a Cornish carnival.

Chief Superintendent Colin Terry has been sacked from his post with the Afghan police after pictures emerged of him wearing the costume at Grampound carnival, five days before the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks on New York.

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Bin Laden Costume Chief Loses Afghan Job ; a Senior Devon and Cornwall Police Officer has Been Removed From His Position Training Policemen in Afghanistan After Dressing Up As Osama Bin Laden at a Cornish Carnival.

A Foreign Office spokesman said: "Chief Superintendent Colin Terry will not be returning to the EU policing mission ...

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