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The CIA made a devil Osama bin Laden toy that it hoped would terrify children

19
Jun
2014

Before Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces in 2011, his lingering influence in Afghanistan and Pakistan remained a pressing concern for the CIA. The plan was to fight bin Laden and his evil ideology with toys. Specifically, the CIA called upon famed toymaker Donald Levine — the father of G.I. Joe —  to produce a terrifying action figure of bin Laden. A special heat-dissolving material was used so that bin Ladens skin would peel off and reveal a satanic devil hiding underneath, complete with evil, reptilian green eyes.

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