Australian comedians arrested for stunt at Bush hotel (one dressed as Osama bin Laden)

[Kadie]

Australian comedians arrested for stunt at Bush hotel

Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 6-Sep-2007 21:58 hrs

Police officers scan the area from the top of the Intercontinental Hotel where US President George W. Bush is staying in Sydney for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders forum. Stars of a hit Australian comedy show, one dressed as Osama bin Laden, came within 10 metres of the hotel where Bush was staying in a prank on Thursday, witnesses said.

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.
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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.
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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.

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http://www.todayonline.com/articles/209649.asp


A police helicopter flies around the Intercontinental Hotel where US President George W. Bush is staying in Sydney for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders forum. Stars of a hit Australian comedy show, one dressed as Osama bin Laden, came within 10 metres of the hotel where Bush was staying in a prank on Thursday, witnesses said.(AFP/Jewel Samad)


Police officers scan the area from the top of the Intercontinental Hotel where US President George W. Bush is staying in Sydney for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders forum. Stars of a hit Australian comedy show, one dressed as Osama bin Laden, came within 10 metres of the hotel where Bush was staying in a prank on Thursday, witnesses said.(AFP/Jewel Samad)

[chelsea0011]

1. Satire...............Now outlawed!