Post by Raoul Duke on Dec 17, 2014 11:17:56 GMT -5
Texas plumber hit with threats after his old pickup truck appears in jihadist propaganda from Syria (VIDEO)
Mark Oberholtzer, a Texas City tradesman, has 'no idea' how his old Ford F-250 with his company's 'Mark 1 Plumbing' decal ended up in the hands in the hands of Islamic extremist brigade Ansar al-Deen Front, who have mounted an anti-aircraft gun on the back.
A Texas plumber has been bombarded with threats after his old pickup truck was featured in a jihadist propaganda picture posted online.
Mark Oberholtzer says he has "no idea" how his former Ford F-250 made it over to Syria — where it's now apparently being used by the Islamic extremist brigade Ansar al-Deen Front, reports CBS News.
The Texas City tradesman said he'd received "thousands" of calls and faxes since the image, which shows an anti-aircraft gun on the vehicle's bed, started circulating on Twitter on Monday.
"A few of the people are really ugly," he told The Galveston Daily News.
The truck is easily identifiable — as it still has his "Mark 1 Plumbing" decal on the door and contact details clearly visible on the side.
Oberholtzer said he'd traded it to an AutoNation Ford dealership in October 2013, and that he'd accidentally forgot to remove the decals.
"They were supposed to have done it and it looks like they didn't do it. How it ended up in Syria, I'll never know," he told CBS.
"To think something we would use to pull trailers, now is being used for terror, it's crazy. Never in my lifetime would think something like that," his son Jeff added to KHOU.
www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-plumber-old-truck-appears-jihadist-propaganda-article-1.2048089
Mark Oberholtzer, a Texas City tradesman, has 'no idea' how his old Ford F-250 with his company's 'Mark 1 Plumbing' decal ended up in the hands in the hands of Islamic extremist brigade Ansar al-Deen Front, who have mounted an anti-aircraft gun on the back.
A Texas plumber has been bombarded with threats after his old pickup truck was featured in a jihadist propaganda picture posted online.
Mark Oberholtzer says he has "no idea" how his former Ford F-250 made it over to Syria — where it's now apparently being used by the Islamic extremist brigade Ansar al-Deen Front, reports CBS News.
The Texas City tradesman said he'd received "thousands" of calls and faxes since the image, which shows an anti-aircraft gun on the vehicle's bed, started circulating on Twitter on Monday.
"A few of the people are really ugly," he told The Galveston Daily News.
The truck is easily identifiable — as it still has his "Mark 1 Plumbing" decal on the door and contact details clearly visible on the side.
Oberholtzer said he'd traded it to an AutoNation Ford dealership in October 2013, and that he'd accidentally forgot to remove the decals.
"They were supposed to have done it and it looks like they didn't do it. How it ended up in Syria, I'll never know," he told CBS.
"To think something we would use to pull trailers, now is being used for terror, it's crazy. Never in my lifetime would think something like that," his son Jeff added to KHOU.
www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-plumber-old-truck-appears-jihadist-propaganda-article-1.2048089
