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Naked Man Challenges Pamplona Bull - And Loses
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| Flying high: The streaker was tossed up into the air by a young calf during the suelta de vaquillas |
But the now infamous streaker, who was tossed up into the air by a young calf in the bullring after the running, was arrested for causing a 'public disturbance'. Several runners tripped, fell and were trampled as crowds raced alongside the massive bulls of the famous Miura breeding estate, founded in 1849. The Sunday run is usually the biggest of the eight that take place annually and is particularly favoured by aficionados because it traditionally features Miuras, renowned as Spain’s largest fighting bulls.
Navarra Hospital reported in a statement that 10 people received treatment for minor injuries including arm and head trauma. Nine of them - all Spaniards of ages ranging from 19 to 41 years old - were kept in for observation. The naked bull-runner suffered minor bruising to his face. Two days ago a 24 year-old Australian tourist was gored in the thigh by a bull, opening an artery, and is in a serious condition in hospital.
Pamplona experts at state television TVE said around 3,500 people had run with the bulls on Sunday. One runner slipped and fell in front of the bunched herd and was trampled near the beginning, a second one tripped close to the halfway point and was seen to be hit by several flying hooves, and a small group jostled each other and hit the cobblestones as the bulls neared the bullring. The run covers 928 yards (850 meters) from an enclosure just outside Pamplona’s medieval stone wall, where the pedigree animals spend the night, to the downtown bullring where fights known as 'corridas' take place each afternoon of the festival in honor of the city’s patron saint.
Sunday’s run was quick at 2 minutes, 29 seconds and would have finished even sooner but for one straggler that looked around and charged at several herders in the ring before being guided into a corral. The largest Miura was a black specimen called Macareno that weighed 695 kilograms (1,532 pounds) while the lightest tipped the scales at a mere 540 kilograms (1,190 pounds), the games and spectacles branch of Navarre regional police said in a statement.
Despite the animals’ size and musclebound appearance, experts admire Miuras for their explosive acceleration, stamina and grace, characteristics that inspired legendary Italian car maker the late Ferruccio Lamborghini to name one of his iconic sports cars after the breed.
Source: Dailymail
Is This The Man' Who Killed Bin Laden?
CIA mastermind finally identified... by his tie
Is THIS The Man Who Killed Bin Laden?
The CIA operative who was responsible for tracking down and ultimately killing Osama Bin laden may have had his cover blown because of his distinguishing yellow tie. The man, known as 'John', is a career CIA analyst whose job for nearly a decade was hunting down the Al Qaeda chief.
His full name is a closely-guarded secret, but now an internet 'spy-hunter' believes he may have identified him from a set of White House photographs including the now-famous picture of senior officials watching Navy SEALs storming bin Laden's hideout.
Last week the CIA told reporters from the AP news agency that John had been in the room at the time but was just out of frame.
The AP story states that 'two days after bin Laden's death', John accompanied CIA chief Leon Panetta to Capitol Hill to testify before the Senate intelligence committee about the operation. Young then dug out a photo of Panetta leaving that briefing on May 3, and clealry visible in the background is the man in the yellow tie.
Nearly all the officials involved in hunting bin-laden have insisted on anonymity because for their own safety they did not want their names linked to the Bin Laden operation.
CIA analyst John was the first to put in writing last summer that they might have a legitimate lead on finding Bin Laden. He oversaw the collection of clues that led the agency to a fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
His was among the most confident voices telling President Obama that Bin Laden was probably behind those walls. The CIA have said they will not permit him to speak to reporters.
The Associated Press agreed to the CIA's request not to publish his full name and withhold certain biographical details so that he would not become a target for retribution.
They were told: 'Call him John, his middle name.'
His ability to spot the importance of seemingly insignificant details, to weave disparate strands of information into a meaningful story, gave him a particular knack for hunting terrorists.
John McLaughlin, who as CIA deputy director was briefed regularly by John in the mornings after the 2001 attacks, said: 'He could always give you the broader implications of all these details we were amassing.'
One former boss confessed that he didn't know exactly what John's position was. 'I knew he was the guy in the room I always listened to,' the official said.
source: Kompas. dailymail
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