Senate doubles price on Osama's head

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binladen.jpgBounty hunters, rejoice! The Senate has voted to double the price on Osama bin Laden's head to $50 million. May I suggest to some penny-pinching herdsman in Waziristan that you could be partying with Paris Hilton tomorrow and tipping like a Saudi sheikh if you just point authorities toward Osama's fair hamlet. Yeah, you'll be seen as a traitor to Islam and relegated to fatwaland, but Salman Rushdie could use a roommate right now since his wife just left him.

Of course, when it comes to foiling future terror attacks, I'd much rather have Ayman al-Zawahri in custody. In fact, I'm starting to feel like a dunderhead for calling him al-Qaida's "No. 2" -- the widely recognized hierarchy level of the Egyptian doctor -- in columns because it's pretty damn clear he's running the show (as well as starring in the As-Sahab shows). He's got a $25 million bounty on his head for the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

But if you're in the cash-for-terrorists business and want to shoot a little lower, Orange County al-Qaida convert Adam Gadahn is currently fetching a price of $1 million, wanted for -- accordingly -- treason. If not for the money, consider it a community service to get his whiny jihad voice off As-Sahab.

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