Islamic militants buy plumber's old truck, use it in Syria

[pstokely]

Source: USA Today

TEXAS CITY, Texas — A plumber's traded-in truck has landed in Syria, and the man's friends at home think he's been aiding terrorists.

It's all because of a photo posted on an Islamic militant group's Twitter feed. It shows one of Mark-1 Plumbing's old work trucks with its logo on the side, turned into an anti-aircraft firing weapon on the front lines of Syria's civil war.

"We had no intentions or no idea that this would even happen," said Jeff Oberholtzer, son of Mark-1's owner.

He traded the truck in himself in November 2013 at an AutoNation Ford dealership about 20 miles away in Houston.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/12/17/plumbing-truck-syria/20523873/

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Why didn't he removal the decals before trading it in?

[jberryhill]

1. Isis should consider giving tax receipts for donated vehicles

I should have checked with them before giving my old car to my son.

Wonder what the carfax on that VIN looks like.

[cloudbase]

2. Tailgaters aren't a problem anymore. n/t

[leftofcool]

3. Now that was just plain damn funny!

[HERVEPA]

4. Why would he think he needed to remove them?

[pstokely]

6. most businesses remove their info from their vehicles when they ditch them

he assumed the dealer would remove the decal, the dealer probably just sold at an auto auction to someone who shipped from it Galveston port to the middle east

[delrem]

5. I thought they had zillions of spanking new white Toyota pickups

outfitted with machine guns.

They sure don't lack for well-moneyed sponsors.

[PatrynXX]

7. forget decals

always stumped with old squad cars. They haven't removed the paint so of course you slow down because of the colors

[whereisjustice]

8. that's one way to unclog a toilet eom

[freshwest]

9. So Governor Abbott is exporting to terrorists now?

I mean, since Rick Perry said so many times he was protecting Texas from AQ, this is BIG!!11!

[dembotoz]

10. wish they would buy my old vehicle

easy spot just look 4 the car that won't start

[Calista241]

11. It was probably painted on, and not a decal. n/t

[GreatGazoo]

12. Meanwhile Toyota is writing "Isis" on some of their vehicles...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Isis

[Fred Sanders]

13. This man has " friends" who think this is proof he is doing.....what?? Some stupid friends.

That would be like a pickup truck traded in rebel held Syria that ended up in Texas with "Abdullah's Electrical and Falafals" written on the side.

What would Abdullah's friends make of that if seen in a photo years later? That their friend is aiding the infidels?