The US’ top spy agency CIA toyed with idea of popularising an Osama bin laden doll with an evil-looking face to turn children and their parents in Pakistan away from the then al-Qaeda chief.
For more than a decade, the CIA has deployed drones, satellites, spies, informants and tracking devices to thwart al-Qaeda in Pakistan. The spy agency also considered a plan to wage war with toys, The Washington Post reported.
Beginning in about 2005, the CIA began secretly developing a custom-made bin laden action figure, according to people familiar with the project.that generated more than USD 5 billion in sales after hitting the shelves in 1964.