A photo posted on the Twitter feed of an Islamic militant group in Syria is causing a lot of trouble for a plumber in Texas. In fact, said plumber has the phones ringing off the hook with all kinds of threats.
It’s all because the photo is showing a Ford F-250 pick-up truck with a Mark-1 Plumbing logo on its door being converted to an anti-aircraft gun carrier by the Jaish Muhajireen wal Ansar group that is fighting the Syrian regime in Aleppo.
Jeff Oberholtzer, the son of the truck previous owner, said that he traded the F-250 himself in November 2013 at an AutoNation Ford dealership in Houston. The truck then was sold in an auction and it probably changed owners a lot of times before ending up with the terrorist group.
“We had no intentions or no idea this would even happen”, Oberholtzer told USA Today. “To think something we could use to pull trailers now is being used for terror, it’s crazy. Never in my life would I think something like that.”
The Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium said that the militant group consists mainly of Chechens and Russians but it also has European and American recruits.
“We have a secretary here. She’s scared to death. We all have families. We don’t want no problems”, stated Oberholtzer.
If only he had thought of removing his company’s stickers before trading that truck, none of this would have happened. Professionals out there, take care – you never know where your previous vehicle may end up.
Video via CNN