Cosmetics Company Makes Al-Qaeda Leader Pin-up for Hair Removal Advert

The photograph of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was taken
 in 2003 shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the 9/11 mastermind, has inadvertently been used by a Turkish company to advertise hair removal cream

A Turkish cosmetics company has used a former al-Qaeda "mastermind" as the model to advertise its hair removal cream.

The advert shows a photograph of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – known as the "principle architect" of the September 11 attacks – wearing a baggy white T-shirt that exposes a hairy neck and shoulders.

Above the photograph, the advert's slogan reads: "The hair will not go away because you keep waiting!"

The cosmetics company said that the use of the image was accidental, saying they had not known the photograph showed a member a member of al-Qaeda. » | Ruth Sherlock, Gaziantep | Wednesday, November 05, 2014