Sophia Bush Wants You To Know the Al-Qaeda May Hunt Her Down
When Osama Bin Laden was killed by the United States of America, Sophia Bush realized she may be too important to travel to Afghanistan. According to Contact Music:
Sophia Bush [of One Tree Hill] was forced to pull out of a trip to Afghanistan following the death of Osama Bin Laden amid fears the al-Qaeda leader's devotees would mistake her for former U.S. president George W. Bush's daughter.
In her blog for MarieClaire.com, she writes, "As threat levels in Afghanistan skyrocketed, my plans to travel there hit a wall. One military worker explained it to me this way, 'A 20-something brunette girl whose last name is Bush probably shouldn't be heading into Kabul right now. If they think you're the former President's daughter, you'd make quite a target for them'. The sentiment was unanimous: I should not travel into Afghanistan until the dust settles.
"So, Karen and I hatched a new plan. She was still going - she had been there many times before and wouldn't raise any suspicions by going back. And her passport doesn't bear an unfortunate political surname, the way mine does. (For the record, my dad is from Canada, and I am in no way related to President Bush)."
Because in America, every person with the surname 'Bush' is related to George W Bush and the Afghans can't tell Americans and Canadians apart. Although it would have been interesting to see Sophia Bush go around Afghanistan telling its citizens that she is a Bush but not that Bush so please don't kill her.
In her blog for MarieClaire.com, she writes, "As threat levels in Afghanistan skyrocketed, my plans to travel there hit a wall. One military worker explained it to me this way, 'A 20-something brunette girl whose last name is Bush probably shouldn't be heading into Kabul right now. If they think you're the former President's daughter, you'd make quite a target for them'. The sentiment was unanimous: I should not travel into Afghanistan until the dust settles.
"So, Karen and I hatched a new plan. She was still going - she had been there many times before and wouldn't raise any suspicions by going back. And her passport doesn't bear an unfortunate political surname, the way mine does. (For the record, my dad is from Canada, and I am in no way related to President Bush)."
Because in America, every person with the surname 'Bush' is related to George W Bush and the Afghans can't tell Americans and Canadians apart. Although it would have been interesting to see Sophia Bush go around Afghanistan telling its citizens that she is a Bush but not that Bush so please don't kill her.
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