Osama doll created by CIA up for sale

A demon-faced Osama bin Laden doll that was created as part of a CIA programme to dissuade children from idolising the al-Qaeda chief has been put on sale.

Only three copies of the 12-inch figurine <g data-gr-id="19">are know</g> to exist as the CIA ditched the secret programme called ‘Devil Eyes’ which aimed to turn children away from the terror leader.  Donald Levin, the famous creator of G I Joe action figure, designed the doll.

CIA officials had approached Levine about the possibility of producing the bin Laden figures and having them sent to Pakistan or Afghanistan. Levine was initially ambivalent about the project but later reportedly threw himself into the work.

One of the prototypes is believed to be in the CIA’s <g data-gr-id="18">possession,</g> while the other two were kept by the Levine family.

Last November one of the dolls owned by the Levine family was sold for $11,875 at auction to an anonymous buyer in the US. 

Now Levine’s son is selling the family’s second doll through memorabilia auctioneers Nate D Sanders in Los Angeles with a starting bid of $5,000.