Even G.I. Joe would be spooked!
The CIA once created this Osama bin Laden action figure that morphed into a creepy demon — to scare kids and parents in Pakistan away from al-Qaeda.
The heat-sensitive toy featured a detailed model of Bin Laden’s face, which peeled off into a red-faced monster, complete with green eyes and tribal markings.
The CIA secretly developed the custom-made doll with help from a Hasbro toy company executive in 2005, sources told the Washington Post.
The project’s code name was “Devil Eyes.”
Hundreds of the dolls, which feature Bin Laden’s signature beard and turban, were sent to Karachi, Pakistan in 2006, said source with knowledge of the project.
A CIA official claimed the agency only commissioned three of the bizarre toys, bit nipped the project in the bud before any were distributed.
“To our knowledge, there were only three individual action figures ever created, and these were merely to show what a final product might look like,” said CIA spokesman Ryan Trapani told the paper.
“After being presented with these examples, the CIA declined to pursue this idea and did not produce or distribute any of these action figures. Furthermore, CIA has no knowledge of these action figures being produced or distributed by others.”
To create the playtime propaganda, the CIA worked with Donald Levine, a Hasbro executive who helped create the popular G.I. Joe toys.
The CIA recruited him in part because he had connections in China, where the action figures were manufactured.
Levine has since died but his family released a statement, calling his involvement in the bin Laden doll patriotic.
“Don Levine was a dedicated Patriot, and proud Korean War veteran. When called on, he was honored to assist our country,” his family said.
The foot-tall prototype was dressed in traditional white garb and packaged in a plastic box when it was presented to the CIA for approval, the paper reports.
The CIA has a history of using sneaky tactics to rally support for the West in other countries.
During the Cold War, the agency secretly published western literature for distribution behind the Iron Curtain. It also dropped propaganda leaflets from balloons and used young activists to disrupt communist youth festivals.