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Blaine to sit in perspex box in middle of Baghdad
Pointless American David Blaine has unveiled his most daring stunt to date - to sit in a large perspex box in the middle of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The alleged magician will attempt to survive for a whole month in a see-through 'tomb' (set atop the plinth that once housed a large statue of Saddam) without sustaining 'friendly' fire from US forces. Blaine briefly considered staging the event in Manchester, but his advisors ruled this out as 'suicide'.
Previous daring escapades for the self-styled modern Houdini have involved him being encased in a block of ice, standing on top of a large column in New York and being interviewed by Eamonn Holmes on early morning television.
Blaine's last stunt saw him spend a whole month suspended in a large clear box near Tower Bridge in London. Bored and bemused Londoners took to pelting the daft American's box with missiles such as eggs and fruit. However, the lunatic illusionist's latest mission will see him come up against spectators even more hostile than a bunch of bored chavs from Tower Hamlets. It is believed Blaine's nationality may cause insurgents to pelt him with missiles such as the M-160 shoulder-held rocket launcher, or the infra-red guided FIM-92 stinger missile from Raytheon Missile Systems (made under license in Europe by EADS in Germany).
Blaine will spend the majority of his time in Iraq eating 'only very basic rations' - a situation familiar to most British soldiers.
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