Conspiracy theory of the day: Was George Bush's watch stolen while he was working the crowd in Albania this weekend? Or did he take it off himself?From Times Online:
George W Bush was visibly cheered when he received a hero's welcome in Albania at the weekend, with Albanians draped in the Stars and Stripes reaching out to hug him and shake his hand.
But perhaps the leader of the Western world should have exercised a little more caution and followed the standard advice to travellers in the Balkans to keep an eye on their belongings.
Film footage of the President being mobbed taken by the Albanian TV station News24 was broadcast today on Italian TV news bulletins and watched by thousands on YouTube - and it looks like Mr Bush may have had his watch stolen.
From New York Times:
A White House spokeswoman denied today that that the President had been robbed. She also denied other Albanian reports that Mr Bush’s watch did fall off during the vigorous walkabout but that it was returned to a bodyguard. Instead the spokeswoman said that Mr Bush had removed it himself. “He took it off,” she said.
When challenged that this did not seem to happen during the footage shown on YouTube, the spokeswoman said: “I’m not going to change what I’m saying. I was told that he took it off about the one-minute mark.”
From CBS:
At 51 seconds in, Bush has a watch. At 56 seconds he still has a watch. At 57 seconds hands are grabbing at his wrist. His hands are then obscured for a few seconds, and at 1:05 he doesn't have a watch.
Check out the video below and decide for yourself. A higher quality video can be found here.
Video: YouTube
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