Texas plumber baffled after truck ends up in the hands of Syrian rebels

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A Texas plumber was left bewildered after a truck he sold last year resurfaced this week — in the hands of Syrian rebels.

One of Mark Oberholtzer's old work trucks appeared in a photo tweeted by a Syrian rebel group, prompting an influx of threatening phone calls to the plumber.

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His truck, with its original decal for "Mark 1 Plumbing" and a phone number for the business, is reportedly being used by the militant group to transport an anti-aircraft gun.

The original tweet, below, was posted to an account associated with the Jabhat Ansar al-Din militant group based in Syria. Oberholtzer traded in his truck to a Texas dealership that then placed it up for auction in 2013. Read more...

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