Revealed: The CIA's secret plan for a heat-sensitive Bin Laden doll whose face melted into a demon to scare potential al Qaeda converts in Pakistan

The agency secretly began developing the 12-inch doll in 2005 which had a painted face made in a heat-dissolving material

The project's named was 'Devil Eyes' and aimed to frighten Pakistanis away from joining al Qaeda



The CIA's barrage of drones and operatives to take on al Qaeda in Pakistan also had a more novel tactic - a secret shipment of custom-made Osama bin Laden dolls with faces which melted into a demonic mask.



The agency secretly began developing the 12-inch doll in 2005 which had a painted face, made in a heat-dissolving material, designed to flake off and reveal a red-faced bin Laden with glowing green eyes and black facial stripes.



The plan had one aim - to frighten children and their parents into staying away from bin Laden and his terrorist network.



The CIA planned to make an Osama bin Laden doll (left) back in 2005 with a dissolving mask which turned him into the devil (right). The plan was to send shipments of the doll to Pakistan to turn locals away from al Qaeda



One of the three bin Laden prototypes of the doll that the CIA developed with a toymaker in China

The project's code name was 'Devil Eyes', a source told The Washington Post.



The CIA worked with renowned toymaker Donald Levine to make the bin Laden doll. Mr Levine was the mastermind behind the beloved G.I. Joe which made more than $5billion for company Hasbro.

Mr Levine, who served in the Army in Korea, said he got the idea for the moveable G.I. Joe figure as a way to honor veterans.

According to The Post, the CIA turned to Mr Levine because he had a sprawling network of contacts in Chinese manufacturing where the dolls were to be made. He had the ability to have the dolls made in a discreet way, The Post reported. Mr Levine died last month aged 86 after a battle with cancer.

Three prototypes of the doll were made by superimposing bin Laden's head on a standard 12-inch doll figure that was already being made in the city of Dongguan.



Using widely-circulated images of bin Laden, a Chinese artist painted a doll face to look like the 9/11 perpetrator.



The doll was dressed in traditional robes and housed in a cheap cardboard box.

