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3:51 PM, Oct 15, 2008 • By VICTORINO MATUS

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Following the recent death of JÃ¶rg Haider (pictured right), Austria's most famous far-right politician since, well, anyway, the new head of the Alliance for Austria's Future says he no longer wants to be seen as a "bad guy." And indeed, seen here on the left, Stefan Petzner doesn't really resemble anything threatening like a Waffen-SS officer, does he? Maybe an UntersturmfÃ¼hrer but definitely not an ObersturmfÃ¼hrer.

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