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| U.S. diplomat dies in Pakistan; suicide suspected |
| 2008-01-28 |
| Pakistani authorities found the body of a U.S. diplomat with a bullet wound in his head at his home in Islamabad on Monday and were investigating a suspected case of suicide, police and the Interior Minister said. The U.S. embassy named the dead man as 37-year-old Keith Ryan, an immigration and customs enforcement attache from the Department of Homeland Security. "There will be a full investigation; however, there does not appear to have been any foul play," the embassy said in a brief statement. The embassy said Ryan had "passed away" on Monday morning, and his family had been informed. Ryan's body was found in his residence on a leafy avenue close to the diplomatic enclave in the Pakistani capital. Kaleem Imam, a Senior Superintendent of police in Islamabad, said the diplomat had been in Pakistan for a year and had been due to return to the United States on Monday, having finished his assignment. "But, he did not come out of the home and was found dead in the bathroom. There is a bullet wound in his head," Imam said. "We expect it is suicide, but we are investigating," Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz told Reuters. The United States does not let diplomats posted to Pakistan take their families, because of the security threat posed by Islamist militants. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #8 hit his* |
| Posted by: Whanter Guelph8176 2008-01-28 17:43 |
| #7 Are you sure he didn't head on a latch? |
| Posted by: Whanter Guelph8176 2008-01-28 17:43 |
| #6 In an odd coincidence,I heard this on FOX this morning along with a "developing story" on Iraq's Central Bank having a fire, destroying vital records although much of the money was evacuated. Then there was a story on the indictment of one of the UK's biggest heists of $100 million! An excerpt from the article: Prosecutors said the gang left more than $300 million behind because it would not fit into the half-ton truck. The robbery is believed to be the largest heist during peacetime. It eclipsed a $70 million theft from the Central Bank in Fortaleza, Brazil, in August, $65 million heist at the Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Center in London in 1987, and a $50 million robbery at the Northern Bank of Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2004. But all four are dwarfed by the theft of $900 million in U.S. bills and as much as $100 million worth of euros from the Iraq Central Bank in 2003. Police have recovered about $40 million of the Securitas money. In the documentary Iraq's Missing Billions, Stuart Bowen mentioned 50 criminal investigations were ongoing of Coalition Provisional Authority officials. Maybe, contrary to Amb. Speckhard, it isn't "all just water under the bridge now"! |
| Posted by: Danielle 2008-01-28 15:47 |
| #5 ..due to return to the United States on Monday.. The US is sending in the crack Fort Marcy Park Police Team to investigate... /don't forgit the film boyz! |
| Posted by: RD 2008-01-28 12:42 |
| #4 Yes, Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz does not need to remind us of the famous Pakistani Apprehension and Murder Investigation Squads. Waiting for, "We suspect it is suicide, but we are awaiting results on whether the 3 bullets match the gun found at the scene." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-01-28 12:29 |
| #3 i would have committed suicide the first day not my last in pakistan, sounds kindsa fishy |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-01-28 10:49 |
| #2 So who did he give a visa to that doesn't want to be noticed? Or maybe a blank passport? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-01-28 10:19 |
| #1 A "Constant Gardener" was he? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-01-28 10:08 |