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| Riots in Lebanon after al Qaeda suspect dies in custody |
| 2004-09-28 |
| After overnight riots, thousands of people in Lebanon staged a protest following the death in custody of a suspected Al-Qaeda activist arrested for alleged bomb plots against Western embassies. "But, but, he had a bum ticker! Honest! We tried to get him to cut back on the grilled goat shwarmas, but... And second-hand smoke from all those boomers prolly contributed, too!" Riots in Majdal Anjar, a town on the border with Syria, called for the resignation of Lebanon's Interior Minister Elias Murr and for an independent legal and medical investigation into the death of Ismail Mohammed al-Khatib. Translation: "String 'im up!" Khatib, described by Lebanese authorities as Lebanon's top activist of al-Qaeda network, was among 10 people arrested last week over alleged plans to attack the Italian embassy in Beirut. "But he wuz innocent! Hey, I was in the same Bombmaking 101 with him and I can tell ya, he's a regular Arab guy." He died on Monday at the age of 31 after suffering what the Lebanese security services said was a "massive heart attack." A statement from the Beirut police department said Al Khatib, 31 suffered a heart attack in prison and was rushed to Dahr Al Basheq Hospital for treatment. But he passed away at midmorning Monday. Hmmm... and he may have been 31. Just a guess. According to AFP, when news of his death reached his hometown of Majdal Anjar late on Monday, locals took to the streets, hurling stones and bottles at Lebanese border checkpoints. "W00t! W00t! An excuse to take to the streets! It's been weeks!" On Tuesday, protestors, many carrying sticks and knives, shouted slogans against "the United States and its allies in Lebanon" who arrested Khatib. "It was the CIA or somebody so we gotta act stupid!" |
| Posted by:.com |
| #12 I wonder - did he have the heart attack before or during Fargo? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-09-28 6:23:24 PM |
| #11 not at all - they promise they'll last a lifetime....the interogatees |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-28 6:11:32 PM |
| #10 I think that the interagators misunderstood Sears' marketing of the product in use. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-09-28 6:06:16 PM |
| #9 Who stole my comfy chair? |
| Posted by: Cardinal Jimenez 2004-09-28 4:04:26 PM |
| #8 Seems to me that Lebanon should remove that tree from their flag and just put in its place in large Arabic script: WE LOVE TERRORISTS |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-28 3:53:56 PM |
| #7 LOL BigEd. |
| Posted by: Huey Baby 2004-09-28 3:43:36 PM |
| #6 ha! Seems a bit conveninet that Lebanon's top AQ activist bit it before he could tell us about any of his associates in Syria and Lebanaon. Ahhh...veee have vays to make sure that you |
| Posted by: Anonymous6704 2004-09-28 1:48:25 PM |
| #5 Zen - I am shamed! I shoulda thought of that and put it in the commentary. Shit! Kudos, lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-09-28 1:25:33 PM |
| #4 Golly gee! Imagine the outrage and seething if, instead of Khatib dying from a heart attack, this maggot had been [gasp!] BEHEADED. [/sarcastic irony] |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-28 1:23:12 PM |
| #3 No one expects the al-Andalusian Inquisition... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-09-28 1:18:11 PM |
#2  The CIA wanted to hire contractors who could extract the most out of the Terorist prisioners.
Yes, the grand inquisitor, Torquemada... Only thing is, he was inexperienced in the use of electrical shock as a tool to extract information... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-28 1:10:35 PM |
| #1 On Tuesday, protestors, many carrying sticks and knives, shouted slogans against "the United States and its allies in Lebanon" who arrested Khatib. And which two people in Lebanon are our "allies"? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-09-28 12:58:17 PM |
