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Home Front: WoT
Man dead in Denver, large amount of ?cyanide? nearby
2008-08-12
And his name wasn't Chuck. or Ralph.
It has the makings of international intrigue. Less than two weeks before the Democratic National Convention a man has been found dead in a Denver hotel room with a container of what authorities initially suspect to be the deadly poison cyanide.

Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, appears to be from outside the U.S. No passport was found on Dirie, who is believed to have entered the country from Canada.

Adding to the intrigue is that the dead man, Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, appears to be from outside the U.S. No passport was found on Dirie, who is believed to have entered the country from Canada.

A large container of a white powdery substance was found in the man's room on the fourth floor of The Burnsley hotel at 10th and Grant. Tests are now being done by the Denver Police Crime Lab to determine exactly what the substance is. The tests could take days.

It's believed Dirie died from something other than the substance that was in the container.
"Iocaine powder! I knew it all along!"
Denver police are leading the investigation of the man's death. The FBI and other governmental agencies, including the Joint Terrorism Task Force, are assisting in the probe. Hazardous materials assistance has included the Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado National Guard.

"Our Joint Terrorism Task Force is involved in this simply because the victim here is from another country and it just kind of makes sense that our terrorism guys would take a look a look at this," FBI Special Agent in Charge James Davis said.

Davis told CBS 4 that nothing so far has been found to link the case to terrorism or the coming convention.
He was probably gearing up to do his Mr. Science tour of the local elementary schools. Or maybe he was in the pest extermination business and specialized in convention halls and hotels. Prbly something like that. Innocent guy just trying to make a living, contribute to society, make Mom & Dad proud.
Authorities said The Burnsley hotel is safe and is open for business.

Cyanide can be made from plants in very small amounts. It can be a gas, liquid or powder. It prevents the body from using oxygen and therefore is more harmful to the heart and brain than other organs.

"It was used in concentration camps in World War II and by Saddam Hussein against the Kurds in the 1990s," CBD4 Medical Editor Dr. Dave Hnida said. "And put it in a little capsule, it is in fact used as a suicide pill just like you see in the movies."

Officials said cyanide can be used as a terrorist weapon if it is dumped in water put in food, sprayed as a gas, or many other methods. The investigation is continuing.
Posted by:lotp

#11  Canada is
claiming him.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2008-08-12 23:34  

#10  Hat tip for crosspatch and R-burg at LGF!

See comment #30
Posted by: Hupoque Oppressor of the Sith6694   2008-08-12 22:49  

#9  LGF has linked to this thread.
Posted by: phil_b   2008-08-12 22:40  

#8  Please don�t talk shit , that man deserves what happened to him , simply because having the bible in one hand , and a bread in the other hand , is not a correct thing ,! Kill Them , Kill them , Kill them , that is my massage,!

Funny - you swap 'koran' for bible and you'd have a typical comment from some of our Rantburg posters...

(okay, so the spelling and the grammar is a bit better here).
Posted by: Pappy   2008-08-12 21:22  

#7  We got Somali Muslims in Maine. But they are some kind of freak turn-the-other-cheek Quaker type Muslims. Weird. I heard that their tribe (of pacifists) were driven out of Somalia.

I can't tell the players without a scorecard anymore.
Posted by: Slats Glans2659   2008-08-12 21:12  

#6  And the surname Dirie is apparently a pretty common family name in Somalia. Hmmm, wonder what group in Somalia might want to kill Americans. Who could it be ....

Probably those dastardly Methodists at it again.
Posted by: crosspatch   2008-08-12 19:53  

#5  I don't know this is the same guy but that last comment is interesting:


Please donÂ’t talk shit , that man deserves what happened to him , simply because having the bible in one hand , and a bread in the other hand , is not a correct thing ,! Kill Them , Kill them , Kill them , that is my massage,!

Comment by Abdirahman Dirie — July 11, 2008 @ 10:33 pm


hmmmmm
Posted by: crosspatch   2008-08-12 19:49  

#4  Will the Bureau be dragging in the usual suspects, Steve Hatfill, etc?
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-08-12 19:39  

#3  I remember when 'dead guy' + 'a large container of a white powdery substance' = a night of excessive partying in Vegas.

Sigh. Those were simpler times.
Posted by: Scott R   2008-08-12 19:33  

#2  Sale gone bad?
Posted by: lotp   2008-08-12 19:32  

#1  Hmmm... partner got cold feet?
Owed the mob?
Pissed off a lover?
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-08-12 19:27  

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