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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:28 AM
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a happening in Denver to ponder

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Area: USA, State of Colorado, The Burnsley Hotel, Denver

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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. 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. 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. Authorities said The Burnsley hotel is safe and is open for business. The investigation is continuing.

Number of deaths: 1 persons
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:29 AM
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1. I posted this earlier, anyone see anything in the MSM yet?
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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:31 AM
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2. sorry, didn't see your thread
nt
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:32 AM
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4. NP it sunk quickly
I guess we're all too worried about John Edward's penis still.
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:31 AM
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3. nothing so far has been found to link the case to terrorism or the coming convention.
Except maybe that it's one of the world's most deadly poisons and its in the same city. Nothing to see here move along.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 01:41 PM
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21. A pound of cyanide in the city where the Democrats will gather soon.
I'm sure it's a total coincidence.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:32 AM
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5. This is very disconcerting to me.
ensho, thank you for posting this. Good grief!
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:36 AM
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6. You could deal a lot of death with a little cyanide
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:43 AM
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7. White powder, must be cyanide?
My first guess would be heroin or cocaine. Someone has been watching too much TV.
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:46 AM
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8. Um it was cyanide according to the police
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:55 AM
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11. They think it is cyanide
"with a container of what authorities initially suspect to be the deadly poison cyanide". Tomorrow they can come out and say, "oops, our bad, it was actually dried elephant poo, . This guy had a wierd fetish".
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:56 AM
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12. And there could be a field test they use, I think most cops would initially think drugs
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 12:05 PM
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15. But with a reason to think otherwise, I wouldn't go near that jar
Apparently something about the jar made the cops think cyanide. If you were holding a jar with a label that made you think "hmm..this could be deadly poison", would you open it right there in the hotel room, or would you seal it as quick as you could and let the guys in the lab deal with it?
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 12:06 PM
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16. perhaps they tried drug dogs first with no effect.
Be interesting to see how it all pans out. If they even bother to tell us after scaring us.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 01:55 PM
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22. I can tell you from experience that there is NO WAY they'd go near
that jar or even let the dogs near it. Because they'd have to test it in the lab anyway, whether the dog alerted on it or not. And there is always the chance of residue on containers. Those dogs are way to valuable to take that chance.

Of course, the agents involved would also treat whatever they found with the utmost of care. It sounds like there wasn't evidence of drug dealing or cooking, so the container would likely be handled very quietly by lab techs or even hazmat. That is often done even when there IS evidence to suggest that the substance in question might be an illicit drug.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 01:41 PM
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20. story says the label indicated a form of cyanide
they don't want to say for sure before testing
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:49 AM
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9. Original source I found
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Bob Dobbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:53 AM
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10. Manchurian plant.
Watch for false flag black ops in Denver.
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Dogtown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 02:04 PM
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23. A definite possibility
CoIntelPro operatives loved that tactic.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 11:59 AM
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13. "It's believed Dirie died from something other than the substance
that was in the container." How convenient that he died with no identification, in Denver with a container of "white powdery substance". Curious.
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 12:02 PM
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14. I wonder why they aren't mentioning what the cause of death is
Gunshot victims are usually named as such in news stories as would be any kind of foul play. There's a fog around this story.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 12:13 PM
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17. Sorry I missed your post on this story. I, too,
have been shying away from Edwards mania. There are more important things going on in my opinion.

My first reaction to this story was one of, I don't think this has anything to do with terrorism. How convenient it is in Denver before the convention.

:)
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 12:15 PM
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18. K&R n/t
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 01:39 PM
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19. kick
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