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Machete-wielding woman outside White House
CNN ^
| August 13, 2006
| CNN
Posted on 08/13/2006 4:02:41 PM PDT by Sunshine55
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A 32-year-old woman wielding a machete was arrested Sunday outside the White House, the Secret Service said.
Spokeswoman Kim Bruce said Ashwak Saleh was taken into custody and charged with possession of a prohibited weapon after she displayed a 13-inch machete on the sidewalk outside the White House.
Saleh was arrested at 2:20 p.m. and taken to Washington Metro Police Department 3rd district for processing.
Witnesses said Saleh was sitting on the sidewalk when she pulled the machete out of a leather sleeve and began sharpening it on the edge of the sidewalk.
The witnesses said passersby then alerted Secret Service officers, one of whom approached the woman and told her to "Drop the blade."
To that, Saleh said, "What are you going to do -- shoot me?"
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: ashwaksaleh; childleftbehind; cindy; isolatedincidents; machete; muslimwomen; nutjob; religionofpeace; saleh; sheehan; usss; wacko; wh; whitehouse
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"What are you going to do -- shoot me?"
Too bad the answer wasn't a resounding "YES!"
Gee, I wonder what HER religious affiliation is?
To: Sunshine55
To that, Saleh said, "What are you going to do -- shoot me?"If I were the Secret Service, no such statement would have been made by Mrs. Saleh.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:04:20 PM PDT
by
mosquewatch.com
("The enemy is anyone who will get you killed, no matter what side they are on.")
To: Sunshine55
A dress rehearsal for the American intafada?
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:04:44 PM PDT
by
AdvisorB
(For a terrorist bodycount in hamistan, let the smoke clear then count the ears and divide by 2.)
To: Sunshine55
SALEH, hmmmm...what kind of name is that?
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:05:10 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Sunshine55
They should have tazered her dumb ass.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:06:02 PM PDT
by
Texas_Jarhead
(Doing the jobs Americans won't do? Guess you haven't seen "Dirty Jobs")
To: gaijin
For G-d sakes, can't you recognize a good Irish name when you see one ? </sarc> ;)
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:06:43 PM PDT
by
mosquewatch.com
("The enemy is anyone who will get you killed, no matter what side they are on.")
To: Sunshine55
Too bad the answer wasn't a resounding "YES!"bang bang bang bang
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:06:48 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: Sunshine55
Witnesses said Saleh was sitting on the sidewalk when she pulled the machete out of a leather sleeve and began sharpening it on the edge of the sidewalk.... what an eeeeedeeeeiot!
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:07:24 PM PDT
by
Ken522
To: Sunshine55
Machetes don't kill people; machete-weilding Muslim whackjobs kill people..
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:07:32 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
To: Texas_Jarhead
Stop resisting! Stop resisting!
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:08:15 PM PDT
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: Sunshine55
Fox News reported that a woman set off "a small explosive" in front of the White House today. Is this the same woman?
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:08:18 PM PDT
by
Humal
To: Humal
This would be another woman.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:09:32 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(August 22)
To: Sunshine55
Sheehan? McKinney? Sarandon? Streisand? Heinz? Ditzy Chicks?
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:09:43 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(John Bolton for Secretary of State)
To: gaijin
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:09:47 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: Sunshine55
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:10:35 PM PDT
by
RedRover
(Every election year is troll season.)
To: Humal
Small explosions, cell-phone chips, machetes, baby-bottles, exploding babies....
What else are these people making us put up with, these days...?
Add yer own!
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:10:55 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Sunshine55
To that, Saleh said, "What are you going to do -- shoot me?" Those USSS Uniformed guys and gals are better than me. It wouldn't be that I'd take it personally, it's just that when someone who is doing something obviously wrong expresses so much contempt for society and it's the fundamental social contract that it would blow my mind. Not sure I could handle it.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:12:16 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(New York Times? Get a rope!)
To: gaijin
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:14:13 PM PDT
by
Nickname
To: Sunshine55
o that, Saleh said, "What are you going to do -- shoot me?"Ah, yeah, if you don't drop the blade!
What a nut case!
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:15:20 PM PDT
by
ladyinred
(Thank God the Brits don't have a New York Times!)
To: Doctor Raoul
Doubt I could resist the temptation either.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:15:22 PM PDT
by
RedRover
(Every election year is troll season.)
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