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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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To: gaijin
What else are these people making us put up with, these days...?

Themselves, which is a horror all by itself.

21 posted on 08/13/2006 4:17:05 PM PDT by ladyinred (Thank God the Brits don't have a New York Times!)
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To: Humal

No, that turned out to be a woman igniting her own farts...honest!


22 posted on 08/13/2006 4:17:11 PM PDT by Sunshine55 (What's the difference between Hillary and God? God doesn't think he's Hillary.)
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To: Nickname

Dog bombs, yes. That's a good one. I'd forgotten.


23 posted on 08/13/2006 4:18:36 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Gordongekko909; Sunshine55
Here's a close up.


24 posted on 08/13/2006 4:19:34 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Sunshine55

"She is a good neighbor; we never had any problems." Her parents say that she is being profiled and she was always a good girl who never got into trouble.


25 posted on 08/13/2006 4:20:28 PM PDT by synbad600
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To: Paleo Conservative

Now that does look like a dogbomb


26 posted on 08/13/2006 4:20:34 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: gaijin
SALEH, hmmmm...what kind of name is that?

Menonnite -- just like the presumed backgrounds of the perps of the Emgland airline terror plot.

27 posted on 08/13/2006 4:20:52 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The Democrat Party stands for open treason in a time of war.)
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To: Sunshine55
I sadly see this event as but a mere foreshadowing on what we should be prepared to expect in the upcoming years.
28 posted on 08/13/2006 4:20:55 PM PDT by SaveTheChief ("Now if you'll excuse me, I have some idea balls to remove from a manatee tank.")
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To: gaijin

The Amish must be getting restless.


29 posted on 08/13/2006 4:21:49 PM PDT by Malacoda (The Posting Police need an enema.)
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To: Mr.Smorch

Wonder if the media would've aired that beheading video?

JFK's exploding head can be seen on tv, we can see bodies in Lebanon, but forget about ever seeing a dead American while there's a threat.


30 posted on 08/13/2006 4:22:27 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: gaijin
Small explosions, cell-phone chips, machetes, baby-bottles, exploding babies.... What else are these people making us put up with, these days...?

Exploding hams.

31 posted on 08/13/2006 4:23:51 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The Democrat Party stands for open treason in a time of war.)
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To: Sunshine55

According to this, there's an Ashwak Saleh from the Class of 1991 at the American University in Beirut. Not sure if this is the same person.

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:RoXXaxXQHOAJ:wwwlb.aub.edu.lb/~webdevpt/class_reunion/class_1991.html+%22Ashwak+Saleh%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=safari


32 posted on 08/13/2006 4:24:43 PM PDT by Deo volente
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To: Doctor Raoul

She could always be the target of the tranquilizer dart, and then hauled off to the pound.


33 posted on 08/13/2006 4:25:29 PM PDT by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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To: Sunshine55

I have an idea...let's get the Hutus from Rwanda a million machetes and let them loose in the Muslim world, including Leeds, Dearborn, Manchester, Paris, etc.


34 posted on 08/13/2006 4:26:13 PM PDT by chichilarue
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To: mosquewatch.com
For G-d sakes, can't you recognize a good Irish name when you see one ?

Thank you for pointing out the ignorance on this board. Yet again, Freepers are jumping to conclusions and casting stereotypes.

Ashwak, IIRC, is an old Mormon name, so clearly this is another Mormon woman angry that she has to be the only wife of a drunken Irishman.

35 posted on 08/13/2006 4:26:36 PM PDT by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan,)
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To: synbad600

Yes, but is it profiling if the captee is in fact a perp?


36 posted on 08/13/2006 4:27:00 PM PDT by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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To: Deo volente
According to this, there's an Ashwak Saleh from the Class of 1991 at the American University in Beirut. Not sure if this is the same person.

At 32, she's the right age.

37 posted on 08/13/2006 4:27:47 PM PDT by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan,)
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To: Paladin2

According to CAIR, yes.


38 posted on 08/13/2006 4:31:20 PM PDT by synbad600
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To: Sunshine55

IMO she wanted them to see it.


39 posted on 08/13/2006 4:31:38 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Sunshine55

those f**en Quakers piss me off.


40 posted on 08/13/2006 4:34:21 PM PDT by Porterville (Hispanic Republican American Bush Supporter)
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