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Dead US diplomat in Cyprus ‘stabbed himself’
Breitbart ^ | July 2, 2007 | Not Stated
Posted on 07/02/2007 12:33:39 PM PDT by Islander7
The US embassy’s defence attache in Cyprus was found dead on Monday on a hilltop in a remote part of the Mediterranean island after apparently stabbing himself in the neck, officials said. Thomas Mooney “died as a result of haemorrhaging after the infliction of an injury to the neck,” an official involved in the post-mortem told AFP on condition of anonymity.
“The injury was compatible with self-infliction. There was no evidence of foul play whatsover,” the official said, adding that the wound was caused by a sharp instrument and that the body was in a state of decomposition.
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Police confirmed he had died as a result of a large wound to the neck, but declined to describe it as suicide, which is illegal in Cyprus.
So not only did the poor guy off himself, he broke the law to it? Wonder what his jail sentence will be?
Thanks to a Special Freepmailer for pointing to this article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/6260064.stm
Last Updated: Monday, 2 July 2007, 09:36 GMT 10:36 UK
“M6 chemical fire ‘under control’”
A plume of smoke rises from the fire: pic from Archie McAteer
Eyewitness video
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A chemical fire at a Lancashire industrial site which forced a motorway closure has been brought under control.
Drums of chemicals were exploding on the Veolia Cleanaway site on the Red Scar industrial estate in Ribbleton, in the early hours of Monday.”
I really hate it when I miss the good stuff.
As for my earlier post, from all the research I have done, the women arrested was the wife of the one of the doctors. So disregard that last past, I must of been hearing things.
A man has been arrested by police investigating a suspect bag which temporarily closed Stansted Airport. Officers said bomb disposal experts were checking the bag found near the entrance shortly before 1900 BST. A police spokeswoman said the airport was operating normally from 2035 BST and there was "no cause for concern". It came after armed police stepped up their presence at the airport following the failed car bombings at Glasgow Airport and London.
The police spokeswoman said: "With the current heightened security situation Essex Police are currently investigating an unattended bag outside the terminal building. "At this point there is no cause for concern. Police were alerted to the bag at 1850 BST. "A man was arrested when he returned to the bag and said it was his property. "Police had some concerns over the contents of the bag so the man was detained for questioning.
A cordon was placed around the bag which is being examined. BBC Radio Cambridgeshire reporter Emma McLean, who was on a flight to Stansted from Edinburgh, said no one was being allowed in or out of the airport for a time. Ms McLean said earlier: "Police officers started cordoning off various parts of the airport. "They started moving people from the front to the back of the airport. All the shops had to be closed.
"There must be a couple of hundred people here waiting to leave the airport. "From what I understand flights are still departing from the airport but people can't get in and out of the airport. "Police have just told us a package was found at the front of the airport." Roddy MacPhee, 64, who had flown to Stansted from Glasgow said: "There is an armed response unit, sniffer dogs, a bomb disposal unit and the fire brigade here. "Passengers are being pretty patient, but we are unaware of what has happened." Patrols at the Essex airport were stepped up after a burning car was driven into a terminal door at Glasgow on Sunday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/essex/6263252.stm
Reuters India.
NICOSIA (Reuters) - The U.S. military attache in Cyprus was found dead with his throat slit on Monday in a remote mountainous region of the Mediterranean island in what authorities are treating as a suicide.
The body of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Mooney, 45, was found near his locked car north-west of the capital, Nicosia, four days after he went missing.
A post-mortem report said Mooney died from excessive bleeding caused by deep incisions to the throat. He was identified through dental records.
“There is no foul play involved,” forensic pathologist Marios Matsakis, who carried out the post-mortem, told Reuters.
In Washington, the U.S. State Department said there was nothing to suggest Mooney’s death was an act of terrorism.
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