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he was shot five times ...........Doesn’t sound like a random crime to me.

2 posted on 01/01/2008 5:57:34 AM PST by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzzle..M.. velocity)

“humanitarian aid official”

Saving Darfur is just a liberal pipe-dream. They have to be humans to receive “humanitarian aid”.

8 posted on 01/01/2008 6:39:38 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))

Braunohler said the diplomat, whose name was not released, worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Another example of biting the hand that feeds them?

24 posted on 01/01/2008 2:19:49 PM PST by eleni121 (+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)

John Granville, 33, a young man who had done a lot for those people. Sad that his life ended this way.

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JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): Khartoum - "SUDANESE JIHADIST ACCUSED OF KILLING U.S. DIPLOMAT: "Killing American unbelievers is an honor, but I was not involved in this case"" (SNIPPET: "They are among five men accused of killing John Granville, a 33-year-old officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development, and his driver, Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama, 39.") (January 22, 2009)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEWS 24): "TRIAL FOR NEW YEAR'S KILLING OF AMERICAN IN SUDAN: 'There were two options: the first to go to Somalia to fight jihad, the other to start the work here in Sudan.'" (September 13, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "SUDAN: PROSECUTION SAYS JIHADIST SUSPECTS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF U.S. AID WORKER MISUNDERSTOOD ISLAM" (September 1, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (BUFFALO NEWS): "SLAYING OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN SUDAN LINKED TO JIHADISTS" (January 6, 2008)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "SUDAN JIHADIS CLAIM SLAYING OF U.S. DIPLO FROM NEW YORK" by James Gordon Meek (January 4, 2008)

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Edition.CNN.com: Khartoum, Sudan - "GUNMAN KILLS U.S. DIPLOMAT, DRIVER IN SUDAN" (January 1, 2008)

WHITEHOUSE.gov - News: "STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT" (December 31, 2007)

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