US diplomat found dead

The News ^ | Tuesday, January 29, 2008, Muharam 19, 1429 A.H. | Shakeel Anjum & Mariana Baabar

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Keith Ryan, 37, Globe sportswriter’s son, found dead

Globe Staff / January 28, 2008

Growing up in Hingham, Keith Ryan held his political beliefs so strongly that he seemed like a real-life version of a popular TV character who was considerably more conservative than everyone else in his household.

more stories like this”We used to kid when he was in high school that it was like ‘Family Ties’ — he was Alex Keaton,” said Mr. Ryan’s father, Bob, a sports columnist for the Globe.

His political convictions brought Mr. Ryan into a career of federal service, which ultimately led to Pakistan, where he was an attache for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, based in Islamabad. Mr. Ryan apparently took his life, according to the US State Department, and was found today in his Islamabad residence. He was 37 and was about to return home to visit his wife and three children in Silver Spring, Md.

“As anyone who has been confronted with the suicide of a family member can tell you, the only word to describe the sensation is devastated,” Bob Ryan said. “We will always have questions.”

The US Embassy in Pakistan issued a statement praising Mr. Ryan, who, his father said, had been stationed in Islamabad since December 2006.

“Mr. Ryan was a well-respected, trusted, and longtime member of the US Mission in Pakistan,” the statement said. “His death is a great loss.

He will be sorely missed by all who have known and worked with him here in Pakistan.”

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Twelve years ago, he married Kate Moriarty. They have 8-year-old triplets, Conor, John, and Amelia. Mr. Ryan also leaves a sister, Jessica of Hingham. ~snip~

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/01/28/keith_ryan_37_globe_sportswriters_son_found_dead/

Prayers for the family and friends.

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I'd call that bullet wound in the back of the neck a pretty good indication. Where do these people get these ideas?

The clintons?

[avital2]

“he was wearing knickers”......very peculiar indeed.

[chopperman]

A paraffin test on the hands would verify if he pulled the trigger.

[G8 Diplomat]

Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

FReepmail if you want on or off

[BARLF]

2006: David Foy, a facilities maintenance officer at the U.S. embassy in Karachi, Pakistan, killed by a suicide bomber slamming into the diplomat's car outside the U.S. consulate on the eve of President Bush's trip to the country

I remembered this one but thought it had been later than 2006

[G8 Diplomat]

Uh-oh.....

[G8 Diplomat]

Lol yah. I think we should change the name to “Islamisbad.”

[nicmarlo]

Yeah...I bet Vince Foster did, too.

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another one

[StopGlobalWhining]

ISLAMABAD

kinda says it all.

Yeah, Islam + BAD.

[TheBattman]

OK- what dirt did he have on Hillary? We have been wondering when the Arkanicide would begin..... The description sounds pretty typical...

[Mind-numbed Robot]

“There is only an entry wound on the rear upper portion of his neck but no exit wound, “ the sources revealed, adding that the bullet could not be found even in X-Ray report. “There is no visible blackening of the entry wound, indicating that the shot was fired from the distance of more than four feet”, the sources claimed

How are all of you overlooking this?

[CapnJack]

“There is no visible blackening of the entry wound, indicating that the shot was fired from the distance of more than four feet”, the sources claimed.

Come on people! Obviously it was a suicide!

Do you think the Pakistani pathologist are incompetent?!?!?

[CapnJack]

“the bullet could not be found even in X-Ray

That’s because he went out to the Post Office and mailed it home so no one would think it was foul play.”

I thought it was because the Pakistani method of “X-Rays” involves someone viewing the victims head on one side and a candle on the other ... kind of like inspecting chicken eggs.

[Gritty]

“There is no visible blackening of the entry wound, indicating that the shot was fired from the distance of more than four feet”, the sources claimed.

This guy has very, very long arms.

[Oorang]

Thanks to you both for the ping, I appreciate it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well,...they haven’t told us how tall he was,...yet.

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I’m pretty sure he just hit his head on the sunroof.