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Powder in hotel weighed one pound (Denver cyanide story followup)
Denver Post ^
| 8-13-08
| Felisa Cardona and Joey Bunch
Posted on 08/13/2008 12:54:09 PM PDT by dynachrome
Authorities are testing a pound of a granular substance found inside an upscale Denver hotel room to determine if it is cyanide.
A Canadian national was found dead on Monday inside room 408 of the Burnsley Hotel.
The Denver Coroner's Office has not completed the autopsy of 29-year-old Saleman Abdirahman Dirie.
The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force is assisting Denver police with the investigation.
"You have a suspicious substance that was found in a hotel room in conjunction with person being a foreign national and we have a lot of questions and that is why we are assisting," said Denver FBI spokeswoman Kathy Wright.
Authorities are trying to determine why Dirie was in Denver and how and when he got into the United States.
Wright did not say that the case appeared to be related to terrorism or the Democratic National Convention.
(Excerpt) Read more at denverpost.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; colorado; convention; cyanide; deathofasaleman; denver; dirie; fbi; jttf
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Nothing to see here. Move along.
ROP?
To: dynachrome
...not related to terrorism...sure, why not wave it away.
Sounds like someone intended on throwing more than just poo-poo bombs at the Dems Convention.
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posted on
08/13/2008 12:57:19 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
To: dynachrome; GMMAC; Clive; exg; kanawa; conniew; backhoe; -YYZ-; Former Proud Canadian; ...
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posted on
08/13/2008 12:58:36 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(SCC:Canadians have constitutional protection to all opinions, as long as they are based on the facts)
To: dynachrome
Cyanide poisoning can occur by handling powdered cyanide without gloves.
Oops. Someone should have studied harder in school.
/johnny
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posted on
08/13/2008 12:59:15 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: dynachrome
Saleman Abdirahman Dirie?........nah, just a name.............Nothing to see here............moveOn............
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posted on
08/13/2008 12:59:55 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(All that carbon in all that oil and coal was once in the atmosphere. We're just putting it back.....)
To: girlangler
You will be interested in this ping.
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:02:40 PM PDT
by
Grammy
(Obama worked for 143 days as a Senator before deciding he was qualified to be President.)
To: JRandomFreeper
“handling powdered cyanide without gloves”
or maybe “AHHHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOOO” thud.
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:03:21 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Henry Bowman is right)
To: dynachrome
“person being a foreign national” Overlooking another detail about this Somali refugee, aren’t they?
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:03:38 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Hi there.)
To: dynachrome
A pound of cyanide sounds like a lot, to me.
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:03:52 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Red Badger
would you ping me if this thread has more info or results ?...TIA as I’m outta here to a job site
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:04:57 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(if you can read this,thank a teacher...if you can read this in english,thank a soldier)
To: Shermy; KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; ...
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:05:27 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:06:41 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: dynachrome
Idiot thought he purchased a pound of blow!
To: Ramius
That’s what I was thinking. It sounds like enough to poison an entire city. I am just not buying the innocent, no-terrorism-involved explanation for this.
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:08:53 PM PDT
by
3AngelaD
(They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
To: advertising guy
No problemo..............
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:12:54 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(All that carbon in all that oil and coal was once in the atmosphere. We're just putting it back.....)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Idiot thought he purchased a pound of blow! Well, it did cool his nose.................to room temp...............
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:13:47 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(All that carbon in all that oil and coal was once in the atmosphere. We're just putting it back.....)
To: weegee
Disgruntled Tyson worker?
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:14:03 PM PDT
by
Dr. Ursus
(( commander of the simian host))
To: Calpernia
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:20:12 PM PDT
by
Shermy
(Currently suffering from Tagliner's Block.)
To: Ramius
The lethal dose of sodium cyanide is 200-300mg. This is equal to 1500-2250 lethal doses per pound.
To: Dr. Ursus
Maybe he came to Denver for a Labor Day protest.
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posted on
08/13/2008 1:26:44 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Hi there.)
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