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Iraq War Protester Dies in Golden Gate Bridge Fall
ABCNEWS.com ^ | March 19 | Reuters

Posted on 03/20/2003 1:06:54 AM PST by Gunsmith

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A man protesting the looming U.S. war on Iraq fell to his death from San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge on Wednesday as he was hanging a banner, officials said.

"He appears to have been hanging a banner of some kind," said California Highway Patrol officer Timothy Willock. "We're not sure if he decided to jump or slipped while he was, you know, hanging the banner. That's unclear right now."

Anti-war sentiment is strong in the San Francisco Bay Area but the death of the man in his 30s was the first related to the latest protests over the U.S.-led war against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Copyright 2003 Reuters News Service. All rights reserved

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: California
KEYWORDS: darwin; doh; goldengategoofball; okwhogreasedtherail; oops
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My guess is he was trying to one up the gal who stood in front of a buldozer and won last weeks Darwin award
1 posted on 03/20/2003 1:06:54 AM PST by Gunsmith
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To: Gunsmith
Another idiocide.

Good riddance!
2 posted on 03/20/2003 1:08:52 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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And I'm guessing that there are those (probably even some Roman Catholic clergy, unfortunately) who will try to put his blood on GW's hands.
3 posted on 03/20/2003 1:09:22 AM PST by TheHeterodoxConservative
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To: Gunsmith
People that have no sense of reality.

This one just met reality head on.
4 posted on 03/20/2003 1:15:56 AM PST by DB (©)
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To: Gunsmith
It's just not a good week for America hating Leftists....
5 posted on 03/20/2003 1:18:26 AM PST by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered....)
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To: Gunsmith
I want to know what his banner said.
7 posted on 03/20/2003 1:26:04 AM PST by witnesstothefall
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To: witnesstothefall
The banner said: say goodbye, PLEASE!
8 posted on 03/20/2003 1:47:41 AM PST by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered....)
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To: Gunsmith

9 posted on 03/20/2003 3:13:08 AM PST by Jaxter (Proud Republican voter since 1972.)
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To: Jaxter
One more out of the gene pool.
10 posted on 03/20/2003 3:18:28 AM PST by DooDahhhh
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To: canuck_conservative; Gunsmith
'Another idiocide.'

Good riddance!


11 posted on 03/20/2003 3:55:29 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (Time to bomb Saddam!)
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To: Jaxter
Hysterical!
12 posted on 03/20/2003 3:58:45 AM PST by Ima Lurker
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To: Gunsmith

13 posted on 03/20/2003 4:41:20 AM PST by BlueLancer (Der Elite Møøsenspåånkængruppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
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To: Gunsmith
Gravity SUX dude!
14 posted on 03/20/2003 4:45:46 AM PST by BullDog108 (Down with Gravity!)
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To: TheHeterodoxConservative
(probably even some Roman Catholic clergy, unfortunately)

Probably even some Evangelical clergy, unfortunately. And some Baptist clergy, unfortunately. And some Presbyterian clergy, unfortunately. And some Lutheran clergy, unfortunately. And some Orthodox clergy, unfortunately. And some Jewish clergy, unfortunately. And some Mohammedan clergy, unfortunately. You get the idea.

15 posted on 03/20/2003 4:50:37 AM PST by Aquinasfan
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To: Gunsmith
Gravity is a harsh mistress.
16 posted on 03/20/2003 4:51:44 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: Jaxter
Xtreme protesting dude!
17 posted on 03/20/2003 4:53:58 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Wolfie

Yah, brahs, are we still handing out Darwin Awards?

Be Seeing You,

Chris

18 posted on 03/20/2003 4:54:11 AM PST by section9 (The girl in the picture is Major Motoko Kusanagi from "Ghost In the Shell".)
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To: Gunsmith
Style points: 4.8

Effect points: A Perfect 10

19 posted on 03/20/2003 4:57:40 AM PST by Faraday
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To: Gunsmith
War related anti-american body count is two. Crunch in Gaza & now splash in the bay. We're off to a good start.
20 posted on 03/20/2003 5:03:34 AM PST by Archie Bunker on steroids (DNC is funding & organizing international and national antiwar movement)
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