Cyanide death at hotel ruled a suicide
Rocky Mountain News
Published August 21, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
A Canadian man found dead in the Burnsley hotel committed suicide by ingesting cyanide, the Denver coroner's office announced Wednesday.
Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, was found dead Aug. 11 in his fourth-floor room at the hotel, 1000 Grant St. Hazmat officials recovered a jar of cyanide nearby.
Authorities have said they do not suspect foul play in the death and said they have no evidence that the cyanide represented any terrorist threat.
Dirie's friends and relatives in Ottawa said he was not a terrorist but did say he suffered from schizophrenia and had been taking medication for the past three years.
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GetReal writes:
Lets see,
A Somali Muslim with mental problems- Check
No passport, here illegally-Check
Been unemployed for years, no means of support,
but takes a "vacation" to Denver staying for weeks at a $200 a night hotel-Check
Posts are made online by a guy with an almost identical name calling for people to die-Check
The man is found dead in his room with over a pound of cyanide-Check
Story claiming suicide appears in back of paper on page 29-Check
Sounds more like a terrorist "work" accident to me.
This guy was up to no good and Ritter, Hick, the DNC and the state and fed authorities know it but dont want to panic the delegates and general public, causing a low turnout for their precious convention.
What if there were more than one, say 18 others are out there each with a pound of cyanide who didnt kill themselves and are still planning an attack during the DNC?
I hope I'm wrong, but this whole thing stinks of a cover-up.