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August 15, 2008
Revealed: Saleman Abhirahman Dirie Was Not a Terrorist
Posted by Dave Blount at August 15, 2008 8:08 AM
What a relief: the Somali found dead next to a jar of cyanide in Denver right before the Democrat convention, who had an entire pound of the deadly poison in crystal form in his hotel room, couldn't have been a terrorist. We know this because Saleman Abhirahman Dirie was a Muslim, and Islam is the Religion of Peace.
The Rocky Mountain News quotes Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson:
We don't see anything to make us believe that there's any terrorist involvement.
Thank you, Inspector Clouseau. Now from Dirie's sister:
He was not a terrorist. We don't want to hear that word. It is against our religion.
Similarly, singing hymns is against the Christian religion.
Abdirizak Karod, a "leader of the Somali community" in Ottawa, where Dirie was living, chips in that radicalism is "not our culture." If you don't believe him, check out all the peaceful, moderate Somalis in Blackhawk Down.
The unnamed sister says Dirie "was just a normal person" who happened to be in Denver on vacation. That appears to be good enough for the Schlocky Mountain News, which admits that "cyanide is an ideal ingredient for making a chemical weapon," but quickly points out that it is also found in rat poison and gold-plated watches.
On a tip from Burning Hot.
