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November 15, 2004
Breaking News: Muslim Immolates Self At White House
Fox News' James Rosen has just reported that a man of Muslim descent apparently set himself on fire this afternoon outside the White House. No other details are yet available.
An unidentified man tried to set himself on fire outside the White House fence midday Monday, witnesses said.Onlookers said the incident took place outside the Northwest gate. Uniformed Secret Service agents were seen rushing to surround the man, who had graying hair and glasses. He was heard screaming in pain.
Television cameras captured the aftermath. Smoke hung in the air around the man as paramedics rushed to provide aid. The man appeared to be clutching his hand in pain, but it was unclear how serious his burns were.
A spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire Department said the man suffered burns over about 30 percent of his body.
UPDATE 3:39PM EST:
Caught on tape by tourists from Florida ...
Photo...

Posted by Kerry at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
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good... one less member of a sleeper cell
Posted by Aaron at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
I saw nothing in the report that verified he was a muslim man......one more nutcase in the world that's now gonna be scarred for life.
Maybe he can sue the government for not putting out the fire quickly enough.
Posted by Sarge at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Okay, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's entirely likely that the assumption on the news that he was a Muslim may have been premature.
Point one: In the picture, he doesn't particularly look at all foreign.
Point two: "Allah" might easily be falsely assumed when the person was actually screaming, "AAAAAAAAAaaaaahhhh!!! (which one might well scream when on fire.)
Posted by Kerry Jacoby at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Political Darwin Award nominee?
Posted by jaws at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Re: 1... one less informant, not sleeper agent:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man who set himself on fire outside the White House on Monday was a Yemeni federal informant on terrorism upset over how the FBI had managed his case, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Aaron, keep up assuming all Muslims are terrorists. Makes us Americans look good.
Posted by Tom Shipley at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
...and don't assume, Tom, that an informant on terrorism can't be a terrorist himself.
Ask any interrogator: criminals are the best informants against criminals.
Posted by Sarge at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
One more non-white victim of the illegitimate, racist, xenophobic Bish regime.
Posted by Robert McClelland at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Robert go move to Cuba. If you can you moron.
Posted by Pete Gryphon at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
D'uh....the POTUS was elected as per the US Constitution 2 times. D'uh, the "racist" POTUS just nominated a BLACK woman to be SecState...replacing a BLACK man....and an Hispanic man to replace a WHITE man. Of course, he MUST have done all that for political reasons.....in lalaland. D'uh, the "xenophobic" "Bish" called for the amnesty of illegal aliens...TWICE...and has done nothing to seal and secure the borders of this country.
Get your meds yet?
Posted by Sarge at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Re 7:
Excuse me, but I believe the mope set HIMSELF on fire? Didn't he?
Setting yourself on fire makes you a victim of your own clumsiness or stupidity. You can't blame Bush or anyone else for that.
Posted by Kerry Jacoby at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Yeah, Kerry....but Bush DROVE HIM TO DO IT. Hell, he practically lit the match. Don't you see that?
Posted by Sarge at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
re #2: "I saw nothing in the report that verified he was a muslim man"
But the reports after the seige in Beslan also "forgot" to mention that the "rebels", "militants", and "extremists" were actually muslim.
Posted by Tyler at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
good point tyler..
Posted by Aaron at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Well, NOW I know that he was a Muhommad, or however he friggin' spelled it....but I still haven't heard if he's a muslim or not....and I'm not holding my breath waiting to find out.
Evidently, he was angry because his passport is being held so that he doesn't skip the country and can provide testimony to the courts in a terrorism case....and he wanted to travel to his home country of YEMEN....so he set fire tohimself instead.
There's a leap of rational logic...don't get it YOUR way? Set yourself on fire. That'll show 'em who's boss.
Posted by Sarge at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
good... one less member of a sleeper cell
Posted by Aaron at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
I saw nothing in the report that verified he was a muslim man......one more nutcase in the world that's now gonna be scarred for life.
Maybe he can sue the government for not putting out the fire quickly enough.
Posted by Sarge at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Okay, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's entirely likely that the assumption on the news that he was a Muslim may have been premature.
Point one: In the picture, he doesn't particularly look at all foreign.
Point two: "Allah" might easily be falsely assumed when the person was actually screaming, "AAAAAAAAAaaaaahhhh!!! (which one might well scream when on fire.)
Posted by Kerry Jacoby at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Political Darwin Award nominee?
Posted by jaws at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Re: 1... one less informant, not sleeper agent:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man who set himself on fire outside the White House on Monday was a Yemeni federal informant on terrorism upset over how the FBI had managed his case, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Aaron, keep up assuming all Muslims are terrorists. Makes us Americans look good.
Posted by Tom Shipley at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
...and don't assume, Tom, that an informant on terrorism can't be a terrorist himself.
Ask any interrogator: criminals are the best informants against criminals.
Posted by Sarge at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
One more non-white victim of the illegitimate, racist, xenophobic Bish regime.
Posted by Robert McClelland at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Robert go move to Cuba. If you can you moron.
Posted by Pete Gryphon at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
D'uh....the POTUS was elected as per the US Constitution 2 times. D'uh, the "racist" POTUS just nominated a BLACK woman to be SecState...replacing a BLACK man....and an Hispanic man to replace a WHITE man. Of course, he MUST have done all that for political reasons.....in lalaland. D'uh, the "xenophobic" "Bish" called for the amnesty of illegal aliens...TWICE...and has done nothing to seal and secure the borders of this country.
Get your meds yet?
Posted by Sarge at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Re 7:
Excuse me, but I believe the mope set HIMSELF on fire? Didn't he?
Setting yourself on fire makes you a victim of your own clumsiness or stupidity. You can't blame Bush or anyone else for that.
Posted by Kerry Jacoby at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Yeah, Kerry....but Bush DROVE HIM TO DO IT. Hell, he practically lit the match. Don't you see that?
Posted by Sarge at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
re #2: "I saw nothing in the report that verified he was a muslim man"
But the reports after the seige in Beslan also "forgot" to mention that the "rebels", "militants", and "extremists" were actually muslim.
Posted by Tyler at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
good point tyler..
Posted by Aaron at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
Well, NOW I know that he was a Muhommad, or however he friggin' spelled it....but I still haven't heard if he's a muslim or not....and I'm not holding my breath waiting to find out.
Evidently, he was angry because his passport is being held so that he doesn't skip the country and can provide testimony to the courts in a terrorism case....and he wanted to travel to his home country of YEMEN....so he set fire tohimself instead.
There's a leap of rational logic...don't get it YOUR way? Set yourself on fire. That'll show 'em who's boss.
Posted by Sarge at November 15, 2004 02:11 PM
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