Man Dead, Large Amount Of Possible Cyanide Found

cbs4 Denver ^ | August 12, 2008 | Rick Sallinger

[Scarpetta]

It has the makings of international intrigue. Less than two weeks before the Democratic National Convention a man has been found dead in a Denver hotel room with a container of what authorities initially suspect to be the deadly poison cyanide.

Adding to the intrigue is that the dead man, Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, appears to be from outside the U.S. No passport was found on Dirie, who is believed to have entered the country from Canada.

A large container of a white powdery substance was found in the man's room on the fourth floor of the Burnsley Hotel at 10th and Grant.

Tests are now being done by the Denver Police Crime Lab to determine exactly what the substance is. The tests could take days.

It is not clear if the man died from the substance or some other cause.

Denver police are leading the investigation of the man's death. The FBI and other governmental agencies, including the Joint Terrorism Task Force, are assisting in the probe. Hazardous materials assistance has included the Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado National Guard.

FBI Special Agent in Charge James Davis told CBS 4 that nothing so far has been found to link the case to terrorism or the coming convention.

The investigation is continuing.

[Scarpetta]

Mussie causing mischief.

[BunnySlippers]

Very interesting

[ElkGroveDan]

He must be Norwegian.

[BunnySlippers]

BTW, if they’d try it at a Dim convention, they’d try it at ours.

[Free Vulcan]

Indeed. Unfortunately it will probably be down the hole after today.

[tbpiper]

The Twin Cities area has a huge muslim population.

[ConservativeMan55]

"FBI Special Agent in Charge James Davis told CBS 4 that nothing so far has been found to link the case to terrorism or the coming convention."

Nothing to see here folks. Move along.........

[csvset]

The Ricin guy a few months ago, now this.

[El Gato]

Going after the apostate B. Hussein?

[Brilliant]

“Possible” cyanide? Maybe he’s only possibly dead.

[PGR88]

It was for the Kool-Aid they will be drinking.

[Rushmore Rocks]

fyi

[Oratam]

Curious.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2055031/posts?page=392#392

[dfwgator]

He must be Norwegian.

Wonderful plumage...

[Flycatcher]

if they’d try it at a Dim convention, they’d try it at ours.

Ours? You mean there's a party now that represents Hard Right conservatives?

[Shermy]

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_10177560?source=rss

a little more info here.

[JRios1968]

...Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29...

Those zany Amish!

[JRios1968]

Pining for the fjords...

[dynachrome]

Hmmmm. Very interesting.

[cmsgop]

Next On.......When “Hotel Rooms KILL” !!!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Do I detect the faint odor of bitter alm —
*thud*

[happinesswithoutpeace]

“A large container of a white powdery substance”

Ruled out the coca and poppy products?

0_o

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

With all of the flakes coming to the Twin Cities for the RNC at the end of the month, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if something like this occurs here, too.

[El Gato]

Saleman Abdirahman Dirie is probably a Somali or of Somali ancestry.

[Shermy]

Google “Ali Dirie” - another Canadian...

[Shermy]

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[Deaf Smith]

bump

[EBH]

Didn’t Zawahwhatisname just give directions, in English from Pakisatan, a language he has never used before?

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

“I beg your pardon, Miss Lizzie. The days when druggists may sell prussic acid over the counter, are swiftly approaching their end. Might I interest you in a tin of boric acid?”

[RED SOUTH]

It’s not cyanide , it’s blow that Obama said sometimes help , in his book Dreams Of My Father.
The guy they found dead od’d on Obama’s score for his convention.

[Gorzaloon]

Tests are now being done by the Denver Police Crime Lab to determine exactly what the substance is. The tests could take days.

They ALWAYS say this. It really annoys me. What they are really saying is, "We do not want to talk about it for a few days and by then, you morons will have forgotten all about it."

FTIR~ 20 minutes. GC/MS~2 hours, IF that. HPLC, be generous, a few hours.

Not days. I would think a crime lab would be at least a little motivated.

[Kimmers]

Yup, he must be one of those muslim Norwigians.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

bump

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Think it was the 1st time he put out media in English. He is known to read/write and speak English. My hunch was that Adam “Azzam” Gadahn aided in the vid.

[Beowulf9]

And it cleans sealskin cloaks?

[tbpiper]

nothing so far has been found to link the case to terrorism

If this doesn't fit the 'duck' analogy, nothing does. How about 3 points making a staight line? (Mulsim, poision, convention)

[El Gato]

Ruled out the coca and poppy products?

Cops have field test kits for those. So if they don't yet know what is for certain, and suspect cyanide, it's very likely not those. Or crystal meth either.

Cyanide is said to have a bitter almond taste and odor, although some people can't smell or taste it, depending on their genetics. Surely someone smelled that smell which is why they "suspect" cyanide.

[SeafoodGumbo]

Davis told CBS 4 that nothing so far has been found to link the case to terrorism or the coming convention.

These FBI guys come at it from the wrong direction. When you have a Muzzie and cyanide, you assume terrorism unless facts prove otherwise.

[Cindy]

Adding on to your post.

A presumptive test at the scene and a sample sent to the lab.
The lab results analyze the sample(s) for an accurate determination
and confirmation.

[infowarrior]

Think it was the 1st time he put out media in English. He is known to read/write and speak English. My hunch was that Adam “Azzam” Gadahn aided in the vid.

And here a lot of us had thought that Gadahn had been smoked earlier this year. Perhaps he wasn't after all...

the infowarrior

[doodad]

suspect to be the deadly poison cyanide.

Takes two seconds to see the Prussian blue color in the test. Someone is not exactly telling the whole story.

[arthurus]

I would like to know just what sort of cyanide they are talking about. I used to work with sodium cyanide in my silver-plating shop. Potassium cyanide is the stuff they used to execute murderers with back in the days before the comfort of the criminal became the paramount concern of our penal systems.

[arthurus]

Terrorism is an impossibility in any of these incidents. All of them arise from bad childhoods and societal deprivation and repression and George Bush’s malevolent influence.

[BunnySlippers]

I’m voting for McCain. Not because I like him but because I hate what Obama stands for.

Please consider helping us.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Yeah, nothing worse than a filthy sealskin in August! Further astray of the topic, the Borden domicile is now a bed & breakfast. You can spend the night for a couple hundred clams. Way cleaner than anything in Denver!
www.lizzie-borden.com

[Flycatcher]

I've made the decision to vote for McCain too, BunnySlippers. But I'm gonna hate myself in the morning. :)

[BunnySlippers]

Yup ... me too. I hope we’re gonna cuss for at least another 4 years. :)

[Cindy]

Thank you Deaf Smith.

[LegendHasIt]

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Or maybe he was just intending to refine some gold, or make a plating solution.
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Hey, it's possible, despite the muslim name.