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A BEARDED man shouting "Allah" was injured while apparently setting fire to his belongings outside the White House today and was quickly subdued by Secret Service guards.

A Reuters reporter saw the man try to present a manila envelope to guards near a Secret Service post on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington.

Moments later, a plume of smoke rose above the guard post, while two guards wrestled the man to the ground and a third extinguished flames that engulfed his briefcase and overcoat a few metres away.

The man, who appeared to suffer from a burn to his right hand, groaned and repeatedly shouted "Allah", as guards held him on the ground. The area was cordoned off and fire trucks and ambulances arrived on the scene.

Neither the Secret Service nor the White House offered immediate comment on the incident, but one insider noted the man seemed angry about the William J. Clinton Presidential Center dedicating an alcove to Monica Lewinsky.

SOURCE (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138621,00.html)

I'd be you Euros against US dollars this man is just another random maniac. No relation to international terrorism whatsoever. As for why he's yelling 'Allah' repeatedly...beats me...

Neither the Secret Service nor the White House offered immediate comment on the incident, but one insider noted the man seemed angry about the William J. Clinton Presidential Center dedicating an alcove to Monica Lewinsky.


Where the hell did you get this from?

Neither the Secret Service nor the White House offered immediate comment on the incident, but one insider noted the man seemed angry about the William J. Clinton Presidential Center dedicating an alcove to Monica Lewinsky.
This section was not mentioned in the article at all. Please do not editorialize without at least attempting to show where the distinction lies between your own comments and the quoted news story.

This section was not mentioned in the article at all. Please do not editorialize without at least attempting to show where the distinction lies between your own comments and the quoted news story.
There will be no further unauthorized silliness on this here forum.:rolleyes: :gundge:

Personally I LMAO! :p

Obviously he wasn't well in the head. Don't compare that to idiocity, please.

I was just trying to leave a flaming bag of dog crap on the White house doorstep but things got a little out of hand. Sorry.

I was just trying to leave a flaming bag of dog crap on the White house doorstep but things got a little out of hand. Sorry.
I humbly beg your pardon, but was that more unauthorized silliness? If so I'll have to report you to the humorless one above because that definitely was not in the Fox report.

yeah, clearly an idiot. just like this guy.

http://www.blurrytravel.com/sea2003/journal/06232003-1/ThichQuangDuc.jpg

no more understanding of his motivations is needed. why bother when we can just write it off right now?

I humbly beg your pardon, but was that more unauthorized silliness? If so I'll have to report you to the humorless one above because that definitely was not in the Fox report.

Dear Slap Happy Lunatics,

I would like to be silly, but I am afraid that if I do not request your permission, I will be duly punished. May I?

Sincerely,
Fnord

There will be no further unauthorized silliness on this here forum.

Personally I LMAO! :p
I come here to debate, and that's about it. Given the kind of idiotic ideas the starter of this thread has spouted in another recent thread, and some of the stuff some people on this board seem to actually believe, I'm going to take things seriously until there is evidence to suggest it wasn't meant that way.

I come here to debate, and that's about it. Given the kind of idiotic ideas the starter of this thread has spouted in another recent thread, and some of the stuff some people on this board seem to actually believe, I'm going to take things seriously until there is evidence to suggest it wasn't meant that way.

Well! Ain't YOU special! :D

Dear Slap Happy Lunatics,

I would like to be silly, but I am afraid that if I do not request your permission, I will be duly punished. May I?

Sincerely,
Fnord
Fnord INDEED!
Sincerely,
Omar Ravenhurst

yeah, clearly an idiot. just like this guy.

http://www.blurrytravel.com/sea2003/journal/06232003-1/ThichQuangDuc.jpg

no more understanding of his motivations is needed. why bother when we can just write it off right now?

Sure destroy corruption but Please dont Martyr this guy