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November 15, 2004

Breaking: Protestor Sets Fire to Self At White House Gates

Only saw this on Free Republic. I have no idea if it's true. Can anyone confirm?

Confirmation: Demure Thoughts/Temple of Jennifer says it happened, and I believe her.

A Very Brief Fisking of a News Report on the Self-Immolating Protestor: The story:

A witness told WTOP Radio the man was "fully engulfed in flames." Other witnesses said they heard the man screaming in pain.

Well, no duh.

Another Brief Fisking: Regarding another story:

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.

Well, derrr. It was either "Allah" or "Full Voting Rights for Orang-Utans, Now!" One or the other. Maybe both.

Possible Blog-Related Theory Update: BlueDevils doesn't think this was a political protest-- just a big fan of Allah Pundit's, distraught that he hasn't posted since the Yankees lost the ALCS.

Makes sense to me.


posted by Ace at 02:07 PM
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yep it was on the news. i just posted it. arab guy dressed in black set himself on fire.

Posted by: Jennifer on November 15, 2004 02:12 PM

From foxnews.com

A spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire Department said the man suffered burns over about 30 percent of his body.

Posted by: Master of None on November 15, 2004 02:35 PM

Burning yourself as opposed to blowing yourself up could be viewed as progress I guess.

Posted by: Capp on November 15, 2004 02:36 PM

I'm no expert on self-immolation, but last I checked this was the turf of asians in orange, not arabs in black.

Posted by: Alex on November 15, 2004 02:56 PM

story and photo

Actually this google news search got me lots of stories with photos.

Posted by: Nathan on November 15, 2004 02:57 PM

What a pussy, if you're gonna make a political statement, do it right. Like this guy.

Posted by: fat kid on November 15, 2004 03:13 PM

Local DC NBC Affiliate:

http://www.nbc4.com/news/3919821/detail.html

Posted by: Rob @ L&R on November 15, 2004 03:13 PM

To fat kid: Damn right!

Posted by: 72VIRGINS on November 15, 2004 03:46 PM

I wonder if he has health insurance? I wonder who will pay for the skin grafts, medications, therapy, plastic surgery, etc., that he'll need over the next several years?

Anyway,it reminds me of the lawyer joke punchline:
....a good start.

Posted by: Joan of Argghh! on November 15, 2004 03:55 PM

The guy should have had a sign saying:

"Will that be Regular or Extra-Crispy"


That guy has got to be brain-dead! Do you suppose he will be charged with arson?

Posted by: Maranna on November 15, 2004 04:03 PM

At least he only hurt himself. This guy was obviously not a terrorist, didn't have the stomach to kill others probably so he did this to himself. If you want to martyr yourself, I recommend his method as opposed to those of Mohammed Atta.

He obviously isn't well.

Posted by: Jennifer on November 15, 2004 04:25 PM

So he yelled "Allah" huh?

Maybe we have this all wrong. Maybe this guy was letting us know what has happened to the mysterious Allah blogger.

Think about it, has anyone heard from Allah once the election really heated up?

Was this man sacrificing himself to let the world know that "Allah" was in the White House, maybe even as the President himself? Or was he probably just some freak nut-case pyro?

I make up news, you decide!

Posted by: BlueDevils on November 15, 2004 04:55 PM

Hey, I know I'm late to this whole thing, but I was wondering whether this guy was a Bangles fan?

http://garfieldridge.blogspot.com/2004/11/man-sets-himself-on-fire-at-white.html

Cheers,
Dave

Posted by: Dave at Garfield Ridge on November 15, 2004 07:36 PM

i too am distraught over the disappearance of Allah
[may his name be praised] but....
maybe the Burning Man just doesn't have a good command of the English language in crisis situations.

He could be saying OWWWW! Owwwwwwwaaa! OwwwwwAkbar!
Owwww is Great!

Well...you're right...he could be saying Allahpundit!

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