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| American found hanged in Egypt police cell | |
| 2013-10-14 | |
| An American found hanged in his police cell in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya on Sunday was believed to have committed suicide, Egyptian security officials said. They said the body of James Henry, 55, who told authorities he was a “retired officer”, was found at noon at Ismailiya Awal police station. The US embassy in Cairo confirmed “that a US citizen prisoner in Ismailiya died from an apparent suicide.”
Egyptian officials said Henry had been detained in August for violating a curfew imposed because of the latest wave of political unrest sweeping the country. He was stopped on the road between El Arish and Rafah in North Sinai and told authorities he was on his way to the neighbouring Gaza Strip. Officials told AFP that a US embassy delegation had visited Henry in his cell last week. His death comes a day after he was told that authorities were extending his preventative detention by another 30 days. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #10 Are we sure the two different names are the result of transcription/translation errors? 100%? No. Any bureaucracy is fallible. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-10-14 20:24 |
| #9 "Then the Genie appeared. For his first wish he said 'I'd like to hung, really hung...'" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-10-14 18:39 |
| #8 Are we sure the two different names are the result of transcription/translation errors? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-10-14 18:36 |
| #7 no doubt he'll still vote a couple times next election |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-10-14 14:26 |
| #6 Will his survivor benefits be impacted ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-10-14 11:23 |
| #5 It doesn't seem to me that the world will miss him. |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-10-14 11:21 |
| #4 More information here as well: James Lunn, an American arrested after a car bombing in northern Sinai in August, was found dead in an Egyptian jail Sunday. Lunn was arrested Aug. 27 during "combing operations" following a car bombing outside a police station in the turbulent northern region of Sinai, according to a statement from Egyptian officials. The statement said a computer and maps of "important installations" were found in his possession, but did not identify the facilities. Lunn was was remanded into police custody and had been remanded again for 30 days by a court on Saturday, according to the News Agency that Shall Not Be Named. And here: A spokesman for the ministry, Gen. Hany Abdel Lateef, said in a phone call on Sunday that Mr. Lunn had admitted during questioning that he had been on his way to the Gaza Strip, where he planned to meet with members of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that rules the territory. “He confessed that he was on his way to Gaza to stay with Hamas and discuss certain things with them,” General Abdel Lateef said. The statement from the prosecutor general, Hisham Barakat, said that Mr. Lunn had been found with a “modern electronic device” that the authorities were examining, without specifying further. "Electronic device"... kinda what the 'Suez spy swan' was wearing. Amazing what you can find when you dig around. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-10-14 11:04 |
| #3 More from Fox News. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-10-14 08:58 |
| #2 Another fine example of professional journalism. This article is full of nothing. Its a pile of .....questions not answers. Even the facts are pointing in various directions. An American...in the middle of border Sinai...yeah? Picked up on the Egyptian side, canned since August. Embassy "visited" him last week. Brought him twinkys and told him to hang in there. Tells us jack zip. Then the guy hangs himself. The old turkey climbs in some Ismailiyeh toilet ( who cares how its spelled ) and hangs himself. What was he doing there in the first place, taking pictures of the camels and the rocks? Something meaningful ? Please. And he was going to go to the scenic Gaza Strip? Not a good vacation move just to begin with. Like I say, a very praiseworthy piece of "journalism." |
| Posted by: Spereting Tingle4064 2013-10-14 05:03 |
| #1 "told authorities he was on his way to the neighbouring Gaza Strip"? Retired officer of what? |
| Posted by: tipover 2013-10-14 00:13 |