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2007-07-02 Europe

No trace of US embassy staffer missing in Cyprus

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-07-02 10:38|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 ...Fox News says they found his body this morning.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-07-02 11:03|| 2007-07-02 11:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Diplomats have described the case as 'mysterious.'

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-02 11:59|| 2007-07-02 11:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Diplomats have described the case as 'mysterious.'

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-02 11:59|| 2007-07-02 11:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, look. An echo.
Smart guys, them diplomats...

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-02 12:00|| 2007-07-02 12:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Two bits says it is an AQ hit. Just like in Jordan a few years back.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-07-02 12:00|| 2007-07-02 12:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Dead US diplomat in Cyprus 'stabbed himself'

The US embassy's defence attache in Cyprus was found dead on Monday on a hilltop in a remote part of the Mediterranean island after apparently stabbing himself in the neck, officials said.
Thomas Mooney "died as a result of haemorrhaging after the infliction of an injury to the neck," an official involved in the post-mortem told AFP on condition of anonymity.

"The injury was compatible with self-infliction. There was no evidence of foul play whatsover," the official said, adding that the wound was caused by a sharp instrument and that the body was in a state of decomposition.

Police confirmed he had died as a result of a large wound to the neck, but declined to describe it as suicide, which is illegal in Cyprus.

US ambassador Ronald Schlicher had earlier confirmed that the body of a man found in the foothills of the Troodos mountains southwest of Nicosia was Mooney, who was last seen on Thursday.

"After notification of next of kin, with deep sadness, I announce that Thomas Mooney, who served his nation with distinction as our defence attache, was found dead by Cypriot authorities on Monday," he said in a statement.

"The cause of his death is being investigated."

Sounds like that's their story and they're sticking to it..

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-02 16:17|| 2007-07-02 16:17|| Front Page Top

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