Rob Long · September 18, 2012 at 7:33am

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.  From Forbes:

A Pakistani man, one of approximately 10,000 people participating in an anti-American rally has died.  The cause of death?  Complications from inhaling smoke after burning an American flag.  The Express Tribune, a Pakistani newspaper affiliated with The International Herald Tribune (“The Global Edition of The New York Times”) reported:

"One of the participants of the rally, Abdullah Ismail, passed away after he was taken to Mayo Hospital. Witnesses said he had complained of feeling unwell from the smoke from US flags burnt at the rally."

The rally is part of protests, organized by Jamaat-Ud-Dawa, the political arm of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba

Finally!  Burning the American flag is something we can all get behind.  Maybe we should pitch in and send them more.

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Douglas
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Douglas

In tomorrow's Islamic press: "Jews lace flags with poison to kill Muslims".

Ryan M
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Ryan M

oh, I was just about to suggest lacing flags and sending them on over.  They beat me to it!


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Rodin

"The Attack of the Killer Stars & Stripes"

Sounds like a 70s Yippies production. :)

S. G. Walsh
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S. G. Walsh

Yet another incentive to keep the flag there still. 

Samuel Amaral
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Samuel Amaral

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy indeed, especially since these maniacs seems to think that embassy burning an Olympic sport.
Is it a coincidence that after a weak US reaction to last year sacking of the Israeli embassy the maniacs are trying to torch down the US embassy ? 

Glenn the Iconoclast
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Glenn the Iconoclast
Douglas: In tomorrow's Islamic press: "Jews lace flags with poison to kill Muslims".
Ryan M: oh, I was just about to suggest lacing flags and sending them on over.  They beat me to it!

It's even better.  They are made in China.

EstoniaKat
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EstoniaKat

If they're not burning your flag, you're doing it wrong.

Sisyphus
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Sisyphus

Inshallah.


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Steve MacDonald

Simply amazing. One that there is a news article with this in it . 2. That an affiliate of IHT actually appears to have reported something without editorializing. I first moved overseas in 1961, and my favorite newspaper from then was the IHT. Great news reporting, really good writing, international understanding etc. etc. Even when it ws jointly owned by Wash. Post and NYT, it retained it's essential strong qualities - albeit with a left leaning editorial bent (offset by Sir Charles). Within 3 months of NYT taking sole control, I canceled my subscription. My rejection has been reinforced whenever I picked up the paper in CDG, or other airports in transit where they have them for free. 

To have unvarnished fact published by an affiliate of NYT is nothing short of a breakthrough! Well done! Perhaps we are turning a corner.....or maybe not.

Paul Erickson
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Paul Erickson

Steve MacDonald: Simply amazing. One that there is a news article with this in it . 2. That an affiliate of IHT actually appears to have reported something without editorializing. I first moved overseas in 1961, and my favorite newspaper from then was the IHT. Great news reporting, really good writing, international understanding etc. etc. Even when it ws jointly owned by Wash. Post and NYT, it retained it's essential strong qualities - albeit with a left leaning editorial bent (offset by Sir Charles). Within 3 months of NYT taking sole control, I canceled my subscription. My rejection has been reinforced whenever I picked up the paper in CDG, or other airports in transit where they have them for free. 

To have unvarnished fact published by an affiliate of NYT is nothing short of a breakthrough! Well done! Perhaps we are turning a corner.....or maybe not. · 28 minutes ago

More likely, the exception that proves the rule.

Johnny Dubya
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Kevin Walker

Excellent. We have a new picture to place in the dictionary next to "poetic justice".

Pseudodionysius
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Pseudodionysius

What do you do after you burn more flags? You Put Out More Flags.

Barkha Herman
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Barkha Herman

Awesome.  Hate destroys the people who hate definitely, others not always.  It's always good to see a tangible example, though.

Fake John Galt
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Fake John Galt

Now his family can sue the flag company for causing his death.

KC Mulville
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KC Mulville

Will this inflame the Arab Street? Then again ...

RightinChicago
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RightinChicago the Elder

Maybe we could send them flags tainted with smallpox.  I'm kidding.

Edited on September 18, 2012 at 4:27pm
Steven M.
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Steven M.

How soon until we arrest the maker of the flag?

dittoheadadt
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dittoheadadt

How much you wanna make a ten dollar bet that our EPA and Consumer Protection Agency will now mandate warning labels on flags?  'cuz it's not Ismail's fault, it's America's.  It's always America's.

dittoheadadt
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dittoheadadt
RightinChicago the Elder: Maybe we could send them flags tainted with smallpox.  I'm kidding.

Good.  'cuz the flag part is unnecessary overhead.

Misthiocracy
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Misthiocracy

That's what you get when you buy cheap Chinese-made flags.


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