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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  Terror Informant Ignites Himself Near White House Mon Nov 15 2004 22:47:22 ET A Falls Church, Va., man who worked as a federal informant on terrorism set himself on fire in front of the White House Monday, hours after announcing his suicide attempt and citing his growing despondency over how the FBI managed his casem the WASHINGTON POST is reporting on Tuesday. Mohamed Alanssi, 52, approached the northwest guardhouse on Pennsylvania Avenue about 2:05 p.m. and asked the security detail to deliver a note to President Bush. When uniformed Secret Service officers turned him away, he stepped about 15 feet from the guard post and used a lighter to ignite his jacket, according to the U.S. Park Police. Secret Service officers wrestled him to the ground and doused the flames with fire extinguishers. Alanssi was taken to Washington Hospital Center, where he was listed in critical condition with burns over about 30 percent of his body, authorities said. Alanssi, who is from Yemen and also uses the name Mohamed Alhadrami, recently discussed his work as a federal informant in a series of interviews with The Washington Post. Monday morning, he informed the newspaper by faxed letter and by telephone that he was going to "burn my body at unexpected place." He also sent a copy of a letter he said he had faxed to the FBI agent in New York who is handling his case. The Post alerted the agent and provided a copy of the letter. In two telephone conversations Monday, Alanssi told a Post reporter that he would provide 10 minutes' advance notice of his suicide attempt and that only then would he reveal the location. Developing... |
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