Wikileaks confirmed? A plan to kill American geologist with poison beer

[kpete]

Source: Christian Science Monitor

By Ben Arnoldy, Staff writer / July 28, 2010
New Delhi

An attempt was made to poison a key American adviser involved in the bidding for a multibillion dollar mining contract in Afghanistan by replacing beer in a bottle with sulfuric acid.

The little-reported incident occurred in June 2007 but takes on new interest with the publication by the Wikileaks website of an intelligence warning in February 2007 that Pakistan’s ISI spy agency was planning to poison soldiers' alcoholic drinks.

James Yeager, an American geologist who advised Afghanistan's Ministry of Mines, tells the Monitor he returned to his residence in Kabul to find it had been burgled. The intruder took money from a drawer and left behind a bottle of Corona beer.

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Yeager, a geochemist familiar with acids, realized it smelled like sulfuric acid – otherwise known as battery acid. He called a friend over who had the same reaction to the smell. Yeager poured the “beer” into the toilet and it foamed and fizzed, leaving “no question” in his mind it was sulfuric acid.

Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0728/Wikileaks-confirmed-A-plan-to-kill-American-geologist-with-poison-beer

[Lightning Count]

1. Not sulfuric acid.

Just regular Corona.

[bemildred]

2. Corona would not harm a flea. nt

[Lightning Count]

3. I was referring to the taste.

:)

[Itchinjim]

4. Just add a slice of lime.

[kpete]

6. sorry

can't help,
the lime that is...

[bemildred]

5. Taste? It has a taste? nt

[nyy1998]

10. True story, fleas in Mexico fly better after slipping some Corona

Hence, Drink Corona!

[yurbud]

12. so you think Miller or Bud tastes better than Corona?

[roguevalley]

15. I don't drink beer. Neener-neener-neener. :)

[XemaSab]

17. So you're a scotch man?

It'll get you through the winters, for sure.

[roguevalley]

20. truly. :)

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[Oregone]

8. Good beer. Not Corona

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[populistdriven]

11. good thing he wasn't wearing his favorite red shirt that day

[sofa king]

13. I'm rather surprised Kabul has any beer at all.

Seeing as under the previous management having a bottle of beer could probably get one killed. Drinking beer, after all, is widely considered to be fun, and we know how the Taliban (American and otherwise) feels about fun!

The details of this case, if properly reported, suggest that the would-be assassin is a total idiot, too. Either that or it was a stunt designed to be caught.

[Prometheus Bound]

16. And the cap was loose! World's worst assasin.

[Ross K]

14. Hey, if you gotta go.....

:evilgrin:

[Duer 157099]

18. So what was the thinking here?

Guy comes home, find his place was burgled, does he think:

"Gee, someone stole my stuff! But at least they left me this delicious beer to console me!"

No really, was that the plan?

[No Elephants]

19. Thinking? We don't need no stinking thinking!

But, serously folks, not every would be assassin is as good as Cheney.

Then again, Yeager is probably not complaining about incompetence.