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Man Held After Mailing HIV-Tainted Blood To Obama

cnn.com — An Ethiopian immigrant with a history of mental health problems is in custody after being accused of mailing a letter with HIV-tainted blood to Barack Obama when he was president-elect, according to court records. Saad Bedrie Hussein, who has HIV, said he "purposely cut one of his fingers with a razor so he could bleed on the letter."

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  • smashblu, on 02/27/2009, -4/+152HIV wouldn't survive long outside the body.
  • chrissku, on 02/28/2009, -8/+61The irony is that the Bush administration fed Cheney 2 quarts of animal blood a day to keep him happy.
  • jakash, on 02/28/2009, -2/+49The guy who did this doesn't really need to be insulted - he needs proper psychological help.
    And this is the kind of thing the President of the United States has to put up with on a daily basis, as concerning as it is.
  • DemiRonin, on 02/28/2009, -3/+43Man I really hope the Secret Service can protect obama from all the crazy people, there's gonna be a lot of em
  • badqat, on 02/28/2009, -9/+45Is Obama a vampire? If not, why send him blood, HIV positive or not?
  • GeekNurse, on 02/28/2009, -1/+35In laboratory studies using artificially high concentrations of laboratory grown HIV, CDC studies have shown that drying of even these high concentrations of HIV reduces the amount of infectious virus by 90 to 99 percent within several hours. Since the HIV concentrations used in laboratory studies are much higher than those actually found in blood or other specimens, drying of HIV-infected human blood or other body fluids reduces the theoretical risk of environmental transmission to that which has been observed - essentially zero.

    source: http://www.cdc.gov/Hiv/resources/qa/qa35.htm
  • bonk2k, on 02/28/2009, -0/+32It was usually a puppy/baby penguin blood blend to be specific.
  • Refaelo, on 02/28/2009, -2/+28OMG....People are nuts!
  • bloodinmystool, on 02/28/2009, -5/+28White House closed due to AIDS.
  • Ragzouken, on 02/28/2009, -1/+23Yeah, but you're not the President of the United states. You don't have to test your mail for anthrax either. They may have been testing for airbourne pathogens or something.
  • GeekNurse, on 02/28/2009, -1/+20Don't know why anyone would digg smashblu down. His comment is 100% accurate. HIV, unlike other viruses, such as Hepatitis, can only survive a few hours outside of the body. Hepatitis can live over a week in dried blood.

    source: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs204/en ...
  • BadWobot, on 02/28/2009, -0/+18Cheney was happy?
  • inactive, on 02/28/2009, -0/+16Did you catch the part about the history of mental illness? Clearly this guy wasn't right in the head, so of course his plan doesn't make any sense.
  • MBHockey, on 02/28/2009, -1/+17HIV can't be exposed to air without inactivating. Not that this isn't still weird...but there's no way anyone could have been harmed.
  • immatellyouwhat, on 02/28/2009, -0/+15Haven't you heard? Obama will be in the next Twilight movie.
  • moxley, on 02/28/2009, -1/+15The guy is obviously sick...Big ***** deal, get him some help, case closed.
  • inactive, on 02/28/2009, -1/+15Simple, to stop the voices. Everyone knows that. Even the shadow men that dig for treasure in the back yard at the end of a 4 day meth binge.
  • Totz83, on 02/28/2009, -0/+13Not wordless enough, evidently.
  • inactive, on 02/28/2009, -4/+17I wonder what this guy's goal was... Did he really think Obama himself would open this letter?
  • JuanBSU, on 02/28/2009, -0/+13Exactly. You can also say that Americans are fat, the British have bad teeth, the French are gay, Canadians are pussies, and people from Arkansas are inbred stereotyping *****. Oh...that's where you're from...
  • Forumgod, on 02/28/2009, -1/+14Wait, what? I really hope this is a joke. You wouldn't ban people just because they have aids or HIV, right?

    RIGHT?
  • Paranor01, on 02/28/2009, -1/+13@atheistsRidiots
    So you're saying, that spending money to protect any current US President is a waste of money?

    Following that statement, it is logical to say, knowing that the US President is in a "high risk" position and has threats received on a daily basis, should ignore all threats and just wait for someone to hurt, or kill them ?

    Or is it just for this US President you think this?
  • inactive, on 02/28/2009, -11/+22It would've been a bigger outrage if a white man sent it to Obama.
  • Paranor01, on 02/28/2009, -0/+11I went through the immigration review in the US, and they would not allow you in if you have AIDS, or other nasty diseases like TB (if I recall correctly. at least it's the logical reason for me being tested for those). What the article did not mention, and what Rogor is assuming because it didn't say, is that the person had AIDS before coming into the US.

    He probably got it after arriving in the US.
  • SaladCactusKing, on 02/28/2009, -5/+16Oh Yeahhhhhhhhh!

    http://i26.tinypic.com/11gof3t.jpg
  • Biscuitz, on 02/28/2009, -0/+11Irrelevant much?
  • chthonical, on 02/28/2009, -2/+12So wait. Obama is a Muslim Kenyan Dracula who came over to become president of the United States by climbing the ladder up through the Illinois legislature and then running under the banner of the Democratic party who we all know has a pro-vampire agenda. This man, essentially his HIV-infected Renfield, regained his sanity just long enough to try and warn us all before its too late by sending a vague message issued in blood and drink mix telling of Obama's true nature, knowing that the media would pick it up and have a field day with it as they often do. My God! Call Van Helsing!
  • rdoger6424, on 02/28/2009, -1/+11@Biscuitz
    He was being self-referential.
  • Larssonk22, on 02/28/2009, -0/+9I'm british and if I had a top hat I would tip it for you good sir.
  • DouglasQ, on 02/28/2009, -2/+11Maybe he just thought Obama could heal him
  • sicbastardinc, on 02/28/2009, -1/+10Yeah just tell em "You have HIV eh? Go home and die!"

    Maybe he came here for a shot at getting cured and oh I don't know........ living?
  • Doc123, on 02/28/2009, -5/+13Why would a Ethiopian immigrant want to kill Obama?
  • brstilson, on 02/28/2009, -1/+9"But, the affidavit said, two days later, the Illinois Department of Revenue notified him it had received two similar letters, both with Hussein's return address."

    LOL, fail.
  • Dweller99, on 02/28/2009, -1/+9Come on man! You can troll better than that! I know, I have been watching you do it for weeks.

    Me084 coming in 3... 2... 1...
  • Biscuitz, on 02/28/2009, -0/+7dylenol wasn't loved by his parents much, so he has some issues.
  • EricSchC1, on 02/28/2009, -0/+7...And the award for First Anti-Liberal/Democrat comment to come from someone as asinine as the guy in the article, mailing his HIV+ blood goes to...



    (You'll notice I said "First", not "Best" or "Only"...wouldn't be shocked to see more.)
  • Paranor01, on 02/28/2009, -0/+7"gonna be" ?

    there is... and yes, that is the sad truth.
  • jasonjcrawford, on 02/28/2009, -1/+8Especially considering the FBI released a statement saying the man has a long history of mental illness.
  • KyloOb, on 02/28/2009, -3/+9This is such a douche way to try to assassinate someone...
  • Larssonk22, on 02/28/2009, -0/+6the sad truth
  • Biscuitz, on 02/28/2009, -1/+7Awe, look everyone, it's Cheney's sex slave.
    And you've angered him.
  • Paranor01, on 02/28/2009, -0/+5RTA, it was his own blood.

    duh
  • garlicdeath, on 02/28/2009, -4/+9While this pretty much had no chance of succeeding as there is no way it would survive long enough to even be delivered, it was probably one of the most dick ways to try to assassinate someone, anyone.

    You shoot at em, boom it's over. Nah, give them AIDS. They'll slowly die, year after year they know it's getting closer... it's almost like injecting cancer straight into someone but this is contagious.
  • 13ohemian, on 02/28/2009, -2/+7I am sorry but.. WTF?!
  • duewydo, on 02/28/2009, -0/+5omg, sick *****...
  • Paranor01, on 02/28/2009, -1/+6RTFA. nothing in the article mentioned his sexual preference.

    You assume this person was homosexual because he has AIDS. AIDS is a HUMAN disease, not a GAY disease. Get out of the 1300's
  • Claverhouse, on 02/28/2009, -0/+5They ran at Dieppe ?

    6000 Canadians, with tanks, air support and sea bombardment were defeated by 1500 men; with just 60 men holding the beachhead.
  • garlicdeath, on 02/28/2009, -2/+7/blinks
  • inactive, on 02/28/2009, -0/+4lol
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