Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Ultimately, all deaths can be attributed to heart failure

Syrian interior minister commits suicide

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's interior minister, one of several top officials caught up in the U.N. investigation into the slaying of Lebanon's former prime minister, died Wednesday. The country's official news agency said he committed suicide in his office.

This is probably cruel and insensitive, but I can’t help wondering if he did it by shooting himself five times in the back of the head.