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The recent "hits" are not confined to Virginia, as you claimed. They have been documented in Washington, DC, suburban Maryland, as well as suburban Virgina. But, they are all localised around the Washington metropolitan area.

Let's suppose that this sniper or sniper team is in reality an islamic terrorist cell. If they wanted to achieve the maximum terror effect and the maximum national media coverage with their sniper operation, what would be a logical place to start? Memphis? Toledo? Omaha?

Washington, D.C. is the symbol of American freedom and strength around the world and was a target for the Bin Laden bunch on 9/11. Launching an organized sniper attack in the suburban Washington area would likely be their first choice.

Randomly shooting innocent Americans of diverse ages, gender, and race fits with a person or persons whose single-minded goal is terror. Just because similar sniper shootings are not occuring in other cities and locations in the US should not lead us to conclude that these events are not related to Islamic terror.

This sniper (or snipers) is very well trained. He is a good shot (one bullet, one kill in 9 out of 11 shootings), and has carefully planned out the locations and the escape routes for each hit. This guy (or team) is extremely skilled in blending in with his environment before making his kills and in evading law enforcement after the event. Thus, one may conclude that this guy (or team) has had some organized sniper training. But, how can we rule out that such training occurred in one of Bin Laden's camp around the world? We cannot!

And, since the DC sniper killings do not seem to fit any logical pattern that would overlay with a "normal" profile for either serial or spree killers, it seems logical to at least consider the possibility that these events could be organized by a foreign terrorist cell.

It is my opinion that the cell making these kills will turn out to be very simialr in age range to the Lackawana cell in upstate New York. The memebers probably have had training in Afghanistan and have had some recent practice in a rock quarry or other remote location. It would be useful therefore to interview a few of the hobby shooters in VA and MD who might have seen ME types out sharing the remote locales with the hobbiests.