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1 posted on 10/10/2002 9:18:38 PM PDT by kattracks
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Well I tend to agree now. The most successful serial killers always end up being white guys with abusive mothers.
2 posted on 10/10/2002 9:33:30 PM PDT by Naspino
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To: kattracks
statistically, it's going to be a white male,

And you are statistically going to be robbed and/or killed by a "peoples" of minority(ness). Let's see 'em discuss that news flash on their liberal shows. No way in you know what...

3 posted on 10/10/2002 9:36:04 PM PDT by 69ConvertibleFirebird
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To: kattracks
Links of Interest:

SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS: Click on any of the links of your choice and read all about it!

**OCTOBER 10, 2002: WORLDWIDE CAUTION FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (click here)**

**OCTOBER 9, 2002: FBI.gov - Press Release: "FBI DISTRIBUTES MESSAGE TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT" (click here)**

FOX NEWS.com - CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE SNIPER SHOOTINGS IN MARYLAND, WASHINGTON, DC and VIRGINIA (101002)

*GOT A TIP REGARDING THE SNIPER SHOOTINGS? Send an e-mail to the MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT: taskforce@co.mo.md.us
*GOT A TIP REGARDING THE SNIPER SHOOTINGS? Call the TIP LINE: 1-888-324-9800
*WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY REWARD FUND? Montgomery County Reward Fund, Office of the County Executive, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, Maryland 20850

PHOTO ESSAY and DISCUSSION(101002)

STRIPES ONLINE.com - STARS AND STRIPES (AP): "POSSIBLE AL-QAIDA LINK INVESTIGATED ON ATTACK ON MARINES IN KUWAIT" (100902)

DefenseLINK.mil: "SOUTHERN WATCH AIRCRAFT COUNTER IRAQI THREATS" by Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service (101002)

BBC.com: "GERMAN POLICE ARREST AL-QAEDA SUSPECT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "German police say they have arrested a Moroccan man suspected of helping an al-Qaeda cell involved in the 11 September attacks on the United States. Police arrested 29-year-old Abdelghani Mzoudi in the northern port city of Hamburg on Thursday, the Federal State Prosecutor said in a statement.") (101002)

ALBAWABA.com: "BIN LADEN DEPUTY THREATENS TO ATTACK FRANCE AND GERMANY, SAYS U.S. WAR ON IRAQ SERVES ISRAEL INTERESTS" (ARTICLE NOTE: The Bin Laden Deputy is Dr. Ayman al-Zawahri.) (100802)

FBI.gov - Most Wanted Terrorists: "AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI"

PHIL STAR.com - THE PHILIPPINE STAR: "AL-QAEDA SETTING UP BASES IN CENTRAL LUZON, MINDANAO" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The al-Qaeda terror network has established training camps in key areas in Luzon and Mindanao, intelligence sources confirmed to THE STAR yesterday. The sources said the camps, located in Bulacan and Maguindanao, were set up over the past few months by Arab and Indonesian extremists.") (101002)

TOWNHALL.com: "DANGEROUS RESTRAINT" -Column by Thomas Sowell (Column Snippet: "President George W. Bush's speech on Iraq in effect reiterated what Edmund Burke said more than two centuries ago: 'There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.' Today, in a nuclear age, those words apply more strongly than ever.") (101002)

THE SUN.co.uk: "IRAQ HAS 'SUPERGUN'"(101002)

PHOTO ESSAY and DISCUSSION - TOPIC: IRAQ (100902)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "ISLAMIC CHARITY HEAD CHARGED WITH FUNNELING FUNDS TO BIN LADEN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "CHICAGO - The leader of a Chicago-area Islamic charity was indicted Wednesday on charges of funneling donations to Usama bin Laden's terrorist network, with Attorney General John Ashcroft vowing, "We will find the sources of terrorist blood money." Enaam M. Arnaout, 40, head of the Benevolence International Foundation, has been in federal custody since April.") (100902)

DETROIT FREE PRESS: "FARRAKHAN SAYS BUSH, NOT IRAQ IS A WORLD MENACE" (ARTICLE NOTE: Louis Farrakhan is the leader of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam.) (100902)

CNN.com: Badhdad, Iraq. "FARRAKHAN WARNS AGAINST U.S. ATTACK ON IRAQ" (070702)

CNN.com: Badhdad, Iraq. "FARRAKHAN VISITS BAGHDAD" (070602)

JERUSALEM POST.com: "SADDAM GAVE $15 MILLION TO BOMBERS' FAMILIES, WOUNDED" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Rafad Salim, head of the pro-Iraqi Arab Liberation Front in the West Bank, was responsible for transferring the funds.") (100902)

stepping back in time...SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: ATTACK ON AMERICA!

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "U.S. SAYS AL QAEDA EXPLORING RUSSIAN MARKET FOR WEAPONS" by Bill Gertz (100802)

NewsMax.com - Hot Topics: "RUSSIA"

NY POST.com: "BEAT COPS KEEP EYE OUT FOR BOMBERS" (100702)

SEATTLE TIMES.com (KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS): "MAN CLAIMS 'DIRTY BOMB' STILL COMING" (100702)

KNOX STUDIOS.com (TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE): "THE LONG OPEN NORTHERN BORDER" by Sean Robinson, Tacoma News Tribune (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The list of suspected terrorists who have used Canada as their base of operations includes Ahmed Ressam, arrested at the Blaine crossing in December 1999 with a trunk full of explosives and a plan to bomb Los Angeles International Airport. News reports from Canada show other suspected terrorists tied to Canada include Armine Mezbar, an Algerian accused of having ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, and Nabil al-Marabh, who may have played a role in coordinating the Sept. 11 attacks.") (100602)

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD Online: "KHAT DRUG TRIAL SIGNALS A MAINE FIRST" (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Abdigani Hussein, age 30.) (100702)

NATIONAL POST.com: "BANNED TERRORIST GROUPS HAVE AGENTS IN CANADA" by Stewart Bell (100302)

WorldNetDaily.com: "NEW AL-QAIDA TRAINING TAPE SHOWS ANOTHER SIDE OF TERROR Captured Video Reveals Plans for Home Break-ins, Killing Police, Drive-bys, Golf Course Assassinations" by Joseph Farah (090402)

INSIGHT On The News online: "SCHOOLS VULNERABLE TO TERRORIST ATTACK" by Timothy W. Maier and "CRIME IS NO STRANGER TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES" by Wade-Hahn Chan (081902)

TOWNHALL.com: "TERRORISTS AT OUR UNIVERSITIES" -Column by Ben Shapiro (091902)

CAMPUS-WATCH.org

COLLEGE BRIEFING.org

OREGON LIVE.com: "WAR ON TERROR"

THE STAR.com.my - Malaysian News: "SUSPECTED TERRORIST SURRENDERS AND IS LIKELY TO BE DEPORTED" (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal.) (100802)

***
WWW.FBI.GOV: Portland, Oregon. "FBI's JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE ARRESTS FOUR ON TERRORISM CHARGES; TWO OTHERS WHO WERE INDICTED ARE NOW FUGITIVES" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "United States Attorney General John Ashcroft announced today that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and members of Joint Terrorism Task Forces have arrested four people on charges of aiding and, in some cases, trying to join Al-Qaida fighters. Joining Mr. Ashcroft were FBI Director Robert S. Mueller and United States Attorney for the District of Oregon Michael Mosman. FBI Special Agent in Charge Charles Mathews III, joined by members of the JTTF, made the announcement in Portland, Oregon. On Thursday, October 3, 2002, a federal grand jury in Portland, Oregon, indicted JEFFREY LEON BATTLE aka Ahmad Ali and Abu Isa, PATRICE LUMUMBA FORD aka Lumumba, AHMED IBRAHIM BILAL, MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM BILAL, HABIS ABDULLA AL SAOUB aka Abu Tarek, and OCTOBER MARTINIQUE LEWIS aka Khadijah. An indictment is a formal method of bringing charges, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. All six people face the following charges: * Conspiracy to Levy War Against the United States * Conspiracy to Provide Material Support and Resources to Al-Qaida * Conspiracy to Contribute Services to Al-Qaida and the Taliban BATTLE, FORD, AL SAOUB and A. BILAL each face a fourth charge: * Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of Crimes of Violence FBI agents and the Portland Joint Terrorism Task Force took BATTLE, age 32; FORD, age 31; and LEWIS, age 25, into custody at approximately 6:00 a.m. today. BATTLE and LEWIS were arrested at their home located at 9871 SW 35th, #32, Portland. FORD was arrested at his home located at 3132 SW Marigold, #15, Portland. Simultaneously, the Detroit FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested MUHAMMAD BILAL, age 22, in Dearborn, Michigan. All arrests were without incident. AHMED BILAL, age 24, and AL SAOUB, age 36, are fugitives, and efforts are underway to locate them.") (100402)***UPDATE: HABIS ABDULLA AL SAOUB is still wanted. (101002)***UPDATE: AHMED BILAL has surrendered.
***

YAHOO! News PHOTO OF JAMES UJAAMA'S MOTHER (AP PHOTO via YAHOO! NEWS Photo Caption: "Peggie Thompson, whose son, James Ujaama, is jailed at SEATAC Detention Center in Seattle on charges of supporting terrorism, speaks to a crowd gathered at Seattle's Volunteer Park, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002. Anti-war activists marched from the park to downtown Seattle on Sunday for a demonstration against U.S. military strikes in Iraq. (AP Photo/Jim Bryant) ") (100602)

SEATTLE PI.com - SEATTTLE POST INTELLIGENCER: "UJAAMA IS DENIED HIS RELEASE" by Sam Skolnik (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as James Ujaama.) (100202)

PHOTO ESSAY and DISCUSSION (100702)

BBC NEWS: "INQUIRY LAUNCHED INTO YEMIN BLAST" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The owners of the tanker, Euronav, say they believe their vessel was deliberately rammed by a smaller boat. "In my opinion, this was a terrorist attack," Euronav director Jacques Moizan said. "The crew saw a high-speed vessel approaching on the starboard side. "An explosion followed with fire." All but one of the eight French and 17 Bulgarian crew members have been accounted for and many of them have been taken to hospital.") (100702)

YAHOO! NEWS - FULL COVERAGE: "EXPLOSION IGNITES FIRE ON FRENCH OIL TANKER OFF YEMEN" (AP SNIPPET: "(AP) - An explosion and fire engulfed a French oil tanker on Sunday off the coast of Yemen, and the tanker owner said a small boat struck the vessel in a "deliberate attack."...)(100602)

stepping back in time: OCTOBER 12, 2000: ATTACK ON THE USS COLE

GULF NEWS.com: "SONS OF YEMENI SPEAKER ARRESTED" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The press office of Yemeni Parliament Speaker, Sheikh Abdullah bin Hussein Al Ahmer, has confirmed that two of his sons are in custody for the shoot-out which took place near the British Embassy last Sunday. "Sheikh Abdullah regrets for what was circulated by media about the incident. Fallasies, exaggerations and lies have been circulated by some sick people," said a press release issued by the office.") (100302)

FOX NEWS.com: (AP): "YEMENI STUDENT SUSPECTED OF AIDING HIJACKERS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS" (ARTICE NOTE: The Yemeni student is identified as Mohdar Abdullah, age 24, a former San Diego State University student. ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Abdullah, 24, acknowledged that he lied when he told an immigration officer that he entered the United States on Dec. 7, 1998, at New York on an Italian passport. In truth, he entered three days later from Canada on a Yemeni passport. The sentencing did not address the explosive allegations made in court documents that investigators suspect Abdullah helped three Sept. 11 hijackers who lived in San Diego in 2000.") (100202)

MIAMI.com - THE MIAMI HERALD: "JORDANIAN NABBED IN HOLLYWOOD" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Federal authorities arrested a Jordanian national possibly linked to Mohamed Atta, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, at a Hollywood train station early Thursday. Mohammed Amin, who sources say has a dozen aliases, was arrested as he boarded an Amtrak train with a ticket to Palatka, a town of 10,000 people 60 miles south of Jacksonville.") (100502)

SCOTSMAN.com: "GERMAN POLICE SMASH ISLAMIC TERRORIST CELL" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "POLICE in Germany say they have smashed a university-based Islamic terrorist cell plotting attacks against US military installations and Jewish groups. Police say the cell included students at the Brandenburg Technical University in the eastern German city of Cottbus. They believe it would have been operation in two months’ time.") (100702)

BBC NEWS: "TERROR SUSPECTS ARRESTED NEAR ROME" (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspects were identified as 3 Egyptians between the ages of 30 and 45. ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Italian police have arrested three Egyptians suspected of planning attacks on the US War Cemetery in Anzio, Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport and fast food outlets. Explosive material and maps highlighting the Nettuno American Cemetery and Memorial were found in the flat of one of the three detained, a police official told Italian radio. "We have seized some TNT and a gun..."") (100502)

DAILY STAR.com.lb - Lebanese News: "POLICE DISCLOSE NAME OF SAUDI ARRESTED FOR LINKS TO AL-QAEDA" (ARTICLE NOTE: The Saudi man is identified as Ismail Dafaa.) (100702)

ALERT NET.org (REUTERS): "MAN SENTENCED TO 58 MONTHS IN FLORIDA BOMB PLOT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Florida man who plotted to bomb electrical power substations and a National Guard armory in south Florida was sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison by a federal judge on Friday, officials said. Shueyb Mossa Jokhan, 24, was sentenced to 58 months by U.S. District Judge William Dimitrouleas in Fort Lauderdale, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office.") (100402)

CNS NEWS.com: "RICHARD REID PLEADS GUILTY; JOHN WALKER LINDH SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS" by Daniel Guido (100402)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "OFFICIALS BLAME ABU SAYYAF FOR AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN PHILIPPINE BLAST" (ARTICLE NOTE: 1 American Green Beret killed and 25 others injured (including another Green Beret. The weapon was a nail packed bomb. ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The explosion occurred in Zamboanga, where security already had been tightened in advance of an Oct. 12 Christian festival in the middle of the sprawling archipelago's southern Muslim heartland. The Green Berets, based at Camp Enrile, were part of a U.S. contingent of about 260 personnel deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, which has helped train the Philippine military to fight the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf gang, notorious for kidnappings and beheadings.") (100302)

NTM.org - Special Report: "THE BURNHAMS"

ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES SPOKESPERSON UNIT: "SENIOR PALESTINIAN JUDGE SUPPORTS SUICIDE TERROR ATTACKS"

WORLD TRIBUNE.com: "HOW TO BOMB THY NEIGHBOR: HAMAS OFFERS ONLINE 'ACADEMY'" (100302)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Opinion Editorial: "A QUESTIONABLE CONSUL" by Joel Mowbray (100302)

TOWNHALL.com: "LOOK WHO SUPPORTS AMIRI BARAKA" -Column by Michelle Malkin (COLUMN SNIPPET: "Amiri Baraka hates America. Yet, in the land of the free that he despises so deeply, this black nationalist writer has had no trouble finding fellow Americans to show him love.") (100202)

IDF.il Spokesperson's Unit: "PALESTINIAN ASSOCIATION: WE WILL PUNISH THOSE WHO PHOTOGRAPH ARMED CHILDREN" (082602)

A Closer Look at Terrorists..."PSYCHOTIC DEATH CULT PHOTO ALBUM"

YAHOO! News - Photo Gallery: "Suicide Bomber" (NOTE: Click on any of the numerous thumbnail photos to get THE BIG PICTURE.)

GOOGLE - Search Term: "HOMICIDE BOMBERS"

Discussion Forum - Topic: "Jihad in America"


4 posted on 10/10/2002 9:49:11 PM PDT by Cindy
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5 posted on 10/10/2002 9:51:17 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: kattracks
A new form of "white supremacy"?? We white males make the best snipers??
6 posted on 10/10/2002 9:52:32 PM PDT by RightOnline
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To: kattracks
"and it's going to be a young person, young 20s emotionally, but also because that's the age most likely statistically somebody's going to commit a crime like this."

Actually, I think that you'll find that the younger the criminal who goes on such a killing spree, the more shots are fired in each encounter. Firing discipline (e.g. one shot = one kill) is not associated with the very young.

Moreover, this particular killer is strictly limiting her (oops, his) victims to one person per encounter, rather than taking in more than one target of opportunity.

That's two facts, not conjecture, that point towards strict training in this person's background.

8 posted on 10/10/2002 9:58:59 PM PDT by Southack
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Maryland watch ping
9 posted on 10/10/2002 9:59:50 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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An unindicted co-conspirator of the terrorist cell, Lebanese-born Ali Khaled Steitiye, was arrested in Portland last October after attempting to buy an assault rifle illegally. Federal agents found several weapons and 1,000 rounds of .22-caliber ammunition in his home (the same caliber used by the D.C.-area sniper), a calendar with Sept. 11 circled in red, and evidence suggesting a link to the terrorist organization Hamas.

Serious mistake by the author, would have been caught already in this thread if the author's political agenda didn't match most of FRs :-)

.22 ammo and .223 ammo are very much different.

15 posted on 10/10/2002 10:13:21 PM PDT by John H K
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To: kattracks
I said it before, I'll say it again. With squat for proof, media elites have been profileing this sniper as a white male, yet with beaucoup proof we dare not profile a single swarthy foreigner as a terrorist.
17 posted on 10/10/2002 10:23:47 PM PDT by Mensch
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To: kattracks
Aren't all these profilers going to look stupid when it turns out to be a Non-european ancestory female? For there is no real evidence in the public domain to indicate anything at all about the sniper or snipers. They pulling all this out of there...well you know. All that is known for certain is that the bullets he/she/they are using are .224 caliber, most likely .223 Remington/5.56x45. Even the card and the catridge case are not "for certain" clues to either the weapon(s) being used nor the nature of the shooter(s).

21 posted on 10/10/2002 10:44:11 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: kattracks
The "weird White guy" scenario is looking more and more plausible. The sniper's actions don't make sense if he's a terrorist; especially one in, or allied with, Al Qaeda.

If he's a terrorist, then it's safe to assume that he's at least sympathetic to Al Qaeda's cause. And if that's the case, then he must see himself as "taking the fight to the enemy." But if that's his purpose, then why go to his enemy's capitol city, but not enter it? He could have gone on a shooting spree anywhere. Why travel all the way to DC and then stop short? One would expect that a politically motivated sniper would choose a course of action that would attract the most attention to his cause. Playing around in Maryland and Virginia does not accomplish that; shooting people within the "Great Satan's" capitol would.

And why shoot-n-scoot? I would expect a terrorist to hang around, at least for the first shooting or two, to pick off "first responders". There was an anti-abortion bomber once who tried to do just that. He set off a small bomb to attract the police and then left a larger device where they might conduct a search. (Fortunately, they didn't follow the bomber's idea of "standard operating procedures"!) Wouldn't a terrorist try the same thing? Especially one who would value "martyrdom" and thus be willing to take greater risks?

A garden variety nut, however, would behave like this. (And the blasphemous message on a tarot card doesn't fit the Islamic Terrorist profile either.) A "weird White guy" would play it safe. He'd avoid DC. He'd be nearby simply because that's where he lives. He's likely a local rather than someone who deliberately traveled into the area. He would be much less likely to hang around for a follow-up shot on police or paramedics. And above all, he'd hit soft targets like civilians who aren't on guard. A terrorist would be more inclined to go after Government personnel.

24 posted on 10/10/2002 10:52:05 PM PDT by Redcloak
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To: kattracks
Also, I just thought I'd add that the greatest sniper in history (# of kills) was the Soviet Army female Svetlana Akhmatova at the Battle of Stalingrad.
38 posted on 10/10/2002 11:39:53 PM PDT by Born on the Storm King
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To: kattracks
Chinese SKS 7.62 assault rifle,

Huh? SKS is a fun little carbine, but an assault rifle it isn't.

1,000 rounds of .22-caliber ammunition in his home (the same caliber used by the D.C.-area sniper)

.22 is not the same as .223! I think Michelle needs a bit of real life firearms training. Any volunteers?

43 posted on 10/11/2002 5:20:01 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard
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This column, written 2 weeks ago, was prescient.
52 posted on 10/24/2002 1:30:17 AM PDT by Clinton Is Scum
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