CNN Headline News reporting shooting in Falls Church

CNN Headline News | 10/14/02 | CNN Headline News

[xjcsa]

CNN Headline News is reporting that a woman has been shot near a Home Depot in Falls Church, VA, and that authorities are investigating whether this is another sniper attack.

Breaking now....

[vikingchick]

What are you two talking about?? :)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Now you were going good for a while. I was totally agreeing with you - and still am - at least that far. <P. Fair enough. As I said, I was venting. However, do you honestly see Americans putting up with the kind of BS that has been going on in Israel these past years -- weekly murders and crippling of the economy? I think we would go further (hence the following two sentences in my prior post). This sort of existance would not be desirable to me, just facing reality.

[Chad Fairbanks]

And I just found out that the vestibules have been sporadic!!!!!!!!

[Conservababe]

Really, why does anyone need to plow through a dozen threads as you have suggested? You could sum up the whole theory and actions taken by you in one paragraph, I would guess. But, that would deny you attention getting antics, no?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Havn't you been following along? ;0)

[Robert_Paulson2]

one could simply take a spent .223 from the shooting range, or AR practice the proceeding week, and then drop it on the site... voila... a fake "fingerprint" for a gun that in the mind of some, implicates a crazed white guy, or professional military folks...

It's commonly called 'misdirection' and used to throw off ballistics and profilers... and it is something we should EXPECT from terrorist cells. False evidence, misdirection... and perhaps dozens of stolen "white vans" of various makes and models...

working the sites before during and after a hit... meanwhile the shooter swaps vehicles and gets away in a silver 97 jeep cherokee... or similar.

If we have a cell in operation... they are playing cat and mouse. If we have a single shooter... he's pretty sharp.

It's hard just to evade ONE cop, once they get you with the radar gun...

False evidence is pretty common for PREMEDITATED attacks. The perp is planning a evidenciary "escape route" as well as a logistical one for exiting the scene... it would be consistent with a planned operation. This guy is not leaving anything at the site, we know of, accidently.

He has helpers. He has a plan. He is executing his plan thus far flawlessly... and the scenario matches operational plans on the al qaida tapes that have been released for review... Really makes it look like it's a cell.

They are not coming out and saying it because they cannot PROVE it is yet. Some folks think that speculating this is a cell is reckless and are addicted to the "crazed postal worker" scenario... I will be surprised if it is a person who went "postal"... too much planning and seeming coordination with unseen "helpers"...

I have an opinion... it's a cell. the spent casing... a plant... the feds, the secret service, the massive manpower.. tells us, THEY think it probably is too.

Be well, stay safe... and keep moving...

[Skywalk]

To the level he was smiling and guffawing? Perhaps not, but on the clip I saw I was ready to get all mad, UNTIL I saw the white couple there laugh, talk and smile. Soon after the couple stopped smiling, the man on the cell phone lost his smile.

Truth must come before prejudice, even if this guy IS a jerk for laughing at a crime scene. Thing is, you know how many cops and coroners and investigators crack jokes in "gallows" humor at a murder scene?!! Um, the answer is almost all of them.

That's not even considering the humor soldiers engage in, even in the presence of dead bodies.

[vikingchick]

I suppose not. I have ADD. I'm a victim. :)

[stlnative]

Something tells me they also started a PO Box for mail-in tips hoping that the Sniper will mail in something to them.

[Free Trapper]

It's easy for a bolt action shooter to develope the habit of an automatic reload after taking a shot.I learned on a single shot bolt action and even when I know I'm not going to shoot again I often do a quick reload from force of habit when shooting a bolt action.

[Tree of Liberty]

That's the modern day city of Babylon, but I think that ancient Babylon encompassed a larger region. In either respect, I don't know if Babylon was part of Persia at the time Michael was battling with the Persian prince (and thusly tying in with Iraq), or if Babylon was part of a separate nation, if not a nation to itself.

[Conservababe]

We need to come in from the cold.

[Diogenesis]

.. and the scenario matches operational plans on the al qaida tapes that have been released for review.

The MO also fits OBL's plans to hit financial arteries.

From the WTC, to this, to Bali, to the attacks on the airlines (mostly covered up, it seems)
OBL planned these as an economist and engineer.

Therefore, this smells like al Qaeda's cells and operatives.

[floriduh voter]

I saw the poor lady lying there at yahoo via this thread. They didn't even pull her shirt down when they covered her up. The dark clothing part must have been her slacks. I saw her torso exposed. Not a very respectful picture. I guess that was a Home Depot tarp over her upper body before the cops got there to cover her up.

I know we have incredible internal and global problems. The entire world is a violent place - there is no peace unless we can find it within. Things have changed forever. We can get a handle on this but it's going to take a major effort by law enforcement, cooperation of the public and the power of prayer.

[texasbluebell]

However, do you honestly see Americans putting up with the kind of BS that has been going on in Israel these past years -- weekly murders and crippling of the economy? I think we would go further (hence the following two sentences in my prior post). This sort of existance would not be desirable to me, just facing reality.

I mentioned earlier my ancestors in the Civil War who were in state militias. Even my 3rd great grandfather who was in his 60s at the time was part of a militia that was too old to serve in the regular army, but he was part of a group that was assigned to guard over the bridges and other vital structures in his state. Our govt needs to be thinking along those lines.

[edayna]

I am tiring of your vague posts. If you have information that you can share, why not just do so? If you have been told to keep your trap shut, why are you even posting?

I understand why he's being vague, but not why he's continuing to post such teasers. Someday he may be able to say "I told you so" with impunity, but nobody will believe him.

[texasbluebell]

Thanks for clarifying that!

[Old Lady]

Re: there is a Michael's nearby

True, but I don't think it means much. This shopping mall has two sides. The woman was killed on the side facing Rte 50/Arlington Blvd. The Michael's craft store is on the other side of the mall, up the hill, facing Rte 7/Leesburg Pike, along with a jillion other stores. Michael's is a chain. They're everywhere, in most malls.

Does anyone know what is Islam's holy day? Does it fall on a weekend? The shooter tends to not shoot on Saturday or Sunday. Does this have any connection?

[blondee123]

I have an opinion... it's a cell. the spent casing... a plant... the feds, the secret service, the massive manpower.. tells us, THEY think it probably is too.

I agree, they aren't saying it, as it would panic the whole country!

[texasbluebell]

Re: #1530, thanks! Interesting map, which I'll study.