[fight_truth_decay]

If constantly looking over ones shoulder..being afraid to move about freely in everyday life: work, school,shopping,getting gas,entertainment and just stepping out the front door is now a common "think pattern" shrouded in fear by all those in the DC,Va,Maryland area, then I would say sadly enough the assailant has achieved his purpose.

[bert]

I tend to concur that the shooter is Al Queda but.....

The Counties in Maryland and Virginia are darkest shade of the Blue Zone. Both county governments verge on totalitarian states where personal freedom has been curtailed by the Moochers. They prosecuted and jailed a golf course owner for trees and I think they outlawed Christmas. Moose aparently is an imported far leftie.

[joesnuffy]

Sleeper cell activation

[1Old Pro]

Here's an idea:

Place 30-50 temorary high resolution video cameras along the main arteries of the interstates. This will allow the vehicle to be caught on tape and might give a hint as to :

1) Owner, from the license plate

2) Exact vehicle description so people can keep a look out for it.

3) Possible identification of this twisted killer.

[RAT Patrol]

It could go either way; we really don't have enough information yet. The killings are calculated to produce a terror effect. That's obvious. But it also doesn't fit the Al Qaeda m.o. It fits a lunatic m.o. (the whole "I am god" thing..). That doesn't mean it isn't AQ--they are criminally creative--but it makes me wonder.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Not enough evidence to make a judgment or to state an opinion at this point. It could be a pissed off, homegrown wack job, or a foreign terrorist. We shall see.

But I will say that the frequency of these shootings is rather disturbing. And at this continued rate, that entire area will be negatively affected, in many different ways.

[Ed_in_LA]

I don't think the shooter is an Al Qaeda terrorist because one of his victims was an Indian (Hindu) cab driver. I know there is no love lost between Hindus and Muslims, but physically, Indians are indistinguishable from Pakistanis, and can be similar in appearance to Arabs. If the shooter is a radical Muslim, why would he shoot someone who could very well be Muslim himself, when there are plenty of targets around who are probably not Muslims, i.e., whites, hispanics, and asians? I know that Al Qaeda has killed Muslims in the past, but only as "collateral damage" in attacks against Westerners, or specifically targeted individuals who hold anti-fundamentalist views, e.g., Sadat and Masoud.

[MoGalahad]

The liberals in this country are very afraid that if the shooter is discovered to be Al Qaeda there could be a terrible back lash against the Muslims living in this country. Should there be? What possible reason other than greed, sabotage, or colonization could a Muslim possibly have for permanent residency in this country since they stay in their own tight little enclaves and insist on observing 'their' customs and maintaining their own narrow world view even when it is contrary to the best interests of America? Each American has to answer these questions for themselves but rest assured that the Muslims will not show you the same mercy and consideration that they demand for themselves.

[WillVoteForFood]

I find it interesting that the media tends to discount a Muslim / Al Qaeda connection because of the use of a tarot card, which is outside the norm for Muslims. What they fail to see is that Islam is nothing more than a tool for the terrorists. Just as Saddam Hussein suddenly found religion during the Gulf War and made a point of being shown taking part in prayer, even though he is in no way devout for any religion, this is how Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are using Islam.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[CyberSpartacus]

The best way to hunt a sniper is with a sniper. But I seriously doubt the sheep-like beraucrats in D.C. will ever actually do something to defend themselves.

[Fixit]

For some reason, officials and the media seem loath to tie these types of things together.

That reason: The coming national elections.

The media loathes tying this to terrorism because they fear it will drive voters to pull the lever for Republicans as a show of support for President Bush.

I have no doubt that their tune will change after election day.

[dennisw]

My bet is 60-40 it's Al-Qaeda or similar Islamics. Al-Qaeda showed that it can plan for 2 years, spend only $500,000, hijack 4 airplanes, have 3 of them hit serious targets and impact US life and our economy. There are many incompetent/idiot Jihadists. I'm worried about the very clever ones. Such as this sniper or snipers. He is creating much chaos and fear on a low budget.

Asymmetrical warfare

[Shermy]

This profile makes sense if you look only at historical patterns of recent domestic terrorism. Limiting the profile seems to take for granted that these events are the work of one or more people who are self-motivated and have no ties to any external organization, movement or cause.

I've been kinda sayin' the same thing about the Anthrax profile - I doubt that the experiential "data" in the profile includes non-American psychologies, rather probably just includes domestic instances of similar events, like the hoax anti-abortion anthrax mailers of the recent past.

[Revolutionary]

One posibility is that this person(s) is a terrorist wantabe. They are islamic, been in this country for some time, never assimulated, not totally stupid, a little crazy, goes frequently to a mosque and hears praise for the terrorists. Feeling the need for praise and glory, but too chicken to go the suicide route, he goes the random acts of violence route. He finds that it is difficult to catch him and he becomes emboldened to kill frequently.

Get eyes in the sky and let the tapes roll. Follow suspicious vehicles for a while and hope we get lucky.

Be systematic and check out every white van owner (including businesses). Yes there are a lot, but we have a lot of people on the case and it rappidly shrinks the pool down.

If I were a liberal, I would ban all white vans from the road. So what's up K.K.T.