Posted on 11/22/2002 12:03:04 AM PST by JohnHuang2
While the prevailing "wisdom" of the day continues to suggest Beltway sniper suspects John Muhammad and John Lee Malvo acted without inspiration – let alone direction – from Islamic terrorists, growing circumstantial evidence suggests just the opposite.
Police are now investigating whether Malvo and Muhammad may be connected to a March 19 shooting at a golf course in Tucson, Ariz.
Jerry R. Taylor, 60, was shot and fatally wounded on that day while practicing chip shots at the Fred Enke Golf Course. He was killed by a single shot to the chest from long range. Muhammad's sister lives in Tucson. It just so happens Malvo and Muhammad were in Tucson that day.
If that isn't enough, according to Tucson detectives, Malvo bragged about shooting two men on a golf course last spring. Police are also investigating whether another golf-course shooting, in which a second Tucson man was shot while vacationing in Florida, is connected to the sniper suspects.
Albert Michalczyk, 72, was shot in the chest May 18 at the Glen Oaks Gold Course in Clearwater, Fla. He lived. It just so happens Malvo's mother worked in Fort Myers, 130 miles from Clearwater, at that time. Malvo was reported as a runaway from Fort Meyers a year before.
Golf courses ... golf courses ... that rings a bell with me.
On Sept. 4, I wrote a news story for WorldNetDaily that began: "An al-Qaida training videotape, captured in Afghanistan, shows Osama bin Laden's terrorists are not only planning attacks with weapons of mass destruction but are preparing to kill Americans with drive-by shootings and home break-ins, through ambushes of law-enforcement officers and targeted assassinations on golf courses, WorldNetDaily has learned."
Coincidence?
Maybe. But it gets even more interesting.
In the very heat of the Beltway sniper hysteria, while Muhammad and Malvo were still on the loose, U.S. intelligence authorities through the U.S. Capitol Police warned U.S. senators "that those who play golf may be targets of al-Qaida snipers."
The senators were told that "al-Qaida snipers might be looming near golf courses, ready to pick them off," according to Capitol Police Spokeswoman Marcia Krug, as quoted in the Hotline Oct. 21.
A notice circulated to House offices noted "that while the threat does not appear to be connected to the sniper attacks that have gripped" Washington-area residents "with fear, additional information will be provided as it becomes available from investigators."
The intelligence information regarding the golf-course assassinations had reportedly come from Nizar Treblisi, held in a plot to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Paris.
Even before it was known that Muhammad and Malvo were suspected in the golf-course shootings – even before they were caught – investigators were noticing the similarities between the Beltway sniper killings and those described in the al-Qaida training materials first brought to light by WorldNetDaily and to the information provided by Treblisi. Guantanamo Bay al-Qaida prisoners, specifically questioned in connection with the Beltway sniper probe, told authorities they had received sniper training.
Why have investigators discounted the possibility of a link between Malvo and Muhammad and Islamic terrorists? A couple reasons: They cite the Tarot card reading "I am God." No Muslim fundamentalist would compare himself to God, they say. In addition, they point out that Muhammad and Malvo appear to have robbed some victims.
But this is so transparent. Wouldn't it make sense to cover one's tracks? Wouldn't it make sense to act like home-bred American psycho serial killers to throw investigators off? Wouldn't it make sense that the killers wouldn't advertise their true motives? After all, it took quite a bit of time for Osama bin Laden to take any responsibility for Sept. 11. It's just not true that Islamic terrorists always claim responsibility for their terrorist actions. They don't. And if you are willing to commit suicide in the name of Allah, is it so shocking one might lie, deceive and even steal?
There's no question Muhammad and Malvo were inspired by al-Qaida. Muhammad told friends he supported the terrorist actions on Sept. 11. But it could be the pair were more closely linked with the terrorists than anyone has dared to imagine.
Isn't this a pet subject of yours?
After reading some of your posts, I broke down and finally bought and read a copy of "Zebra" by Clark Howard, (1979) about the Zebra killings that occurred from '72-'74, mainly in California. The parallels to the DC sniper case are chilling (and I don't think accidental). Have you read it yet?
Regards,
Boot Hill
Yeah. They also say that Islam is a religion of peace.
But a 5%er would.
As for your attempts to pull the Constitution to the defense of Muslims, I ought remind you that the Constitution is not a suicide pact. Islam's intention is to replace our western concepts of Constitutional Law with sharia, where religious fanatics would rule the country. If you wish to live under Islamic religious fanatics, go to one of their hellhole countries. Here, we intend to hold onto our human rights.
As for your argument that Christianity has violence and evil in its past, I'd not argue against that. But I would argue that evils like slavery, and the execution of those who disagree in matters of religion are not mere footnotes in the history of Islam, but the reality of what Islam does today, and will continue to do tomorrow. Read the Koran! Read into hadith! Read today's newspaper! Many here held opinions like yours before finding out what Islam is, and what its aims are. Islam constitutes a clear and present danger to the existence of western civilization.
I must have missed this bit of news.
She didn't say that. You are lying.
Are you stupid, intellectually dishonest or purposely lying?
I figure the third. Although, by your comments I'd figure the first.
Why ward cleaver?
The problem is that you don't hear any of the major islamic leaders decrying these actions or speaking out against the people that do them.
The silence is deafening and tars the entire religon with one brush.
If the major islamic leaders don't want to be associated with these "fundamentalist assholes" they should say so instead of saying nothing at all.
The old moral relativism argument. OK. Be specific. Name example groups from the various religions so we can compare and contrast.
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