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(AP) — Cheryll Witz was in the Costco store in Tucson, Ariz., shopping for a birthday cake when her cell phone rang. Waiting to speak to her was one of the nation's most notorious serial killers — the man who five years earlier had killed her father. "I need to apologize for what I've done to you and your family," Lee Boyd Malvo told her during the Sept. 20 call. Miss Witz stood, stunned, in the shopping aisle. "I was standing in the Costco bawling my eyes out," she said. In March 2002, Malvo fatally shot Miss Witz's father, Jerry...

Sudden Jihad Syndrome http://cfoiblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/sudden-jihad-syndrome.html Monday, February 26, 2007 Sudden Jihad Syndrome Evidently this mental/emotional malady is on the rise: Sudden Jihad Syndrome It looks like the Muslim teen who opened fire on shoppers in a Salt Lake City mall is yet another case of “sudden jihad syndrome,� a condition in which normal-appearing American Muslims abruptly turn violent. Taken together, this and other cases add up to an invisible jihad inside America. But don’t tell that to the FBI. The politically correct bureau does everything it can to avoid recognizing the obvious Islamic factor in these heinous crimes. Sulejman Talovic, an...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - Teenage sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday for an October 2002 killing spree in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 people dead. Malvo, 19, was sentenced a day after sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad was given the death penalty. Malvo did not speak at the brief hearing. Malvo was convicted in December of the slaying of FBI analyst Linda Franklin, 47, outside a Falls Church, Va., Home Depot store. His defense team had argued that Malvo had been molded into a killer by the charismatic Muhammad. Muhammad used...

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THE D.C. SNIPER'S JIHAD By MICHELLE MALKIN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email Archives Print Reprint December 10, 2003 -- FROM the moment John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo were arrested in the Beltway-area sniper case last fall, the media and Muslim activists wanted us to believe that the serial killings had absolutely nothing to do with Islamic terrorism: * CNN downplayed Muhammad's religious conversion - calling him by his old name, John Allen Williams, when his identity was first revealed. Malvo was cast as a clueless dupe with no true convictions. * Nihad Awad of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) argued: "There...

<p>TACOMA, Wash. — Authorities in the Beltway Sniper investigation are looking for two "people of interest," law enforcement sources told Fox News.</p> <p>The two individuals they seek are John Mohammed, also known as John Allen Williams, formerly connected to Fort Lewis, an Army base south of Tacoma, Wash., and Lee Malvo.</p>

<p>FROM the moment John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo were arrested in the Beltway-area sniper case last fall, the media and Muslim activists wanted us to believe that the serial killings had absolutely nothing to do with Islamic terrorism: * CNN downplayed Muhammad's religious conversion - calling him by his old name, John Allen Williams, when his identity was first revealed. Malvo was cast as a clueless dupe with no true convictions.</p>

While the D.C. snipers were on the loose, there was speculation about whether the murders were another instance of Islamic terrorism. (Not from the authorities, of course, who were fixated on finding a white man in a white van.) When the snipers were caught, and the adult turned out to be John Muhammad, a converted Muslim who, among other things, had shot up a synagogue, one might have expected such speculation to re-surface. But for the most part, it didn't, and reference to the snipers' Muslim faith has been studiously avoided in the mainstream press.Now Lee Malvo is on...

. . .driving home this afternoon, I heard the good news: John Muhammad, the older of the DC Snipers, was convicted on all four counts, and the jury is now going on to the penalty phase, where they will determine whether he gets executed or spends the rest of his life at taxpayer expense. But what was bothering me was THIS: EVEN AFTER he was convicted, all the newsies kept referring to him as "DC Sniper SUSPECT". . . I'd say that, now that 12 of his peers have found him guilty of one count of Capital Murder, One count...

In Virginia Beach they're into jury selection in the capital murder trial of John Muhammad, one of two implicated in the sniper shootings that terrorized the D.C. area south to Richmond a year ago. The trial may last two months. The trial of his alleged young accomplice, Lee Malvo, is set to begin later in nearby Chesapeake. Muhammad, who has pleaded not guilty, may be found innocent. But circumstantial evidence of his involvement abounds. In the realm of motive — if Muhammad participated in or helped plan the sniper shootings, why? — the principal piece of evidence, apparently carrying telltale...

US sniper 'linked to terror cult' By James Langton in New York, Evening Standard 14 October 2003 Evidence has emerged linking Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad with an Islamic terror group. Muhammad has been connected to Al Fuqra, a cult devoted to spiritual purification through violence. The group has been linked to British shoe bomber Richard Reid and the murderers of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan last year. Muhammad today stands trial for murder after bringing terror to America's suburbs along with a 17-year-old accomplice, Lee Malvo. Until now many believed that the killing spree, which left 10 dead,...

To the cheers of immigrant-rights advocates, the Seattle City Council yesterday adopted a "don't ask" policy prohibiting police and other city workers from asking about the immigration status of people they come in contact with. The ordinance, sponsored by City Councilman Nick Licata, was touted as a symbolic rejoinder to the Bush administration's war on terrorism, which critics argue has eroded important civil liberties, especially for recent immigrants, both legal and illegal. "It is just an incredibly frightening time," said City Councilwoman Judy Nicastro. While there was no visible opposition to the ordinance yesterday, some police officers have questioned the...

There it is! It's done... Too late now to prosecute her for AIDING AND ABETTING the sniper-pair while she was staying in the DC area ... ... ... Mother of accused sniper deported     The mother of accused sniper John Lee Malvo has been deported to Jamaica, federal authorities confirmed yesterday.     Una Scion James, 38, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service officers on Tuesday after deciding not to appeal a pending Nov. 19 deportation order by a federal immigration judge. She initially filed a petition with INS requesting special protection as a battered...

Muhammad and Malvo Terrorists' Timeline#2 - Dec 1999 thru 2001 December 1999 - Lynnwood police Sargeant goes to Mohammad's home to collect keys of the building locks, which Mohammad had not returned after being fired, This upsets Mohammad. December 1999 - Tacoma WA - Muhammad's second wife Mildred files for divorce. Muhammad was said to be having multiple affairs, including accepting sex in return for doing women's car repairs. Muhammad had reportedly been bringing home as much as $4000 per week, and had two expensive sports cars:   a 1998 Jaguar and a 1997 Nissan 300 ZX February 2000...

Last month's sniper slayings may have given a temporary boost to support for the death penalty, but long-term public opinion on the issue has remained relatively unchanged, experts on both sides of the debate say. Seventy percent of Americans surveyed during the height of three weeks of sniper terror that riveted national attention said they support the death penalty, according to the Gallup Organization.

The District yesterday joined a growing list of jurisdictions to charge sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo. The U.S. attorney's office in the District, the last of the Washington area jurisdictions with a confirmed shooting to file charges, named Muhammad and Malvo in a criminal complaint charging them with the first-degree murder of Pascal Charlot, 72, on a Northwest street corner Oct. 3. A seven-page affidavit filed in D.C. Superior Court reiterates and in some cases illuminates information that has come out about the suspects. For example, the affidavit says that Malvo, 17, recently told investigators in...

The Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission has charged Montgomery County State's Attorney Douglas F. Gansler with violating the rules of professional conduct, citing his proclivity to "entertain press conferences" that run afoul of pretrial publicity standards. The media-friendly Gansler yesterday denied any wrongdoing, calling the charges "ridiculous" and "a waste of time." The case, filed this week, will be heard by a Circuit Court judge. The Court of Appeals will then review the lower court's findings and has the ultimate say over whether to punish a lawyer.

Attorney John Fuller has said that anyone who is connected with US sniper John Allen Muhammad will not leave the country. The head of the task force looking into the activities of US Sniper John Allen Muhammad has confirmed that one of Muhammad’s acquaintances in Antigua, Peter John Gianquinto jr. has been arrested in New York by federal authorities. The FBI is investigating connections between Muhummad and Gianquinto. According to an article in the Washington Post, Gianquinto left Antigua on 27 May, 2001, four days before Muhammad and John Lee Mavlo. He is now part of the broader inquiry into...

NEW YORK (AP)--A man wanted for questioning about the Washington-area sniper suspects is being held in a New York jail on passport fraud charges. Peter John Gianquinto Jr., a 53-year-old felon who has used several aliases, was arrested Nov. 4 as he left his doctor's office in Manhattan. He appeared in federal court the following day on charges he submitted a bogus Rutgers University ID card to obtain a passport. Authorities in the Caribbean island of Antigua have linked Gianquinto to sniper suspect John Muhammad, saying that the two men were seen there together several times. ``They purchased things together...

A number of steps are being taken to beef up security in the country. This follows information coming out of the preliminary report of the task force put in place to look into the circumstances of US sniper suspect, John Allen Williams-Muhammad, being able to obtain an Antigua & Barbuda passport. According to sources close to the investigation, indications are that Mohammad was able to slip forged documents past officials at the passport office. It was also revealed that Muhammad was part of a plan to kidnap Prime Minister Lester Bird for a ransom, as well as plans to rob...

The task force looking into the activities of US sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad is awaiting a report from the Commissioner of Police Truehart Smith as to whether any police officers aided Muhammad to escape from the St. John’s Police Station last March. Muhammad was detained by the police on 13 March, 2001 for attempting to check in someone under the name of Dwight Russell at the V.C. Bird International Airport, but later walked out of the Newgate Street police station. According to head of the task force Attorney John Fuller, based on the entry in the station’s diary, the...

Law enforcement officials are looking into a possible link between an unsolved Denton County slaying and the Washington-area, sniper suspects. Billy Gene Dillon, 37, was shot in the head May 27 while doing lawn work on Blagg Road. Investigators had said at the time they believed he had been killed with a high-velocity rifle at short range. The death was ruled a homicide, but no leads surfaced. Denton County sheriff's spokesman Kevin Patton said Friday that investigators last week sent handed over bullet fragments from Mr. Dillon's death to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for comparisons with bullets...

Nathaniel Osbourne, the Jamaican man living in New Jersey who was detained as a material witness in the Washington-area sniper attacks, has been released by the authorities after nearly two weeks in custody, the New York Times reported yesterday. Osbourne, 26, an aspiring reggae singer, was the subject of an intensive manhunt last month after it emerged that he co-owned the 1990 Chevrolet Caprice that sniper suspects, John Muhammad and Lee Malvo, used during the interstate killing spree. According to the Times, law enforcement officials have not charged Osbourne with any crime, and released him last Friday on the condition...

Airlines were unable to refuel at the V.C Bird International Airport yesterday. This is because line staff at Texaco West Indies Ltd., did not show up to work opting instead to take part in the civil disobedience, “down tools protest” called by the opposition United Progressive Party. The UPP is calling for a full probe in the passport scam. This forced the Gas Company, which is responsible for refuelling a number of airlines to make alternative arrangements. Area manager Ralphine Jackson confirmed to the SUN that a number of workers did not show up to work and as a result...

Protesters and supporters of the Opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) marched through the streets of St. John’s yesterday calling for a “ down tools protest” from businesses. The protest march caused a bottleneck of traffic in the City resulting in police re-routting traffic to ease the congestion. Chanting “We shall overcome” and “Lester you got to go” the protestors led by opposition leader, Baldwin Spencer headed up Market Street, down High Street, across Thames Street, up St. Mary’s Street, across Temple Street, down High Street up Long Street. They eventually wound their way down Corn Alley before making their way...

Early August 2002 - In Louisiana, John Muhammad showed his rifle to his first cousin Charlene Anderson, and also asked relatives where to buy ammunition. He eventually bought four boxes of .223 caliber ammo at a store on Hooper Road. Muhammad left his guns and ammunition padlocked in his duffel bag with Anderson for safekeeping while went away for a week. [This because of airport security]. He was then spotted by multiple persons on the island of Antigua shopping for furniture, and making some 'banking' arrangments. [Can anyone recall a certain $10 Million dollar electronic transfer ransom?] Muhammad and Malvo...

The mainstream media informed us this week that Lee Malvo, the reportedly "17-year-old" youth charged as a material witness in the sniper investigation along with John Mohammed, is a "Jamaican national." As of this writing (Oct. 24), the Immigration and Naturalization Service refused to comment publicly on the exact nature of Malvo's immigration status. Here are the facts the INS doesn't want you to know: Lee Malvo is an illegal alien from Jamaica who jumped ship in Miami in June 2001. He was apprehended by the Border Patrol in Bellingham, Wash., in December 2001, but was then let go by...

Investigators probe possible sniper link to Alabama liquor store MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Federal authorities are investigating whether a fatal shooting in Montgomery last September is linked to the sniper shootings in the Washington area, the mayor said. Mayor Bobby Bright said a caller to the sniper investigation tip line apparently claimed responsibility for both the sniper shootings and the Sept. 21 shooting outside a state liquor store. He said investigators asked for files on the shooting and evidence, including a bullet found at the scene, and local authorities complied. "We are fully cooperating, but we have no verification...

FOX: John Mohammed & Lee Melvo wanted for question in Sniper Case