Posted on 10/12/2002 8:44:56 PM PDT by Diogenesis
NEED FREEPER HELP: Time Profile Analysis of the MD/DC/VA SHOOTER(S)
One the hypothesis (Ockam's Razor) that Al Qaeda are the
terrorists, could they be hiding out (and beginning their sorties)
from a mosque?
For data, Prayer Times based on IslamiCity Prayer Times for Washington (DC), USA
Latitude : 35 54 'N' Longitude : 77 2 'W'
Time Zone : -5 H Qibla : 56 50 53 E (From N)
(courtesy of Libwhacker)
This analysis demonstrates that the SHOOTER(S) may be
hiding in Islamic Prayer Mosques. In the first few days,
they left the mosque, but on some days may have returned and rehid therein.
Could some FReeper use the differences in times, and known locations
of mosques to narrow this down to a small number?
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? Exit from 4:19 PM Prayer
Shooting # 1- 5:20PM , WED,10/02/02
Shooting # 2- 6:05PM , WED,10/02/02
6:52 PM Prayer
SECOND DAY
? Exit from 7:05 PM Prayer
Shooting # 3 - 7:41 AM, THURS,10/03/02
Shooting # 4 - 8:12 AM, THURS,10/03/02
Shooting # 5 - 8:37 AM, THURS,10/03/02
Shooting # 6 - 9:58 AM, THURS,10/03/02
12:57 PM Prayer
8:14 PM Prayer
Shooting # 7 - 9:15PM THURS,10/03/02
THIRD DAY
12:57 PM Prayer
Shooting # 8 - 2:30 PM ,FRI, 10/04/02
4:16 PM Prayer
Fourth Day
8:05 PM Prayer
Shooting # 9 - 8:09 AM,MON, 10/07/02
? Returns to 8:05 PM Prayer
Fifth Day
8:08 PM Prayer
Shooting # 10- 8:18PM, WED,10/09/02
? Returns to 8:08 PM Prayer
Sixth Day
? Exit from 8:03 PM Prayer
Shooting # 11 - 9:30 PM ,FRI, 10/11/02
White male, meat eating Christian Conservative who listens to Rush Limbaugh
No killing on a Saturday because it is Hunting Season.
No killing on a Sunday because he is a deacon.
No killing on Tuesday (10/08) as he was at an anti-abortion rally and later there was the NRA meeting.
Then, again, it works for terrorist cells too.
They are on our soil. No other physcho killer has this odd M.O. it HAS TO BE a bin laden terrorist.
Last time I checked, the definition of Ockham's Razor wasn't "Wishful Thinking."
By Joseph Farah
© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com
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.
The videotape was produced, U.S. analysts believe, for al-Qaida's internal use and did not appear to be an external propaganda device.
U.S. intelligence considers the tape much more significant in what it reveals about al-Qaida's modus operandi than the highly publicized video purchased and broadcast last month by CNN. U.S. forces found a cache of 64 al-Qaida tapes while combing caves and hideouts in Afghanistan. Analysts were surprised by some of what they saw in the latest video and believe they employ terrorist tactics and techniques meant for export to America and other nations.
"None of these training scenarios depicts the type of fighting that al-Qaida engages in within Afghanistan," noted John Holschen of Insights Training Center, who produced a report on the tape for military and law enforcement officials.
The training video shows al-Qaida operatives practicing the following kinds of assaults:
Analysts point out that all scenarios involving prisoners and hostages ended in execution. None included plans for negotiated settlements for escape by terrorists.
"They plan to kill the prisoners and die in place," wrote Holschen.
The "perfect day" as seen by al-Qaida would combine attacks designed to produce a maximum number of casualties with attacks that would give them the opportunity to get "face time" on the news channels to deliver their rhetoric, explained Holschen.
"The major take-home lesson here is that although the enemy is known to be seeking the ability and opportunity to use weapons of mass destruction and of an unconventional nature, such as hijacked airliners, they are also spending a lot of time training to carry out attacks the old-fashioned way – attacks executed by small groups of dedicated personnel equipped with little more than small arms," explained Holschen.
Hostages, prisoners and anyone else identified as a target or problem by al-Qaida terrorist operatives will be killed, say those who viewed the tape. There is no point in complying with orders, they say. Those who do not resist ultimately will be rewarded with ritual execution in front of television cameras, according to the tactics and techniques captured on this video.
In one scenario on the video, terrorists pretend to be stranded on a six-lane highway, their vehicle disabled. When a police officer stops to assist, the driver blows his horn. Another occupant of the vehicle opens fire on the police officer with a rifle. In other scenarios, shooters were concealed in the trunk of the car. When the terrorists were picked up by accomplices in a getaway car, the original vehicle was blown up, apparently to destroy evidence.
In another scenario, an innocuous-looking terrorist knocks on the door of a residence, standing in view of the resident and answering questions through a closed door. When the resident opens the door, the terrorist immediately draws his weapon and fires, emptying his weapon into the victim.
In the golf course assassination, the target was on the green, near the hole. A rocket-propelled grenade is fired at a vehicle adjacent to the green, perhaps a security detail. Then the target of the assassination is killed with rifle fire.
When asked if these techniques are intended for use in the U.S., one military intelligence operative said without hesitation, "Yes."
If you'd like to sound off on this issue, please take part in the WorldNetDaily poll.
The only two random long-rifle sniper serial killers I'm aware of previously in the US turned out to be white male gun enthusiasts.
It seems probable he will hit again, and if all mosques are being watched at that moment, it will answer the question pretty quickly, that is if he drives into the parking lot with his big white composite truck, otherwise, how would you know if the guy walking into the mosque 20 minutes after a shooting is the guy if he traded vehicles along the way?
...by the way he is obviously checking out shooting sites beforehand, because he has evaded all those security cameras, when just about every square inch of the US has a camera watching it, I find that most amazing. My theory is some dirtbag who likes to secretly video people in hotel rooms/bathrooms will accidentally video this guy and sell the video to the highest paying media outlet (I predict that CNN will pay and then only turn it over to police if they can video Moose's reaction to it.)
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