Posted on 10/21/2002 12:49:04 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:09:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
October 21, 2002 -- Tight-lipped authorities issued a cryptic public appeal to the Psycho Sniper last night - call us.
The plea from cops to the killer came after stymied probers found a mysterious note with a phone number in the woods where the sniper is believed to have fired a single shot at his latest victim in Ashland, Va., Saturday night.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
*GOT A TIP REGARDING THE SNIPER SHOOTINGS? Send an e-mail to the MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT: taskforce@co.mo.md.us
*GOT A TIP REGARDING THE SNIPER SHOOTINGS? Call the TIP LINE: 1-888-324-9800
*GOT A TIP REGARDING THE SNIPER SHOOTINGS? Send your tip to: P.O. BOX 7875 Gaithersburg, MD 20898-7875
*WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY REWARD FUND? Montgomery County Reward Fund, Office of the County Executive, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, Maryland 20850
DAILY STAR.com.lb - THE DAILY STAR Lebanese News: "WHAT HAS AMERICA ACCOMPLISHED?" -Opinion Commentary by Joseph Samaha (OPINION-COMMENTARY NOTE: Mr. Samaha is the editor of the Beirut daily As-Safir. He wrote this opinion-commentary for The Daily Star. OPINION-COMMENTARY SNIPPET: "But Washington will come under increasing pressure to wait and see what is really going on. The last few days have demonstrated that Sept. 11 was part of a larger scheme by a terrorist organization pursuing a specific goal. Many intermingling factors are at play that would become even more confused if the world were to engage in a new war. The issue cannot be looked at in isolation of what is taking place in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, as well as in Kuwait. It is not in anyone's interests to undermine the stability of the world's biggest Muslim nation (and the fourth largest nation in the world). As far as Kuwait is concerned, preliminary investigations revealed the existence of sleeper cells closely influenced by what is taking place in Palestine. Moreover, can terrorism be divorced from the internal situation in Yemen? The Americans don't have to look far to see what might happen if they insist on pursuing their vendetta against Iraq. In the very heart of their capital city, a lone sniper has been picking off people at random, sowing panic, and bringing ordinary life to a standstill. What is going to prevent small bands of terrorists from doing the same? The Washington sniper might not be a terrorist; but who says that terrorists cannot be snipers?") (101902)
NY POST.com: "OSAMA'S RIFLEMEN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An al Qaeda suspect in custody in Belgium told American investigators he saw members of the terror organization training snipers in preparation for attacks on U.S. soil, a source told The Post last night.") (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Nizar Treblisi.) (101802)
The killer left a phone number, and the police said "Call us at that number."
Huh?
What, did the killer leave "911" marked in the ground? It makes no sense.
I hope that Moose's police department is consulting with the Defense Department about this, not just winging it on its own. Terrorists are not a mere city police matter.
This guy has been well trained for his job as a cold-blooded killer. The cops are just deluding themselves if they think he wants to "communicate" with them.
This guy is on a mission to kill US civilians on US soil and as close to our nation's capital has possible. The question are: where did he come from? and who trained him?
The pattern seems to be that if the cops cooperate fully with whatever the shooters request, something really bad is averted.
This guy has LE completely over the barrel, and visibly paralyzed here. Which means he has some huge, huge aces up his sleeve.
Think releasing actual info is far less dangerous than the inane and taunting speculation that passes as such ie the following as mentioned above. . .
*Saturday's shooting, for example, came after police noted the sniper had yet to strike on a weekend. . .*But the problem now is that the killer is doing the opposite of what most other serial murderers have done. . ."He is taking fewer risks, being more careful, and he has increased the intervals between shootings."
Have wondered why they offer a killer such challenges . . .
. . .and these are only a few examples of over analyzing this case for the sniper/terrorist while challenging him at the same time to change his MO. . .
. . .also think, the Police doing just what HE says to do; just increases his desire and pleasure for 'chain pulling'. . .
. . .and so far their way has not worked. They should try revealing everything; try pulling 'his chain' for a change. . .
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported today that the message contained a significant amount of text and was found in woods behind the restaurant.The newspaper, quoting law enforcement sources, also said cops have found more than one tarot card during the investigation
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Since Moose gave his first conference (with the 'I've done some things I regret, and I've tried to learn from them..') it became clear that this really is between the killer and Moose.
Problem is, turns out there are just scads of different groups that hate Moose. Deciding which one the killer belongs to is what I'm grappling with.
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