No longer do I think this is AQ or Hamas or any other of those groups. I'm thinking now that the French sniper was hired by Saddam to stop the war by threatening us this way. That's why the fed govt got involved in this.
There have been 2 articles in the past day about war plans being on ice, the President now thinking that we'll go with the UN deadlines of 135 days. And the irony of using a French citizen must be making Saddam laugh out loud.
Anyway, that's my theory and I hope I'm wrong.