I still think they are connected with the Oregon cell because of the timing and the single 223 casing found in the cell's weapon cache. Perhaps it was a "souvenir" to a friend for events that were soon to occur. It fit none of the weapons in the cell's possession.
The questions still have to be asked..the initial motive and plan came from where?? It looks like money but even a dummy would know that 10 mill would set off bells and whistles especially with a stolen card.
Is Muhammed a computer geek??
GPS is stupid easy and if they stored their waypoints, it surely would nail them. Would sure like to know what's on the computer and whether they were hooking it up to the internet and whether they had a police radio early on but tossed it.