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Did a quick search over the weekend about sniper killlings in the Middle East region (Jerusalem, etc). Just a quick glance over the news reports showed that the sniper and/or snipers were positioned in buildings, as well as, in cars. Could the sniper(s) be positioned in buildings? Anyway, I believe it is a middle-eastern terror cell, with multiple snipers participating. One driver, one shooter.

That may be true in the Mideast but these US shootings apparently occurred in suburban, not urban, areas. The difference is in the building and population density. I would imagine that urban areas permit more and more different modes of escape, including foot. In the U.S. suburbs, foot traffic (for example) tends to attract attention since most folks drive, and staying in place (until the cops sweep the area) is generally not an option.

To me, it seems that the easiest way to get away with the shootings is if the perps had a small nondescript van and were *not* from the area. Were they from the area, neighbors might take notice of their lack of alibi for the time periods involved and report them to police. So planning for evading detection would involve travelling to the area from somewhere else so to reduce the chance that any locals would pick up on appearance or behavior pattern-violation type clues.

I have yet to see what I would consider to be a decent profile of the shooters, though I have not done a rigorous search.

Now you're a thinking person! How clever to check out what is happening in Israel and comparing to this. I wonder if the authorities are doing the same? Did you find in your search any ideas how the Israelis (sp) handle their sniper situations?