Wow. You certainly met a lot of interesting characters in your travels. You made a great point about the Russians hating the Muslims. I was guessing Russian because Russian assassins get a lot of coverage in the NY/NY area. Now I'm going to have to rethink my theory. I'm still shaking my head about the Dutch thing.
I tend to rule out the chance of it being a Muslim shooter because the Israeli's don't seem to have a lot of sniper trouble. Other than that ambush a few months ago and an occassional sniper attack now and then it doesn't seem to be the Muslim m.o.I would think that if there were a cadre of competent Muslim Snipers that the Israeli's would be pinned down by sniper fire on a daily basis. It would be much more effective than throwing rocks or blowing up a bus.
It would be pretty difficult for a PLO/Hamas/whatever terrorist to smuggle a big 'ol sniper rifle out of PLO territory into urban areas to shoot Israelis. Easier to slip through with a bomb. In addition, a sniper in Israel doesn't have the suburban sprawl and interstates to get lost on, etc. A sniper would wind up just as dead as a suicide bomber, so might as well have a splashy bomb and a "martyr." Also PLO/Hamas, etc., seem to operate differently from AQ. And the Bosnian Muslims had some crack-shot snipers (not that many Bosnian Muslims are what we think of as particularly devout Muslims). Maybe I'm wrong. Just thinking out loud.
Yes, the Russian Mafiya have a thing for assassinations, both here and in Russia itself. And their snipers are very good at what they do.
Again, I have no idea who the DC sniping murderer could be. Could be a local psycho, could be some sort of terrorist. I just don't know. All I know is hope he/they are stopped and soon.
it doesn't seem to be the Muslim m.o.Remember, before 9/11, the Muslim M.O. was to just hijack the planes. They'd never crashed one into anything before that.