Posted on 10/11/2002 1:40:39 PM PDT by LSUfan
Here's one: Charlie Starkweather & Caril Ann Fugate, who killed a total of 11 people in the 1950s. The movie "Badlands" was based on their story.
Also, there was Leonard Lake and Charles Ng in California in the 1980s.
I do have to wonder why they are picking off people at gas stations though. You'd think foreign terrorists would be choosing more strategically important targets. And why only the Beltway area?
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Just speculating, mind you.
Someone has mentioned that the van could be a decoy, but I'd like to elaborate on that and suggest the white van as an unwitting decoy.
Bear with me. This morning, when I heard the news about a "white van" being seen again, I was driving, stopped at a busy intersection. From my field of view, I counted 6 white vans. Then one drove by with racked ladders. White vans are all over the place. What I'm thinking is this: The shooter(s) sets up at a target and waits until a white van shows up or drives by. That's the green light to hit a target. Unless the van is very very close, he probably wouldn't realize what had just happened, so he just keeps going. He's 3 or 4 miles away before he hears the news or any sirens, and it just doesn't even occur to the driver that HE is driving the white van. Meantime, the whole world is ignoring other vehicles, because they aren't white vans. It might be worth going back to the original tips of "white vans" to see if they were planted as a misdirection strategy.
Notice that the van description seems to vary. The "with ladders" didn't show up until today, though it seems like something everyone would have noticed before
He threw it on the ground.
If the sniper or snipers are associated with Al Queda, then it's just a matter of time before they start taking out truck divers on I-95. There's a lot of chemicals being hauled along that route.
Txbubba?? You ain't of that blam! blam! fame? if you are then you know what I mean - if not, forget about it.
If the sniper or snipers are associated with Al Queda, then it's just a matter of time before they start taking out truck divers on I-95. There's a lot of chemicals being hauled along that route.
Txbubba?? You ain't of that blam! blam! fame? if you are then you know what I mean - if not, forget about it.
This would make a great poster for our Troop rallys. Do you mind if I steal it? I think it would be fantastic to hold that one up to the bleeding hearts across the street.
Well I'll toss in my speculation
Gas stations symbolise oil. I believe these killings started on the the same date as the conviction of the blind cleric who was in charge of the World Trade Center bombing. I think the only people who don't know this is terrorism are the ones who are in charge of protecting us from it.
How do you fire out of the windowless part of a van?
Well, maybe the solution is... he isn't inside, and that's why they are so certain they won't be caught.
I say "they", because the team would require a driver and possibly lookout/spotter with communication. With a bit of sheetmetal work and some paint, I'd bet one could make a prone sniper's nest under the floor and out of sight in a van or small truck. Perhaps the guy is shooting from where the tailpipe hole is located? He would be completely hidden and enclosed as he peers out his hole at practically street level. He couldn't take really close shots, but where the parallax angle is better, say over 300 feet, he could easily have enough angle to hit a standing person at street level if his vehicle was not moving.
If that's the case, even somebody immediately stopping the van would find a couple of unarmed guys in a completely "empty" van. The shooter would be below the floorboards under a false fairing of some sort. It would be an almost invisible hide, and unlikely to be uncovered in all but the most invasive search. Even stopping the vehicle on I-95 (or any road) and looking inside wouldn't do any good. Neither would looking at the undercarriage. The shooter could be sandwiched between.
Who knows?
But one thing is for sure,... the shooter is hiding in plain sight, is in no hurry for a getaway to hide either the shooter or weapon, makes 'invisible' shots and is never seen (even with a state trooper 50 yards away), there is no sign of a weapon or suspect, and he shoots at leisure.
The exception is the school, but that seemed pretty isolated in location and perhaps was done to plant a false evidence trail and MO to dilute the investigation to nutballs as well as AQs?
Gas stations, parking lots and street corners are easy targets. They are right near where there are lots of vehicles moving and stopping, including his.
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