Beltway Sniper Shootings- FR THREAD ARCHIVES

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OCT 26-29
Police Issued Alert OCT 7 For Caprice-Kept It Secret (SEE POST #31)
Feds File 20-Count Indictment Against Snipers; Seek Death Penalty
Muhammad, Malvo linked to crimes here (TACOMA )

Michelle Malkin Exposes INS Bungling of Sniper Suspect

			Posted by Sabertooth On 10/29/2002 6:35 PM CST with 1 comment MewsMax.com ^ \| October 30th, 2002 Michelle Malkin Exposes INS Bungling of Sniper SuspectNewsMax.com WiresWednesday, Oct. 30, 2002 WASHINGTON – The journalist who helped Americans make sense of the arrests of the Beltway sniper suspects last week was not a hard news reporter but a syndicated columnist whose first book is subtitled "How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores." Michelle Malkin was out front with the information that John Lee Malvo, 17 – arrested Thursday morning with John Muhammad, 41, on suspicion of engaging in a three-week shooting spree that killed 10 people and wounded three – is an...

Media overkill sometimes oversteps the boundaries (re: Sniper)
			Posted by NorCoGOP On 10/29/2002 2:39 PM CST with 7 comments OSU Daily Barometer (Oregon State U.) ^ \| 10/28/02 \| Schellene Clendenin CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Since the beginning of October the Washington, D.C., area has cowered in fear of a sniper who struck randomly and seemed to kill indiscriminatly. This Tuesday morning papers from coast to coast, as well as broadcast media outlets, splashed the newest attack in the choice spots from top of the hour to top of the page. By Thursday morning, police had arrested John Allen Muhammad, 41, an Army veteran of the Persian Gulf War who qualified as an expert marksman in the service, and 17-year-old John Lee Malvo, a Jamaican citizen, on suspicion of the crimes. So...

Government files charges against Muhammad in sniper case
			Posted by kattracks On 10/29/2002 12:57 PM CST with 2 comments AP \| 10/29/02 \| STEPHEN MANNING GREENBELT, Md. (AP) -- The federal government Tuesday charged John Allen Muhammad in the deaths of seven people as it weighed in with a criminal complaint that could bring the death penalty in the sniper case. The 20-count complaint charges Muhammad, 41, with discharging a firearm as part of an extortion scheme in the deaths of seven people in Maryland and the wounding of three others, in Maryland and Virginia. U.S. Attorney Paul McNulty of Virginia said if a firearm is used to carry out violence in an extortion scheme, the crime is punishable by the federal death penalty. The...

(R)Congresswoman-Montgomery County-Confirms No Invite To Sniper Press Event
			Posted by icwhatudo On 10/29/2002 12:56 PM CST with 33 comments Phone call to Morella's press Office \| today \| self+Frank DeFilippo Listening to WBAL Baltimore yesterday-Ron Smith Show 1090 AM As his guest he has Frank DeFilippo, the liberal political analyst for WBAL who represents the left in the Left/right crossfire style debates Ron has with him. Frank DeFilippo, press secretary to former (D) Gov. Marvin Mandel, stated that "Its was pure politics-a democrat media show" refering to the sniper press conference that featured MD and VA Democrat leaders. "And poor Connie who represents the area didn't even get invited".Anyone in Maryland who knows DeFilippo, knows this would be like carville admitting clinton lied. Except for a mention on Rush, I...

Race of Sniper Suspects Taps Unwarranted Guilt (Multi-Color Barf Alert)
			Posted by anymouse On 10/29/2002 10:54 AM CST with 5 comments USA Today ^ \| 10/28/2002 \| Roland S. Martin From the moment the ethnicity of the men wanted in connection to the deadly sniper killings was revealed, you could hear a collective gasp from people of color across the country. African-Americans were stunned to hear that two black men could conceivably be behind such heinous and cowardly acts. And despite the mounting evidence that points to John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo as the likely shooters, some blacks still don't believe the reports. An unscientific survey of 4,667 people on BlackAmericaWeb.com showed 20% believed that an African-American couldn't commit such crimes, and 9% viewed the arrests as a...

RCMP open file on sniper suspect
			Posted by Lorenb420 On 10/29/2002 7:47 AM CST with 4 comments Toronto Sun ^ \| 2002-10-29 \| CP VANCOUVER -- A man suspected of being the Washington, D.C., sniper asked if anyone in the large Vancouver-area Sikh population could fashion a gun silencer for a high-powered rifle out of a metal rod, says a man who befriended him. "He was familiar with Surrey and knew there was a large Punjabi population," said Harjeet Singh, a Bellingham, Wash., man who befriended John Allen Muhammad in February 2002. "He wanted to know if I knew somebody who owned a metal machine shop who could grind down the silencer for him." The RCMP confirmed yesterday they have now opened a file...

The biased sniper aftermath
			Posted by kattracks On 10/29/2002 4:38 AM CST with 16 comments TownHall.com ^ \| 10/29/02 \| Brent Bozell Most debate surrounding the media frenzy over the Washington snipers is either a question of quantity -- how much is too much? -- or a question of quality -- how much speculation turned out to be wildly incorrect? These are worthy questions. No one can argue the amount of coverage wasn't massive, and the 24-hour focus on the serial killings of 10 people sent waves of fear across a metropolitan area of more than 4.5 million people, who had to think twice before pumping gas. But the fear justified the coverage. The killer was eluding police and killing people...

Sniper suspects on terrorism charge
			Posted by kattracks On 10/29/2002 1:50 AM CST with 2 comments Guardian/UK ^ \| 10/29/02 \| Oliver Burkeman in New York The two men suspected of the sniper shootings in suburban Washington were charged with terrorism yesterday as rival prosecutors from the region continued to jostle for the prestige of potentially having them sentenced to death. Virginia charged 41-year-old John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, 17, with committing a terrorist act, attempted murder and malicious wounding for shooting a man in Ashland, Virginia, on October 19. Maryland filed six charges of first-degree murder against each suspect on Friday. The state attorney, Douglas Gansler, was reported to have angered the US justice department by not waiting until the competing jurisdictions had...

Police Link Sniper Suspects to Tacoma Murder
			Posted by dead On 10/28/2002 11:52 PM CST with 4 comments Reuters ^ \| Deborah Zabarenko 22 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two murder charges carrying possible death sentences were filed in Virginia on Monday against one of two suspects in the Washington sniper case, part of the legal jockeying over where the pair will stand trial and if executions would be carried out. John Allen Muhammad, a 41-year-old Gulf War veteran, was charged with capital murder in the Oct. 9 killing of Dean Harold Meyers in Prince William County, Virginia. Muhammad also faces a capital murder charge in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in the Oct. 11 shooting death of Kenneth Bridges. Muhammad's 17-year-old traveling companion, John...

Tacoma synagogue shooting linked to sniper suspects?
			Posted by BurbankKarl On 10/28/2002 8:06 PM CST with 45 comments Seatlle P-I/AP Monday, October 28, 2002 Tacoma synagogue shooting linked to sniper suspects? By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Evidence from a recent shooting incident at a Tacoma synagogue has been sent to a state crime laboratory to determine if there is any connection with sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad, officials said Monday. State Patrol spokesman Capt. Glenn Kramer said the evidence, which he declined to identify, was sent to a State Patrol crime lab in Marysville. Kramer said he had no additional details, and that the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was the lead investigating agency. Martha Tebbenkamp,...

Joe Farah: Ransom by any other name (How the sniper case is the same as Israel's problems)
			Posted by Michael2001 On 10/28/2002 7:58 PM CST with 3 comments WorldNetDaily ^ \| October 28, 2002 \| Joe Farah Living in the greater Washington, D.C., area for the last three weeks, I hardly need any reminders about the terror residents have experienced as a result of the sniper attacks. It was the first thing everyone in the area talked about. It was on the front page of the local newspapers. It was covered wall to wall by the cable news channels. And it was the subject of news and talk radio all day long. Last week, I had to take a trip to Canada for a few days. Much to my surprise, I couldn't escape the talk about the...

From Army service to arrest in sniper case, Muhammad's life follows tangled path
			Posted by Sabertooth On 10/28/2002 6:48 PM CST with 6 comments AP ^ \| October 24th, 2002 \| Rebecca Cook SEATTLE - John Allen Muhammad's life has followed a tangled path. From what relatives describe as a normal childhood in Louisiana, he faced disciplinary charges in the National Guard, then earned Army honors for marksmanship and Gulf War service. He embraced Islam. He also divorced twice, started and abandoned a karate school, and slid into homelessness. Relatives say he exerted strict control over the boy he called his son, 17-year-old John Lee Malvo, and divorce papers chronicle the collapse of his second marriage and his ex-wife's fear that he would follow through on his threats to destroy her life. "The...

Terror's Blueprint (Sniper MUHAMMAD)
			Posted by Sabertooth On 10/28/2002 6:35 PM CST with 8 comments Insight Magazine ^ \| Oct. 28th, 2002 \| Paul Rodiguez Terror's BlueprintPosted Oct. 28, 2002By Paul M. Rodriguez Investigators looked for clues after the shooting in Manassas, Va. As Insight went to press news continued to break about the capture of two alleged snipers who have terrorized the Washington metropolitan area in a shooting spree that killed 10 and critically injured three. While law-enforcement authorities believe the deadly attacks are over, reflection on the 22-day ordeal has raised still more troubling issues for the nation. Observers fear al-Qaeda may look at this episode as showing the way to terrorize a city — any city — and create an indelible...

Yes, the Sniper Was a Terrorist
			Posted by Sabertooth On 10/28/2002 6:17 PM CST with 25 comments The Weekly Standard ^ \| November 4th, 2002 \| David Tell AN INTERESTING THING happened in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia last Thursday, as the nation woke up to the news that two people thought to be responsible for the Washington area's recent wave of sniper murders had finally been arrested. Out "there," beyond the Beltway, print reporters scrambled to find out anything and everything they could about the suspects, 41-year-old John Allen Muhammad and 17-year-old John Lee Malvo. And, meantime, cable talk-show bookers--to whom the wait for fully established fact is a perpetual, intolerable annoyance--treated the world to yet another round of "retired FBI profilers" and other...

Nation Of Islam Leader Addresses Media On D.C. Sniper Case [A double orifice barf alert]
			Posted by 1bigdictator On 10/28/2002 5:03 PM CST with 17 comments The Black World Today ^ \| October 28, 2002 Nation Of Islam Leader Addresses Media On D.C. Sniper Case By Press Release FinalCall.com Article Dated 10/28/2002 E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Version CHICAGO -- The accused deadly D.C. - area sniper has had no link with the Nation of Islam for over three years and anyone guilty of such murder violates Islamic teachings, said the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. "Nowhere in the teachings of Islam, nowhere in the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, would we countenance any man taking the lives of innocent human beings," Min. Farrakhan told reporters and community activists during an Oct. 26 news conference at...

Sniper suspect a member of Nation of Islam
			Posted by 1bigdictator On 10/28/2002 4:49 PM CST with 14 comments ABC News Chicago ^ \| 10/28/02 Sniper suspect a member of Nation of Islam October 27, 2002 (CHICAGO) — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan acknowledged on Saturday that suspected sniper John Allen Muhammad is a member of the religious group. But Farrakhan said the man charged in a series of shootings that left 10 people dead and three wounded would be ousted from the Chicago-based group if he is convicted of the crimes. "He has not formally been kicked out of the Nation of Islam, but certainly if he's found guilty of something like this he would not be considered at all a member of...

Who Funded Sniper Suspect Muhammad?
			Posted by Tumbleweed_Connection On 10/28/2002 4:43 PM CST with 18 comments NewsMax ^ \| 10/29/02 \| Dave Eberhart Although captured asleep in a $250 car, sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad had a history of high living. Now authorities say he may have been funded by schemes to smuggle into the country illegal aliens and provide them with false documents. Others suspect a conspiracy. The strongest evidence of the suspect’s involvement with human smuggling comes from an acquaintance of Muhammad who lived in a house with him on the island of Antigua. The acquaintance told the New York Times that Muhammad’s modus operandi for generating cash was to fly Jamaican illegal aliens to the U.S. on the return tickets...

The supreme lesson of the sniper case (David Frum)
			Posted by knighthawk On 10/28/2002 4:39 PM CST with 17 comments National Post ^ \| October 28 2002 \| David Frum WASHINGTON - A gunman named Muhammad has terrorized the Washington area for weeks. He was a follower of Louis Farrakhan and joined the security detail at the Million Man March in Washington in 1996. He had expressed admiration for the 9/11 terrorists and violent hatred for the infidel United States. So: Could this murderous rampage have anything to do with, um, Islamic terror? If you have been watching television you already know the answer: Naaaah. Sometimes it seems that the single most important prerequisite for a successful media career is a talent for ignoring the obvious. Every interviewer on television...

Sniper attacks bring scrutiny to pursuit of marksmanship
			Posted by xsysmgr On 10/28/2002 2:34 PM CST with 77 comments Boston Globe Online ^ \| 10/28/2002 \| Tatsha Robertson, Globe Staff MARION, Ala. - Dr. Timothy Wheeler is a man of science and precision. He is trained to save lives, but in his free time he uses his keen eye and nimble fingers to do other things. ''I vote. I pay taxes. And I go to the target practice and fire a .223-caliber rifle,'' said Wheeler. The 53-year-old California surgeon describes himself as typical of those who gather at training camps and firing ranges across the country - highly intelligent, and choosing to spend time shooting at targets with a high-powered rifle rather than swinging a golf club. But his...

Hume Observes Reticence to Tie Sniper to Nation of Islam
			Posted by mondonico On 10/28/2002 1:24 PM CST with 27 comments Media Research Center ^ \| October 28, 2002 \| Brent Bozell On Fox News Sunday Brit Hume noted how the media, which were quick to tie Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh to militia groups and anti-government attitudes, have identified the Washington, DC area snipers as a “Gulf War veteran” and his “companion,” when they just as easily could have been characterized as a member of the Nation of Islam and an illegal alien. As Friday’s CyberAlert pointed out, “the two sniper suspects were a Muslim tied to the Nation of Islam and an illegal alien, but not to the networks on Thursday night. Instead, the networks labeled John Allen Muhammad a...

SNIPER ESCAPE BID SNIPER ESCAPE BID FBI agents grab him as he flees
			Posted by EggsAckley On 10/28/2002 9:02 AM CST with 16 comments News Of The World/Drudge ^ \| 10-28-02 SNIPER ESCAPE BID FBI agents grab him as he flees THE 17-year-old Washington sniper made a dramatic freedom bid—by punching his way through the CEILING of an interview room. John Lee Malvo seized his chance after being left alone by FBI interrogators. He leapt on a table and quickly smashed the flimsy ceiling tiles with his fists—then began hauling himself up into a ventilation shaft. Agents dashed into the room, grabbed his flailing legs and wrenched the struggling teenager back down. Last night the FBI refused to comment on the embarrassing incident at the "secure" and secret federal centre in...

Race of sniper suspects taps unwarranted guilt
			Posted by Oldeconomybuyer On 10/28/2002 8:39 AM CST with 38 comments USA Today ^ \| 10-28-02 \| By Roland S. Martin From the moment the ethnicity of the men wanted in connection to the deadly sniper killings was revealed, you could hear a collective gasp from people of color across the country. African-Americans were stunned to hear that two black men could conceivably be behind such heinous and cowardly acts. And despite the mounting evidence that points to John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo as the likely shooters, some blacks still don't believe the reports. An unscientific survey of 4,667 people on BlackAmericaWeb.com showed 20% believed that an African-American couldn't commit such crimes, and 9% viewed the arrests as a...

The Sniper and the Keystone Cops: Another Case of Why Gun Control is Evil
			Posted by Free Fire Zone On 10/28/2002 7:45 AM CST with 3 comments Lew Rockwell ^ \| 10-28-02 \| William L. Anderson The Sniper and the Keystone Cops: Another Case of Why Gun Control is Evil by William L. Anderson The Beltway Snipers’ murder spree ended the other night at a rest stop that I frequent on my way home after teaching an MBA economics class in Frederick, Maryland. It is a good thing the killers were asleep and unaware that others at the stop had called the police, because had they escaped, most likely they would still be at large. Journalists who populate the Beltway area are second in their love for statism only to the North Korean propagandists, and soon...

Early tip for police on sniper suspect
			Posted by NativeNewYorker On 10/28/2002 7:36 AM CST Balt Sun ^ \| 10/28/02 BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Authorities were notified nearly a year ago that John Allen Muhammad, one of two men held in Baltimore in the sniper shootings, had asked a gunsmith about modifying a rifle so it could be taken apart and carried in a small case before being reassembled for use, police here said yesterday.

Woman Says Guest Silent About Sniper
			Posted by riley1992 On 10/28/2002 7:24 AM CST with 12 comments Detroit Free Press ^ \| October 28, 2002 \| Nancy A. Youssef and Tamara Audi Woman says guest silent about sniper Witness' arrival in Flint was a surprise October 28, 2002 BY NANCY A. YOUSSEF AND TAMARA AUDIFREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS FLINT -- The call came out of nowhere last Monday, interrupting a typical afternoon with three words that shocked Tammy Jenkins: "I'm in Flint." It was Nathaniel Osbourne, the New Jersey man with the soft Jamaican accent Jenkins met during the summer at a truck driving school in Indianapolis. The man who carried a Bible with him at all times, who told Jenkins that, like her, he valued a close relationship with God, told...

Sniper links eyed in other killings
			Posted by kattracks On 10/28/2002 0:58 AM CST with 2 comments Washington Times ^ \| 10/28/02 \| Jerry Seper and S.A. Miller Police have begun an extensive review of unsolved killings and robberies from Washington state to Washington, D.C., to determine whether sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo financed their nomadic lifestyle with a deadly nationwide crime spree, authorities said yesterday. Top Stories • Russians won't identify poison• Mondale asked to run• Arafat to oust reform minister• Muslims urge peers in U.S. to work on reform• Turks urge caution in Iraq attack• Professor quits in probe of gun book Mr. Muhammad, 41, and Mr. Malvo, 17, are suspected of killing 10 persons and wounding three over 23 days in Maryland, Virginia and the District. The two...

Osbourne arrested in Mich. (Connected to Washington D.C.sniper )
			Posted by Ernest_at_the_Beach On 10/28/2002 0:16 AM CST with 8 comments CAMDEN Courier-Post (New Jersey ) ^ \| Sunday, October 27, 2002 \| KAREN KENNEDY-HALL Osbourne arrested in Mich. ERIK HOLLADAY/Associated Press FBI and ATF agents escort Nathanel Osbourne (second from right) to a car on Saturday in Flint, Mich. More information: Authorities comb Camden for suspect Ties to Camden investigated Suspect registered vehicle in Camden Building ties suspect to Camden South Jersey residents with ties to D.C. feel sense of relief Sheridan Street address had troubles as a lounge Oaklyn businessman's friends thankful for arrest Past sniper stories By KAREN KENNEDY-HALLCourier-Post StaffCAMDEN Information provided by local residents led to the arrest Saturday in Michigan of Nathanel O. Osbourne, a city man whom the FBI...

3rd Person Involved in Beltway Sniper Case? Montgomery AL Police Chief Wants to Know.
			Posted by Alas Babylon! On 10/27/2002 10:57 PM CST with 135 comments Fox News ^ \| 27 Oct 02 \| Rita Cosby Rita Cosby interviewed Montgomery, AL Mayor Bobby Bright and Police Chief John Wilson. Wilson told Cosby he was very concerned because both Muhammed and Malvo were on foot, being chased by police officers. The chase was interrupted by a large blue car that Muhammed ran into, putting both hands on the hood to prevent him coliding with it. After this moment, both men being chase escaped. Later--still in September, Montgomery police put out a public call for the driver of the blue car to come forward; fingerprints on the car could be used to break the case. However, and a...

Evidence Shows Teenager Was Gunman in a Sniper Death
			Posted by kattracks On 10/27/2002 10:49 PM CST with 25 comments New York Times ^ \| 10/27/02 \| JAYSON BLAIR with ERIC LICHTBLAU IENNA, Va., Oct. 27 — Prosecutors in Virginia said today that they had evidence that the 17-year-old charged with an adult in the sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington suburbs was the gunman in at least one of the shootings. The prosecutors are using the revelation to buttress their argument that Virginia is the best venue for the first trial of the two, who would both be eligible for the death penalty here.Commonwealth's Attorney Robert F. Horan Jr., the prosecutor for Fairfax County, said investigators believed that the teenager, John Lee Malvo, was the killer in the Oct. 14...

Blacks surprised, concerned that arrest in sniper case will be seen in racial terms
			Posted by kattracks On 10/27/2002 10:26 PM CST with 64 comments AP \| 10/27/02 \| JESSE J. HOLLAND FORT WASHINGTON, Md. (AP) -- For several weeks, John Morgan kept looking for a white Chevy Astro minivan or a white box truck being driven by a white male who was responsible for a string of sniper-style killings in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. So when police announced they had arrested two black men -- John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo -- driving a dark blue Chevrolet Caprice, Morgan, who is black himself, was flabbergasted. "With everything I had heard on television and what people were saying, everyone assumed they were going to be white men," Morgan, a telecommunications engineer...

Location of Sniper Trial Uncertain
			Posted by kattracks On 10/27/2002 10:09 PM CST with 7 comments AP \| 10/27/02 \| BRIAN WITTE ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct 27, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- A growing number of officials said Sunday that the state of Maryland should defer prosecution of the two sniper suspects to another jurisdiction where the death penalty could be more easily applied. A Justice Department official suggested Maryland should not be the first to try the case, and the top elected official in Maryland's Montgomery County, where six were slain, urged prosecutors to work together to choose the strongest venue. John Allen Muhammad, 41, and teenager John Lee Malvo were to be charged on Monday in Virginia, where three...

Sniper Suspect's Finances a Mystery
			Posted by kattracks On 10/27/2002 10:07 PM CST with 15 comments AP \| 10/27/02 \| NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS SEATTLE, Oct 27, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad got calls from his travel agent while living in a homeless shelter. A jobless drifter trying to support his children, he flashed a wad of cash at a woman when he offered to buy her a drink. With no apparent means of support, Muhammad and companion John Lee Malvo traveled from the Caribbean to Tacoma, and points in between, over the past year and a half. How they financed their activities remains a mystery, although evidence points to a combination of odd jobs and crimes...

NBC finds their white sniper! On Dateline now
			Posted by spycatcher On 10/27/2002 6:19 PM CST with 28 comments NBC ^ \| Oct 27, 2002 \| self Nothing on the website yet for tonight's show, but it's on right now east coast time and the segment is coming up. Unbelievable! Instead of focusing on John Muhammad, the Nation of Islam and Five percenters, or the INS failures, or the political correctness of Moose, they dig up some white guy to avoid having to focus on radical muslim terrorists and the screwed up bureacracy that allows them to operate.

Prime suspect in U.S. sniper shootings was reported purveyor of Antiguan passports
			Posted by Ernest_at_the_Beach On 10/27/2002 6:10 PM CST with 9 comments Sarasota Herald-Tribune ^ \| Sunday, October 27 \| MICHELLE FAUL A P Prime suspect in U.S. sniper shootings was friendly mechanic and reported purveyor of Antiguan passports By MICHELLE FAULAssociated Press Writer ST. JOHN'S, Antigua AP) - During his strange sojourn on this Caribbean island, John Allen Muhammad was a friendly mechanic, an itinerant salesman and reportedly a purveyor of Antiguan passports to people looking to emigrate illegally to the United States. The prime suspect in the U.S. sniper shootings that terrorized residents in the Washington D.C. area also allegedly used a falsified birth certificate to obtain an Antiguan passport. When Muhammad's life started unraveling last year, he chose as a refuge...

Profile: John Muhammad, ex-soldier, Islam convert (SNIPER)
			Posted by Sabertooth On 10/27/2002 6:04 PM CST with 5 comments AP ^ \| October 24th, 2002 \| HELEN JUNG Profile: John Muhammad, ex-soldier, Islam convert John Allen Muhammad By HELEN JUNG, Associated Press© October 24, 2002 Last updated 1:16 PM Oct. 24 SEATTLE -- West Coast investigators are digging into the lives of two men named in connection with 13 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area, searching for clues as to what may have motivated a killing spree. John Allen Muhammad, 42, one of the men, is a former soldier at nearby Fort Lewis. He and John Lee Malvo, 17, a Jamaican citizen believed to be his stepson, may have been motivated by anti-American sentiments, federal officials...

We angry white males were right about the sniper
			Posted by CyberCowboy777 On 10/27/2002 3:24 PM CST with 48 comments Telegraph UK ^ \| (Filed: 27/10/2002) \| Mark Steyn After weeks of assurances that the sniper was an "angry white male", it turns out the only angry white males connected to this story are the ones in America's newsrooms. On Thursday, after being informed that the two suspects were a black Muslim called Muhammad and his illegal-immigrant Jamaican sidekick, The New York Times nevertheless reported in its early editions that the pair were being sought for "possible ties to 'skinhead militia' groups". The Feds had already released a photo of Muhammad looking like one of the less goofy members of the Jackson Five and, though one should never rush...

Alleged Sniper Witness to Cooperate
			Posted by SarahW On 10/27/2002 12:05 PM CST with 19 comments AP (flint Mich) ^ \| Oct 27, 2002 \| JOHN PORRETTO FLINT, Mich. (AP) - The man who co-owned the blue Chevrolet Caprice believed to have been used in the Washington-area sniper attacks appeared in court Sunday and is fully cooperating with federal authorities, his attorney said. He said investigators already had questioned his client, Nathaniel O. Osbourne, at length. Osbourne, 26, waived his right to a detention hearing in Michigan, where he was arrested Saturday, and agreed to be moved to federal custody in Maryland. Sasse said he expected U.S. marshals to take Osbourne to Maryland in the next three days. The Jamaican citizen, described as a friend of sniper...

Farrakhan says sniper suspect was a member of Nation of Islam
			Posted by Asmodeus On 10/27/2002 10:19 AM CST with 34 comments Associated Press ^ CHICAGO - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan acknowledged that suspected sniper John Allen Muhammad is a member of the religious group. But Farrakhan said Saturday the man would be ousted from the Chicago-based group if he is convicted in the series of shootings that left 10 people dead and three wounded. "He has not formally been kicked out of the Nation of Islam, but certainly if he's found guilty of something like this he would not be considered at all a member," Farrakhan said. Farrakhan said he "grieves for the senseless loss of life" caused by the sniper shootings...

NBC's BROKAW CONNECTS PRESIDENT BUSH WITH SNIPER WEAPON
			Posted by SrBahamonde On 10/27/2002 8:09 AM CST with 77 comments 10/27/2002 \| Sr. Bahamonde On the Thursday, 10/24/2002 edition of NBC News coverning the Washington, D.C. shooting spree, Jim Avila reported pertinent specifications on the Bushmaster rifle used in the slayings.Tom Brokaw then sidled up to his microphone and cameras and added his comments that proved to be an insidious, but inane attempt to link the Bushmaster weapon used by the mass terrorist murderers to the President of the United States of America. How utterly base this appeared and how it revealed Brokaw to be a Democrat Party sycophant who will stop at nothing to smear Republicans and President Bush.The thoughtfulness of NBC in...

Sniper Suspect frequented same bar as Bundy, Hillside Strangler
			Posted by Oldeconomybuyer On 10/27/2002 7:06 AM CST with 7 comments SF Chronicle ^ \| 10-27-02 \| Chuck Squatriglia Bellingham, Wash. -- Lynne Farmer doesn't know what it is about the bar she bought four years ago, but it attracts killers like honey attracts flies. Farmer shakes her head, sips from a long-neck bottle of Coors Light and rattles off the stone-cold killers who have wet their whistles at Waterfront Seafood and Bar. "Ted Bundy's been here. (Kenneth) Bianchi's been here," she says, taking a drag on her cigarette. "And now this John (Allen) Muhammad guy," referring to one of two men who has been charged with a series of sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area. She...

'If you leave me, I'll kill you and the kids' (Sniper Brother-in-Law's theory)
			Posted by Sabertooth On 10/27/2002 5:47 AM CST with 34 comments Tacoma News Tribune ^ \| October 26th, 2002 \| Rob Carson Drew Perine \| The News Tribune Charlie Green says John Allen Muhammad was planning to kill his ex-wife - Green's sister - and their children. 'If you ever leave me, I'll kill you and the kids'Rob Carson; The News TribuneCharlie Green says he's sure John Allen Muhammad is the Washington, D.C., sniper. And he says he knows why he did it. Green, 39, says he's the brother of Muhammad's second ex-wife, Mildred Green. He lived in the same Tacoma house with Muhammad's family for three years, he said, and he knows how the man's mind works. Based on...

Sniper Escape Bid (Sniper stopped 10 times for traffic offenses) KeystoneKops alert!
			Posted by ovrtaxt On 10/27/2002 5:31 AM CST with 57 comments News of the World ^ SMIRKING ASSASSINS: Malvo and Muhammad in the home of a woman cops believe could be another victim. FEAR: The Rev. Al Archer warned cops POLICE SEIZE THIRD MAN A THIRD man who bought the Chevy killing machine with sniper John Muhammad was arrested yesterday. Nathanial Osbourne, 26, was at the car lot in Trenton, New Jersey, and his name was entered on the log book as co-owner. The ex-undercover police car was registered to an address where the Jamaican immigrant occasionally lives. The FBI put him on their "most-wanted" website. An investigation source said: "The FBI don't go to...

2nd Jamaican In Sniper Case Knew Suspect In New Jersey
			Posted by Oldeconomybuyer On 10/27/2002 5:29 AM CST with 7 comments The Washington Post ^ \| 10-27-02 \| By Fredrick Kunkle and Amy Argetsinger Sunday, October 27, 2002; Page A15 A second young Jamaican immigrant, Nathaniel O. Osbourne, emerged a potentially important figure in the sniper investigation yesterday when he was arrested in Flint, Mich., as a material witness. Osbourne, 26, is listed on registration papers as a co-owner of the car allegedly used in the shootings, along with John Allen Muhammad, who has been charged in a warrant with murder. FBI officials said they know of nothing to suggest that Osbourne knowingly assisted Muhammad as a part of any conspiracy. "At this point in time we're considering him nothing more than a material...

Sniper suspect sold fake passports, ran immigration scam
			Posted by Oldeconomybuyer On 10/27/2002 5:18 AM CST with 36 comments The Jamaica Observer ^ \| 10-27-02 \| MICHELLE FAUL The rented house where Muhammad lived in Antigua. ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) -- During his strange sojourn on this Caribbean island, John Allen Muhammad was a friendly mechanic, an itinerant salesman and reportedly a purveyor of Antiguan passports to people looking to emigrate illegally to the United States.The prime suspect in the US sniper shootings that terrorised residents in the Washington D C area also allegedly used a falsified birth certificate to obtain an Antiguan passport. Randy Nelson's pick-up which Muhammad repaired. When Muhammad's life started unravelling last year, he chose as a refuge this former British colony where...

Va. to Charge Murder in Sniper Case
			Posted by Sabertooth On 10/27/2002 5:15 AM CST with 1 comment AP ^ \| October 27th, 2002 \| ADRIENNE SCHWISOW RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A man sought as a material witness in the Washington-area sniper shootings was arrested Saturday, and prosecutors announced plans to charge the two suspects in Virginia, the second state where 17-year-old John Lee Malvo could face the death penalty. Virginia prosecutors will file charges Monday to cover two woundings and at least two of the three killings there, said William Neely, Spotsylvania County, Va., Commonwealth's Attorney. Neely said he will seek the death penalty for John Allen Muhammad, 41. Malvo could face death, but Neely said his sentence would depend on his role in the shootings....

Sniper Suspect May Be Part of Religious Sect
			Posted by Oldeconomybuyer On 10/27/2002 4:56 AM CST with 4 comments Associated Press ^ \| 10-27-02 \| BY TIM MOLLOY NEW YORK -- The letter left at the scene of a sniper shooting contains phrases often associated with a group that believes the black man is God and spreads its message through prison recruitment and popular hip-hop music. An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment Saturday on whether authorities were looking into the possibility that the writer used the language of the Five Percent movement, which teaches that education and family are of central importance. It rejects drinking, drugs and fornication, as well as most accepted history, authority and religion. The 39-year-old movement started as an offshoot of the...

FNC's Rita Cosby Closest on Sniper Profile
			Posted by kattracks On 10/27/2002 3:12 AM CST with 27 comments NewsMax.com ^ \| 10/26/02 \| Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff After weeks of uninformed speculation by a brigade of media "profilers" on what and whom the Beltway sniper might be, it turns out that Fox News Channel ace reporter Rita Cosby came the closest - by far. Rather than interview any of the "experts," Cosby went straight to the horse's mouth, and interviewed convicted spree-killer David Berkowitz, aka "Son-of-Sam," now imprisoned in an upstate New York correctional facility. We happened to run into the "Foxwire" host at a gathering at Elaine's on Monday, just hours after she established contact with Berkowitz. But at the time her lips were sealed....

NO CLUE HOW THESE GUYS NAILED SNIPER
			Posted by kattracks On 10/27/2002 2:10 AM CST with 8 comments New York Post ^ \| 10/27/02 \| LINDA STASI October 27, 2002 -- IT was like a bad game of Clue with totally, er, clueless players. "It's the Hispanic man in a cream Astro Van on the Beltway." "It's Middle Eastern terrorists in a panel truck on the grassy knoll at Ponderosa." "It's skinny teens in a white Ford SUV, with a broken taillight at Home Depot." "It's Martha Stewart at Michaels crafts store with a high- powered glue gun." "It's Col. Mustard in the library with a rifle." It was hard to know what was worse during the Psycho Sniper spree, the endless press briefings by the cops...

Suspect in sniper shootings lived in Antigua, while boasting of being CIA agent
			Posted by knak On 10/27/2002 0:35 AM CDT with 3 comments ap ^ \| 10/26/02 ST. JOHN'S, Antigua - When John Allen Muhammad's life started unraveling, he sought refuge in Antigua, living in a sparsely furnished room while he boasted of being a CIA (news - web sites) agent and sharpshooter who could "take out a man" from a quarter of a mile (hundreds of meters). The prime suspect in the U.S. sniper shootings that terrorized people in the Washington D.C. area for three weeks also appears to have presented a falsified birth certificate from New Orleans, Louisiana, claiming his mother was from Antigua to get a passport from this former British colony in the...

Farrahkan Says Sniper Suspect Was A Member Of Nation Of Islam
			Posted by blam On 10/26/2002 11:30 PM CDT with 12 comments Ananova ^ \| 10-27-2002 Farrakhan says sniper suspect was a member of Nation of Islam Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan says suspected sniper John Allen Muhammad is a member of the religious group. But Farrakhan says Muhammed will be thrown out of the group if he is convicted of the series of shootings that left 10 people dead and three wounded. The Nation of Islam leader says he "grieves for the senseless loss of life" caused by the sniper shootings. Farrakhan said: "He has not formally been kicked out of the Nation of Islam, but certainly if he's found guilty of something like...

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