[AntiGuv]

Actually, I have changed my position as new evidence emerges. I am now somewhere between ambivalent to leaning toward some sort of Al Qaeda terrorist association here (perhaps nothing more than sympathizers though). I don't WANT this to be an every day American nut, I just go wherever the evidence points. At this juncture, the little evidence makes Islamist terrorism a far more viable theory than before when it appeared as idle speculation.

PS. In fact, I'll ping this to everyone with which I exchanged comments on this previously.

[4Freedom]

"At this juncture, the little evidence makes Islamist terrorism a far more viable theory than before when it appeared as idle speculation."

Welcome on board, finally!

If I understand you correctly, we have your permission to believe that these sniper attacks are possibly the fulfillment of the additional threats of retaliation that the Islamifascists have been making ever since we entered Afghanistan and have been contemplating going into Iraq after Sadam.

Those of us that have been following the types of terrorist training materials that our armed forces have captured in Afghanistan and the specific detailed threats of terrorist attacks, exactly like this one, by al-Qaida leaders can now give them credence without appearing irrational, IYHO.

In other words, you're admitting we may have been right all along, but we were still wrong for believing it was terrorism before now? Is that correct?

[savedbygrace]

Right now, based on the fact (if we can believe the guvmint and the media, ha) that AQ hasn't claimed "credit" for this series of murders, I am tending to think Iraq is at the root of them.

I am considering Iraq and Al Qeda as separate entities, even though the administration is telling us that AQ is being quartered in Iraq.

I think Sadaam Hussein is the silent puppet master on this. He may only have the one team on board right now, but if his plan continues to succeed, he may sponsor many AQ teams to keep up the terror. And just when we think we have a handle on this method, they morph it into different methods, most of which we've all read about recently.

[nicmarlo]

I think, initially, AntiGuv, 95% of the people thought as you did, somewhere in the past few weeks, and some still do (including me). I've moved from where you were to the fence to leaning now as you do. But I differ in what I wanted.....I wanted it to be a psycho, not planned executions of innocents by terrorists. Somehow, while the end result is sad (death of innocent people), terrorists involved seems worse and more frightening.

[alnick]

Thanks for the ping. The fact that some witnesses have seen more than one person makes me fear that it's AQ. I hope that it's not because if it is and one or two of them are captured for this, they can just get another AQ member or two to continue the shootings.

Another thing that worries me about the possibility of this being AQ is the idea that they could be using this to distract LE while they plot something big in D.C.