[TomGuy]

I posted this theory several days ago:

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Consider this:

If these sniper deaths are al-qaeda/ME terrorist related,
Atta and his thugs moved in groups of 4 or 5.

If this is an activated cell, it may consist of 4 or 5 persons. What if.....

2 occupy a white van. No weapons, no sinister elements inside. They are, however, in contact with a second vehicle. White van gets to the proximity of the next sniper shooting. Immediately after the shooting, the white van speeds off, intent on being seen--because it contains no weapons, no residue, nothing to appear sinister. It is the decoy.

2nd vehicle is occupied by 2, probably 3. 1, the driver, is the front lookout. 3 is the backside lookout. 2 is the sniper. They plant themselves at their next geographic target. They coordinate with white van.

Both vehicles wait and watch until #2, the sniper, tags a victim. White van moves into place--to make the obvious/overt speed-away.

Sniper's two cohort lookouts indicate the all-clear. The shot rings out. The white van is ordered to "go". 2nd vehicle slinks off on a side road to get away, while APB's are looking for a white van seen speeding away from the scene.

[Peach]

Absolutely the theory I'm going with. One car "speeds" away to attract attention, the vehicle with the shooter in it drives slowly away. The "attract attention" vehicle naturally does not have anything in it to link to the shootings, in the event they are pulled over. This is a bigger operation than some kids who watch video games, as has been opined here. It's a bigger operation than just a few nuts. It's either domestic terrorism with olive-skinned men or it's AQ. I vote for AQ.

[tomkat]

i've begun to see the logic in that scenario over the last couple of days.

however, in keeping with KISS, it's as likely the van driver is alone,
and the second (shooter) vehicle need only have a driver/lookout w/shooter in back.

besides being psychotic goathumpers, everything i've read says these guys are some cheap bastards.
employers' costs being what they are, payroll's easier to cope with when you're only paying three v five ...

[aristeides]

Could you coordinate an attack like that without radio communications? I imagine such comms can be monitored, and jammed.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I tend to think if it was a terrorist shooting there would be shootings in several cities at the same time.

[tabsternager]

Muslim terrorists don't leave Tarot cards claiming they themselves are god. Their god is Allah and Allah is the one they kill for. If this Tarot card was left by the sniper, then it's much more likely, to me anyway, that he's just a dellusional punk like the Columbine murderers, except that he's possibly had some sniper training and he doesn't want to die.