[harpseal]

There were stories of Al qaeda training sniper teams in November of last year. During the Afghan war against the Soviets sniper teams were commonly used against Soviet troops. Chechen and Albanian sniper teams have been used.

The above facts do not make the DC sniper an Al Qaeda operative but they do not make the DC Sniper a lone nut either.

Stay well _ Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[areafiftyone]

When it is confirmed by the Gitmo guys then I will believe it is Al-Qaeda. They don't have access to Newspapers or radio and they wouldn't know anything about this story. If they say that they trained or knew that Al-Qaeda was planning sniper attacks then I will believe it was Al-Qaeda. You are right it could be a lone Muslim with his own agenda for Jihad.