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Beltway Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary-Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002 [Another Shooting?]
Fox News, CNN, Press Releases | October 22, 2002 | Fox News, CNN, Press Releases

Posted on 10/22/2002 2:09:43 AM PDT by Peach

Let's keep a live commentary thread gonig again today.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: banglist; dc; maryland; shooter; sniper; virginia
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To: Lion's Cub
I had the same feeling that he is going to hit twice today. He seems to keep hrs. of someone who is very manic. He probably if he is manic sleeps short periods of time and keeps hrs of a person who works shift work.
241 posted on 10/22/2002 4:48:18 AM PDT by oceanperch
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To: .30Carbine
Thanks for the clarification. I thought it meant that they had called a coucelor in, which I did think odd.
242 posted on 10/22/2002 4:48:35 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: livius
If this is a commuter bus and the driver was shot with the door open, then somebody must have been standing at that bus stop for him to pull up and open the door. An accomplice?

This could be a schedule coordination stop. The park close to where I live in Pasadena (left coast) is along side the street where one bus company starts its local routes. Buses are often there for a few minutes, waiting to start their run at their scheduled time. It's quite common for the drivers to get out of their bus and walk around a bit or sit on the benches at the edge of the park.
243 posted on 10/22/2002 4:49:07 AM PDT by StevieB
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To: aristeides
I'd like to know why the sketch hasn't been shown here in the US??

Soldier Is Sniper Suspect

A French soldier who went missing on a holiday trip to America is reported to have matched an image of the serial sniper terrorising Washington.

The soldier is reported to have been identified as the man in a US police sketch of the gunman who has killed nine people in the Washington area since October 2.

244 posted on 10/22/2002 4:49:51 AM PDT by ET(end tyranny)
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To: brigette
Thanks you are right. Up close coverage.
245 posted on 10/22/2002 4:51:27 AM PDT by oceanperch
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To: ET(end tyranny)
I wonder if there is a picture of that guy on a French site.

Using my rusty high school French, I am going to Google to see.

246 posted on 10/22/2002 4:51:46 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: StevieB
"This could be a schedule coordination stop.

Very possible. In that case, we have more evidence that the shooter prepares his sites carefully.

247 posted on 10/22/2002 4:52:20 AM PDT by livius
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To: All
Victim - ..."more of a stomach-type wound."
248 posted on 10/22/2002 4:52:21 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: ET(end tyranny)
Maybe the French authorities won't release the sketch out of some privacy concern.
249 posted on 10/22/2002 4:52:27 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Rolling roadblocks are set up throughout the region. At the request of police, WTOP is not reporting the exact location of the roadblocks.
250 posted on 10/22/2002 4:54:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: .30Carbine
I watched MSNBC last night and they ran it off on how it all played out step by step. If it true or not I don't know. If you have MSNBC watch it as they are releasing or saying more than the other stations.
251 posted on 10/22/2002 4:54:37 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: aristeides; ET(end tyranny)
From the same article that ET linked:

A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry declined to add further details, saying merely that French authorities were exchanging information with their US counterparts.

It is very interesting that the article mentions a US police sketch of the DC sniper...I haven't seen one; have you?

252 posted on 10/22/2002 4:54:45 AM PDT by .30Carbine
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To: Miss Marple
Somone yesterday posted (I know not on what authority) that the sniper, while of French citizenship, is from "the former Yugoslavia."
253 posted on 10/22/2002 4:55:21 AM PDT by livius
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To: brigette
Thank you. I don't own TV. FR/the internet and talk radio constitute my newsline. Your running commentary on what TV is covering and reporting is very much appreciated.
254 posted on 10/22/2002 4:57:10 AM PDT by .30Carbine
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To: livius
Well, having searched "lycee militaire du St. Cyr" I get pages of soccer(football scores), marks of students for what I believe are entrance exams, and history of the institution. No news stories that I could locate.
255 posted on 10/22/2002 4:57:13 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: livius
"Former Yugoslavia" is weird, why not say Croatia or Serbia or Bosnia?
256 posted on 10/22/2002 4:57:27 AM PDT by CobaltBlue
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To: aristeides
Maybe the French authorities won't release the sketch out of some privacy concern.

My guess is that the US authorities don't want it released. If the cell finds out that we have a sketch that is close, they will kill the guy to prevent his arrest.

Also, if it does turn out to be a lone nut (highly unlikely, IMO), he might go ballistic and do something much worse--like leave the area and walk into some place and kill 50 or so before the cops could get there.

257 posted on 10/22/2002 4:57:41 AM PDT by Lion's Cub
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To: .30Carbine
Try www.wtop.com. It's a local radio station that streams live.
258 posted on 10/22/2002 4:58:50 AM PDT by Catspaw
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To: Miss Marple
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/asia-pacific/870153.stm
259 posted on 10/22/2002 4:59:41 AM PDT by alrea
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To: Lion's Cub
With the traffic stopped, he's got lots of targets right now.
260 posted on 10/22/2002 4:59:41 AM PDT by aristeides
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