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FOX NEWS.com - CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE SNIPER SHOOTINGS IN MARYLAND, WASHINGTON, DC and VIRGINIA (102202)

*GOT A TIP REGARDING THE SNIPER SHOOTINGS? Send an e-mail to the MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT: taskforce@co.mo.md.us

*GOT A TIP REGARDING THE SNIPER SHOOTINGS? Call the TIP LINE: 1-888-324-9800

*GOT A TIP REGARDING THE SNIPER SHOOTINGS? Send your tip to: P.O. BOX 7875 Gaithersburg, MD 20898-7875

*WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY REWARD FUND? Montgomery County Reward Fund, Office of the County Executive, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, Maryland 20850

Cindy wonders out loud, "Could "the beltway sniper" actually be operating with a terrorist cell or team versus just one sniper acting alone?"

DAILY STAR.com.lb - THE DAILY STAR Lebanese News: "WHAT HAS AMERICA ACCOMPLISHED?" -Opinion Commentary by Joseph Samaha (OPINION-COMMENTARY NOTE: Mr. Samaha is the editor of the Beirut daily As-Safir. He wrote this opinion-commentary for The Daily Star. OPINION-COMMENTARY SNIPPET: "But Washington will come under increasing pressure to wait and see what is really going on. The last few days have demonstrated that Sept. 11 was part of a larger scheme by a terrorist organization pursuing a specific goal. Many intermingling factors are at play that would become even more confused if the world were to engage in a new war. The issue cannot be looked at in isolation of what is taking place in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, as well as in Kuwait. It is not in anyone's interests to undermine the stability of the world's biggest Muslim nation (and the fourth largest nation in the world). As far as Kuwait is concerned, preliminary investigations revealed the existence of sleeper cells closely influenced by what is taking place in Palestine. Moreover, can terrorism be divorced from the internal situation in Yemen? The Americans don't have to look far to see what might happen if they insist on pursuing their vendetta against Iraq. In the very heart of their capital city, a lone sniper has been picking off people at random, sowing panic, and bringing ordinary life to a standstill. What is going to prevent small bands of terrorists from doing the same? The Washington sniper might not be a terrorist; but who says that terrorists cannot be snipers?") (101902)

NY POST.com: "OSAMA'S RIFLEMEN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An al Qaeda suspect in custody in Belgium told American investigators he saw members of the terror organization training snipers in preparation for attacks on U.S. soil, a source told The Post last night.") (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Nizar Treblisi.) (101802)

BUSH COUNTRY.org - Opinion Corner: "TERROR SITE PROVIDES DETAILED HANDBOOK FOR KIDNAPPING AMERICANS" by Jeremy Reynalds (ARTICLE NOTE: The alleged "Islamic terrorist web site" is located at http://www.mojahedoon.net/vb/showthread.php?ss=ff63659f8868e5c8be7d813cc8ab9971&threadid=3006) (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An Islamic terrorist web site, is hosting a guide providing detailed instructions on how to kidnap American citizens. The handbook offers a variety of information, such as choosing an appropriate location and dealing with the need to properly stake out an area where a potential kidnapping is to take place; having the necessary "tools of the trade," and ways to mask the real location of an area where a kidnap victim is being taken.") (101702)

ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES Spokesperson Unit: "EXTREMIST ISLAMIC WEBSITE PUBLISHES GUIDE: 'HOW TO KIDNAP AMERICAN CITIZENS'"(101402)

WORLD TRIBUNE.com: "HOW TO BOMB THY NEIGHBOR: HAMAS OFFERS ONLINE 'ACADEMY'" (100302)

WorldNetDaily.com: "NEW AL-QAIDA TRAINING TAPE SHOWS ANOTHER SIDE OF TERROR Captured Video Reveals Plans for Home Break-ins, Killing Police, Drive-bys, Golf Course Assassinations" by Joseph Farah (090402)

NY POST.com - Post Opinion - OpEd Column: "MILITANT ISLAM'S NEW STRONGHOLDS" by Daniel Pipes and Jonathan Schanzer (COLUMN SNIPPET: "This can be seen especially in the cases of Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nigeria, three countries with a combined population of about 494 million inhabitants. Their Muslim population of some 378 million constitutes about a third of the global Muslim community.") (102202)

ALBAWABA.com: "WORLD'S FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ISLAMIC SATELLITE TV CHANNEL TO LAUNCH IN RAMADAN" (ARTICLE NOTE: The Islamic satellite TV channel is identified as Al-Majd2. ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""There are approximately 100 million satellite TV households across the Islamic world," Ghazzawi said in a statement, adding that transmission will begin from studios in Dubai, Riyadh and Cairo.") (102102)

Would you please repost the THE DAILY STAR Lebanese News article as a separate thread.

I would like to bookmark this to be able to bring it up to the PC Freepers who defend PC police chiefs.

This editor is saying what I have been saying since last night and hinting at since the sniping started: "The Americans don't have to look far to see what might happen if they insist on pursuing their vendetta against Iraq. In the very heart of their capital city, a lone sniper has been picking off people at random, sowing panic, and bringing ordinary life to a standstill. What is going to prevent small bands of terrorists from doing the same? The Washington sniper might not be a terrorist; but who says that terrorists cannot be snipers?"

Thanks Dave

Be sure to ping me if you do post it as a separate thread.

Here is the updated timeline:

Timeline on sniper shootings in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C.
By Associated Press, 10/22/2002 13:01
Shootings linked to Washington, D.C.-area sniper:

5:20 p.m. Oct. 2: Window shot out at craft store in Aspen Hill, Md. No one hurt.

6:04 p.m. Oct. 2: James D. Martin, 55, of Silver Spring, Md., killed in grocery store parking lot in Wheaton, Md.

7:41 a.m. Oct. 3: James L. ''Sonny'' Buchanan, 39, of Arlington, Va., killed while cutting grass at an auto dealership in White Flint, Md.

8:12 a.m. Oct. 3: Taxi driver Prem Kumar Walekar, 54, of Olney, Md., killed at gas station in Rockville, Md.

8:37 a.m. Oct. 3: Sarah Ramos, 34, of Silver Spring killed outside post office in Silver Spring.

9:58 a.m. Oct. 3: Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera, 25, of Silver Spring slain as she vacuumed her van at gas station in Kensington, Md.

9:15 p.m. Oct. 3: Pascal Charlot, 72, of Washington, D.C., killed while standing on Washington street.

2:30 p.m. Oct. 4: 43-year-old woman wounded in craft store parking lot in Fredericksburg, Va.

8:09 a.m. Oct. 7: 13-year-old boy wounded as he is dropped off at school in Bowie, Md.

8:15 p.m. Oct. 9: Dean Harold Meyers, 53, of Gaithersburg, Md., killed at gas station in Manassas, Va.

9:30 a.m. Oct. 11: Kenneth H. Bridges, 53, of Philadelphia killed at gas station in Fredericksburg.

9:15 p.m. Oct. 14: Linda Franklin, 47, of Arlington, Va., killed at home improvement store in Falls Church, Va.

8 p.m. Oct. 19: 37-year-old man wounded outside steakhouse in Ashland, Va.

6 a.m. Oct. 22: Conrad Johnson, 35, fatally wounded on bus in Aspen Hill, Md., dies later at hospital. Link to sniper not immediately established.