[ellery]

The more developments that trickle out, the more this doesn't seem like AQ to me. It does, however, seem to track with Hamas, Hizbollah or Islamic Jihad. We know the various terrorist groups "compete" to see how many Israeli innocents they can kill (whoever can kill the most gets the most new recruits). Could we be seeing a challenge here to AQ's global terror dominance by another group (e.g., Hizbollah recruiter: those crazy AQs, they just murder people for fun. WE murder people to get fellow Muslims released from prison, or for blackmail $$$...)

[Alberta's Child]

. . . it does, however, seem to track with Hamas, Hizbollah or Islamic Jihad.

I speculated on another thread that Palestinian terrorist groups would be the last ones on earth to carry out this kind of attack in the U.S. They hate us as much as anyone else does, but they also recognize that this country represents a marvelous source of cash for them. I can't imagine that they would ever want to jeopardize that stream of cash.

[John Jamieson]

Take your pick:

Springfield,VA (Hamas Cell) southwestern corner of I495 loop at I95. Closest to the center of all shootings.

Laurel, MD (Al Qaeda Cell) on I95 toward Baltimore, 8 miles from northeast corner of I495 loop. Closest to Bowie child shooting.

Potomac, MD (Hezbollah Cell) 4 miles west of northwest corner of I495 loop. Closest to western loop shootings

Herndon, VA (Al Qaeda & Islamic Jihad Cells) 10 miles west of I495 loop. A little farther than Potomac.