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The sniper started his one-shot murdering the day after Ari Fleischer said "one bullet is all it would take [to remove Saddam]".

There's some indication the sniper is working to a theme of the American People, American Business and the American President: the shooting at Home Depot, the shooting at a Presidential Taxi driver , "Father, mother, priest and King" on the tarot card, the shooting at the gas stations, the shooting of and threats on children.

Continuing on the "children" aspect. Remember Saddam's usage of "baby milk factories", his taking of British children and families hostage during the Gulf War, his constant use of little children in photos. Saddam is fascinated with children as props and pawns.

And in the recent note: "Your childen are not safe anywhere and anytime". That "anywhere and anytime" is the exact phrase we -- the President -- have been demanding in inspecting for weapons in Iraq.

So *NO*, it is *not* apparent to everyone now that the sniper is a lone operative -- NOR SHOULD ANY SO BELIEVE! For safety's sake the best assumption is that this is one act of war, and others are planned.

You have a vivid imagination. But none of the things you point out are very persuasive. Conspiratorially-minded people can conjure up all kinds of things in a scenario like this one to support their theories, but most rational folks are going to now realize this sniper has nothing to do with the ME terrorists. The terrorists don't write long, rambling letters, and there is no indication there is anything political in the content. The terrorists don't go around declaring they ARE God, they call God Allah, etc. Your theory is just too far-fetched given what is now known.