Beltway Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary-Thurs., Oct. 24,2002

Fox News, CNN, Press Conferences | October 24, 2002 | Fox News, CNN, Press Conferences

[wewillnotfail]

Overnite, two men arrested while sleeping in their car at a reststop in MD. John Mohammed aka John Williams and his stepson Lee Malvo. Mohammad is thought to be the likely shooter.

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

Frankly, I thought about the Black Muslim connection right off, because of the Zebra killings in San Francisco in teh 70s.

Same thing: a group of Black Muslims drove around sniping at random whites out of a car, killed at least 17 people, and eluded police for almost two years. They called themselves the "Death Angels."

Buckle your seatbelts, folks. I think this is just the beginning. We have an insurgent terrorist army within our borders.

[berkeleybeej]

I'd sure like to know about the timing - when did Chief Moose receive the message that he was supposed to recite the Duck in a Noose. Surely it was way before the stuff hit the fan re: Tacoma.

[Lion's Cub]

Catherine Herridge reporting that snipers had no ID but were identified by fingerprints. They're at "an undisclosed location" for their protection and for the protection of those who captured them.

Well, I hope they've moved them then because those of us who watched this unfold this morning already know where they took them. The Maryland State Police told us in the news conference right after they were arrested.

I was watching on CNN, I think, though it could have been MSNBC or Fox. I was switching around between the three--and I'm pretty sure they all carried it because they were all waiting on it.

[Quilla]

Mornin' all. I'm just checking in and haven't caught up on all the posts. But I do have a thought they may have already been mentioned - If the two in custody indeed are part of a larger group, wouldn't a member of the group want to shoot someone to deflect the blame.

[Catspaw]

Dowdy, the guy who gave the false police report, was inside the Home Depot at the time of the shooting and could not have seen anything.

[blam]

"Do you suppose the guy who gave false witness is a racist - that he really saw the perp and did it to "help" another black? "

This is curious but, I think they said that this false witness was caught on tape in the restaurant during the shooting. That was why they knew he was lying. (Not positive though)

[mware]

If true, it could be why they said the location of the suspects is not being revealed for the protection of the accused AND those who are questioning him.

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

"...islama-homos.....LOL..." I'm told that 'islam' discourages the 'back-door boys'... But I worked with a crazy Welshman once who'd spent quite a few years in the Middle East for several American oil companies. One of his duties, at one of his postings there, was to take a Jeep down the airstrip at night before company planes were due to land to make sure that there were no sons of mohammed buggering each other in the lee of the berms alongside the strip. The fear was that they might scatter and bolt in front of the plane if they were partying when it landed and caught them in it's landing lights. islam... It's a problem we need to solve

Ive been to the Middle East too. From what Ive always heard, homosexuality and pedofilia, and homosexual pedofilia, is not only accepted over there, but encouraged. If a rich Kuwaiti has an orphan boy to use as his sex slave, its the equivalent of an American driving a Ferrari. Its a status symbol.

[Quilla]

oops, they = that

Need more coffee.

[Monty22]

I know that this Catherine Herridge on Foxnews has been up for at least 20 hours or so, just on this story. She's getting woozy and glassy eyed..

[Sacajaweau]

They haven't been sleeping in their car all this time. I'm guessing they were staying with the ex-wife who lives near DC and she was doing the cooking etc..

Understand that she is being questioned also..

Sac

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, I am thinking, if these guys are sleeping in their car, and not watching TV... They may have been a lot less "in" on the recent media coverage than we think. Their stuff hitting the fan would have been on the radio, but not until late last night. Did they miss it?

[berkeleybeej]

Did they miss it?

Very possible.

[Slip18]

Just heard it on the radio upon awakening. Can you fill me in?

[TexKat]

Dog's question of how these two financed their travels is pertinent because they may have been responsible for other robberies as well.

Or they may have been being paid to carry out their careers as murderers.

[Mo1]

Has anyone considered the concept that the "like a duck in a noose" phrase could be code for triggering further terrorist activity.

I did .. and I hope I'm wrong

[Lobbyist]

Mercenaries perhaps?

[MasonGal]

As I was watching Fox last night - poor Brian Wilson - by about 1:00 am looked pretty woozy himself. I know he was up quite a while because I saw him yesterday afternoon at 3:00 beginning his live reporting.

[CobaltBlue]

I didn't see the press conference, but maybe the "duck in a noose" comment was made for the benefit of a tipster who was worried about his/her safety?

[Lion's Cub]

Or maybe this references murders in MD only? VA may not have charged them yet.

Maybe they are holding a few cases back in case something goes wrong with the trial? If they're somehow aquitted, they turn around and charge them with these.