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Yes, the Sniper Was a Terrorist by David Tell, for the Editors 11/04/2002, Volume 008, Issue 08 AN INTERESTING THING happened in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia last Thursday, as the nation woke up to the news that two people thought to be responsible for the Washington area's recent wave of sniper murders had finally been arrested. Out "there," beyond the Beltway, print reporters scrambled to find out anything and everything they could about the suspects, 41-year-old John Allen Muhammad and 17-year-old John Lee Malvo. And, meantime, cable talk-show bookers--to whom the wait for fully established fact is...

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCERhttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/93311_tacoma29.shtml Muhammad, Malvo linked to crimes herePolice say guns loaned to pair were used in shootingsTuesday, October 29, 2002By MIKE BARBER, LEWIS KAMB AND CANDACE HECKMANSEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERSTACOMA -- Handguns provided by a friend of two men accused of being the D.C. snipers were used to kill a young mother here in February and to blast a synagogue here in May, authorities said last night.The guns were loaned to John Allen Muhammad by an acquaintance who allowed the former Fort Lewis soldier and his young companion, Lee Boyd Malvo, to stay at his home, authorities said.Accusations of a link...

<p>October 29, 2002 -- 'WHY now? Why? Why? Why? Why? That's the question I think everyone is asking." So agonized the half-brother of Lee Malvo, the alleged 17-year-old sniper, baffled by the causes behind the Washington, D.C.-area shooting spree that left 10 people dead.</p>

The car that investigators have portrayed as a killing machine used by the Washington-area snipers is getting its first thorough examination by detectives looking for clues that would explain how the men were able to roam the region and kill so many without detection. Among the items in the cluttered Chevrolet Caprice that will draw the most attention from police: a laptop computer, walkie-talkies and possible gunshot residue in a rifle port drilled in the trunk, law enforcement officials told The Sun.