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Does anyone else suspect a link between the anthrax letters of last year and the sniper attacks of today? They both have taken place at the same time in the calendar year, and in the same manner they terrorize people while killing very few. I have no reason to specifically link the two, but they both seem to be very similar, at least on the surface.

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Of course they're linked, it's one big government conspiracy!!!


MWAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahaha.....

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Hope he stays where he is...

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I hope that he stays where he is...I would not like to see him in this part of town...

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Re: Sniper

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Does anyone else suspect a link between the anthrax letters of last year and the sniper attacks of today? They both have taken place at the same time in the calendar year, and in the same manner they terrorize people while killing very few. I have no reason to specifically link the two, but they both seem to be very similar, at least on the surface.

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Re: Sniper

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Does anyone else suspect a link between the anthrax letters of last year and the sniper attacks of today? They both have taken place at the same time in the calendar year, and in the same manner they terrorize people while killing very few. I have no reason to specifically link the two, but they both seem to be very similar, at least on the surface.

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Re: Re: Sniper

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Originally posted by ToolkiT

I seriously doubt it, the antrax attack seemed to be an organized thing involving multiple people, while the sniper probably is a loner...

The antrax attacks were linked to al quida (or however you spell it) while this snipe is probably just a attention starving loony...
I am amazed how long it takes to find this guy though... he/she must be a pretty smart loony, which makes things even scarier...

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Originally posted by ToolkiT
I seriously doubt it, the antrax attack seemed to be an organized thing involving multiple people,

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How so?[B]There is no reliable evidence suggesting anything either way. It is quite possible that it is a loner or a duo (some profilers have suggested a duo considering the short times between the first batch).[B]

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What makes me think that is the fact any fool can buy a gun get some practice and become a lone sniper, while the antrax attacks took a lot more thought and preperation hinting towards an more organized attack.
But it could be either way indeed, hence all the 'probably's 'seems' etc.. nothing is for sure (except death and taxes... no not death in Texas )

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No, they were never linked to Al Qaeda. AAMOF, domestic loonies are the prime suspects (although Iraq was originally considered a potential source which is how the whole revival of Iraq as an evil empire started).[B]

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The impression we got overhere was that they were pointing to Al Qaeda for those attacks... I should have known better since everything gets blamed on them lately it seems... maybe bush is trying to manipulate us this way to approve his Iraq cause :/

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Why are you amazed? America is a relatively big and relatively free space (and the majority of it is still pretty rural). The smartest thing the loony could do is stop. The only previous such loony to do so was Zodiac (and some theorize that the only reason Zodiac stopped is that he was likely caught for something else or met with his demise some other way), and is the only such known case which wasn't solved. There's a pattern waiting to be found, and it will be found, hopefully sooner rather than later.

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Maybe hollywood brainwashed me too much The US seems to want to give the impression their CIA/FBI/police etc are so smart they can find anybody..
I just figured they would put in a HUGE effort in finding a madman like that...

We had a couple of loonies like that over here and is just as big and even more remote here, but in most cases they do find the killer..

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Sniper

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The impression we got overhere was that they were pointing to Al Qaeda for those attacks... I should have known better since everything gets blamed on them lately it seems... maybe bush is trying to manipulate us this way to approve his Iraq cause :/

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Actually, I think the gov't went out of the way to point out the most likely candidate was an ex US gov't person, a la McVeigh. Something happened to the information en route to your country.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Sniper

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What makes me think that is the fact any fool can buy a gun get some practice and become a lone sniper,

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B]I don't think Hollywood can take full blame there. When one is willing to buy into a fairy tale, somebody's going to tell you one. The FBI and the police will find almost anybody _eventually_. Investigations don't happen instantly, though. The CIA hasn't been even a shadow of itself since the 70s (which in many ways is a good thing, IMO, although there are some negative consequences, i.e. slow intelligence where it matters like 9/11[/B]

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Originally posted by Xenoepist
Its common knowledge that Mr. Bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.

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How do we know this? Apparently it isn't common enough knowledge.

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How do we know this? Apparently it isn't common enough knowledge.

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Statistically, it's the most likely place. (sorry couldn't resist)

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I probably should have spun a new thread for this, but....

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Sorry slightly deviating from the sniper subject and broaching the "Difficulty in Finding Fugitives" issue referred herein. Its common knowledge that Mr. Bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. All that our agencies have to do is ASK the right people. And please don�t ask anybody in Pakistan (ISI) if you want the right answers. Ask (RAW)!

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That presumes that the "right people" are going to tell us the "right things". I would think that most of the people that really know where Bin Laden is either support him (in which case they're not going to tell us the truth), or are afraid of the consequences for telling us the truth (and thus wouldn't tell us anything).

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The question is Do we really want to find him before we are done with our agenda?

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I don't think it matters. If we get Bin Laden, somebody else will simply take his place and we'll pursue that leader. Although I'm afraid support for the "war on terror" (I hate that term), would deminish if we got Bin Laden simply because he's been branded by the press as the terrorist, I would hope people wouldn't be that naive (but then again, I'm not that naive. )

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That presumes that the "right people" are going to tell us the "right things". I would think that most of the people that really know where Bin Laden is either support him (in which case they're not going to tell us the truth), or are afraid of the consequences for telling us the truth (and thus wouldn't tell us anything).

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Statistically, it's the most likely place. (sorry couldn't resist)

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The type of gun used isn't exactly common and ever since the elder Bush signed the first batch of Brady laws, isn't available to any fool.

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I'm not a gun expert nor a gun lawexpert so I'll have to trust you on your word on that one..

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Originally posted by Toby huh? What thought and preparation do you think was involved that couldn't have been conducted by a single person who had access?

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Just a gutt instinct.. is possible by 1 person just seems more logical if there are more people involved.. no evidence on it though...

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Originally posted by Toby What I'm saying is that your 'probably' and 'seems' don't seem to relate at all to the coverage and expertise here where they're trying to catch both guilty parties (and where they have the actual evidence).

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I'm just giving my impression on the whole thing.. nobody knows all details, everybody forms an impression on what info they got..

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Originally posted by Toby Now you're really being silly. Bush was one of the first ones to get on TV and say that Al Qaeda wasn't suspected in the Anthrax mailings. I think the international media and your own desire to see Bush negatively are manipulating you that way.

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I have not seen that speech, you could be right that the media filtered it, however the aussie gov is pretty much kissing bush's behind, so I assume the media would be more biased that way too, but you never know..

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Originally posted by Toby I don't think Hollywood can take full blame there. When one is willing to buy into a fairy tale, somebody's going to tell you one. The FBI and the police will find almost anybody _eventually_. Investigations don't happen instantly, though.

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I do realize things like this take time, but how much time do the people in washington have??
In the movies they solve it within 2 hours, whats stopping them now?

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Originally posted by Toby They are, and unless he stops, they will probably find him relatively soon (weeks or months more likely than days, though).

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Lets hope so...

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Originally posted by Toby [B]I had the impression that the habitable and populated areas were more concentrated in Oz, though (even though the land mass is large).

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I doubt that havent seen much of the US but the sections I have seen were pretty much the same maybe even more crowded in the US...

Australia has 19Million people.. on the same landmass as the US (roughly)
80% of the people live on 20% of the land...
How many people does the US have? lets do the math...

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sniper

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Just a gutt instinct.. is possible by 1 person just seems more logical if there are more people involved.. no evidence on it though...

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The catch is that the more people who are involved, the less likely it is to stay secret. I don't think either case involves more than two people and quite possibly involves only one for that reason. The anthrax letters also seemed to Unabomber-like to be a team. That's my gut impression.

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I have not seen that speech, you could be right that the media filtered it, however the aussie gov is pretty much kissing bush's behind, so I assume the media would be more biased that way too, but you never know..

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The media in this country is rarely aligned with the government.

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I do realize things like this take time, but how much time do the people in washington have??
In the movies they solve it within 2 hours, whats stopping them now?

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Maybe they didn't read the script very thoroughly?

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I doubt that havent seen much of the US but the sections I have seen were pretty much the same maybe even more crowded in the US...

Australia has 19Million people.. on the same landmass as the US (roughly)
80% of the people live on 20% of the land...
How many people does the US have? lets do the math...

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When I said concentrated, I didn't mean more people packed in, I meant closer together than New York and LA (for example).

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Now you're really being silly. Bush was one of the first ones to get on TV and say that Al Qaeda wasn't suspected in the Anthrax mailings. I think the international media and your own desire to see Bush negatively are manipulating you that way.

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