Word: snipering
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...suburban Washington, D.C., you're hardly alone. FBI, CIA and local police forces are also puzzled - and residents are terrified. While we're largely in the dark about the shooter's cause, motive or methods, a few theories have emerged. What do we know so far about the sniper...
...other hand these shootings probably don't originate with al-Qaeda. Foreign terrorists, as we've come to understand them in the post-9/11 world, are not prone to calling attention to themselves. They prefer to get in, act, and get out as silently as possible. This sniper is taunting the police, surfacing again and again to perform identical crimes. This kind of violence is more in line with domestic terrorism, a la Eric Rudolph, the man suspected of bombing several abortion clinics in the South - and a suspect in the Atlanta Olympic bombing...
...rounds found in some of the victims can be used in many different kinds of guns, including hunting rifles and military weapons. Another bit of evidence surfaced late Tuesday: a tarot card with the words, "Dear Policeman: I am God" scrawled across it. Did it actually come from the sniper or from a prankster? That's one more mystery for investigators to ponder. A side note on the tarot card: those familiar with tarot card meanings say that whoever left the card at the crime scene probably doesn't know much about tarot or how to read cards. The death...
...Around Kabul over the 72 hours leading to Saturday night's bombing, a 107mm rocket overshot one of the largest ISAF installations in the city and a search located twelve more that had misfired; a U.S. soldier was shot by a sniper; and in Gardez, two hours to the south, a video store was bombed and a rocket fired at U.S. special forces. These rocket attacks have become increasingly common, launched by timers as basic as a punctured water bucket fixed to drain at a measured speed and complete an electrical circuit, or as sophisticated as electrical boards rigged...
...technique that Israeli forces employed during fighting earlier this year in the West Bank's Balata refugee camp. Once inside a building, Israeli forces moved to the next one by cutting holes in the adjoining walls. That kept the Israeli troops largely inside and safe from Palestinian sniper fire. The U.S. has a wide range of wall-breaching weapons, ranging from M-1 tanks to exploding tape to crowbars. Traveling through walls, though time-consuming, also helps troops elude the booby traps that are often rigged to doors and windows...