Two Black Men Arrested in the Beltway Sniper Case

Is a Muslim group called Jamaat al-Fuqra involved?

Let's hope it's really over. John Allen Muhammed (a.k.a. John Williams) and his reputed stepson Lee Malvo have been arrested.

Gee. Who'da thunk it? After all, a White Guy Loser was supposed to be the Number One suspect. And a terrorist was just out of the question.

Call me Mr. Cynic, but when I heard the news, the first thought that came to mind was I wonder how many paragraphs into their lead story it will be until the New York Times identifies the race of the individuals arrested. (I haven't looked yet, and I'm not even sure I will.)

A tipster to a local radio program this morning claims the government is investigating the involvement of a [Black] Muslim group called Jamaat al-Fuqra, members of which may have been involved in the kidnapping and murder of journalist Daniel Pearl.

P.S. Remember, a few years back, two black men robbed, kidnapped, and murdered two white students of Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio? It was a regional story, so it was big news here. A caller to the same local radio program said he figured out the race of the individuals involved (black criminals, white victims) without hearing anything about their race. How? The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published its first story on the crime without mentioning anybody's race!

P.P.S. I hear that the terrorists who have taken 700 hostages in a theatre in Russia have allowed the Muslims among their hostages to leave. Gee. What do you suppose that means? That the terrorists are... Swedish evangelical Christians of Jewish ancestry? Naaaaaahhhhhh.........

Update: you may notice that I have placed "Black" in strike-out and brackets before "Muslim" in one place above. I had originally had "Black Muslim" in both places where the word "Muslim" (singular) appears. I decided that it was incorrect, fixed it in the subtitle, but forgot to fix it in the text.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Thu. 10/24/02 08:10:30 AM
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