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Sniper II

Pillage Idiot notes with some cynicism that the Washington area snipers may be headed to his jurisdiction for another trial. He notes that a lot of his neighbors are just as non-plussed by this development.
Of course this is good news for Doug Gansler, the state's attorney for Montgomery County. The extra TV time should just about seal his coronation as County Executive next year after current executive, Doug Duncan launches his race for governor. Sniper John Allen Muhammad is not co-operating with the publicity stunt though. The one positive aspect of this trial is that Malvo and Muhammad are to be tried together. Army snipers operate in teams:

Snipers work and train in 2-man teams. One sniper's primary duty is that of the sniper and team leader while the other sniper serves as the observer.

If they had been tried together in Virginia, we wouldn't have heard the silly speculation as to how important it was to establish who actually pulled the trigger. They were both essential to the operation.

Posted by SoccerDad at May 15, 2005 06:45 AM | TrackBack