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Major Media Catches Up with DitL After Only One Year
10/19/2003
Evidence has emerged linking Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad with an Islamic terror group.
Muhammad has been connected to Al Fuqra, a cult devoted to spiritual purification through violence.
The group has been linked to British shoe bomber Richard Reid and the murderers of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan last year.
On October 5, 2002, I analyzed the "message" of the sniper attacks as being consistent with Islamic terrorism, and a commenter reminded me of al Fuqra (which I really should have thought to mention on my own, but hey, I was a relatively new blogger back then). Then, on November 3 of that year, I noted a Richard Reid/John Muhammad connection by way of Antigua and suggested that Muhammad's past suggested terrorism much more than "lone nut."
One day, just for fun, I'm going go through all of my posts and make up a rough scorecard to see how much that can be classified as predictions turned out to be correct. I'm sure I've gotten plenty of things wrong, but my sense is that I'm not doing too badly. Better than the average New York Times columnist, I'd wager.
Posted by Justin Katz @ 07:48 PM EST