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Osama’s Riflemen
Friday, October 18, 2002
By By Niles Lathem & Marsha Kranes
The New York Post Online

Sources noted that some key information is being kept from the public because police want to keep it from the sniper, who they believe has been watching their press briefings and closely following media accounts of the investigation's progress.

An al Qaeda suspect in custody in Belgium told American investigators he saw members of the terror organization training snipers in preparation for attacks on U.S. soil, a source told The Post last night.

One of the planned attacks targeted U.S. senators on a golf course.

Suspect Nizar Treblisi -- questioned by U.S. agents -- said a three-man sniper team trained for attacks while shooting from distances of 150 to 750 feet, the source said.

Investigators plan to ask terror suspects held at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, whether the al Qaeda plot might be tied to the sniper murders in Virginia and Maryland.
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