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New to the forum, and from Sweden (english being my second language). You have been warned.
We don't get a lot of coverage on this issue over here, so I don't have a lot of the latest or in-depth news, but still I think it's a really interesting case (not being acctually AFFECTED by these kind of things helps, if you're trying to observe and analyse, rather than emote).
About the Zodiac references: I personally think that this is a bit to... "blunt" for someone as cryptic as the Zodiac, especially considering the "I am God" statement (not even considering the fact that he "quit" a while ago). Rather, it seems likely that this is either the police-offender communication (through media) that someone noted, or (maby more likely) something not directly linked/a nutcase statement.
About the serialkiller/mass murderer definition: If I recall (from some of my work on the Moscow serialkiller Tjikathilo [Swedish spelling]), the leding investegator did a lot of groundwork on the issue of the serial killer mind. Most often, a serial killer attacks and kills people in an attempt to release pain and anguish (which, actually, works). The catch is that it works like a drug; the more you use it, the less effective it gets, which increases the "dosage", thus speeding up the killings, lessening the proffessionalism, which is what is generally ment by a killer "wanting to be caught" (most often not true, just a result of the methods getting "sloppier").
Also, a serial killer does NOT get this release of anguish if the killing is impersonal. As it has been noted in the military proffession, killing from a distance is helluvalot easier than getting close and personal with knives.
If this is a definition that's "true", it would suggest that what we're dealing with here is not the serial killer-type, but rather the mass murderer, which has no general defenition, other than a person killing a lot of people (doh), thus including anything from spree killers to politically motivated killers (not terrorists). This is not to suggest that a mass murderer could not "slip" into the serial killer-role, which sometimes happens as the killings become more rapid and the "distance" (between attacker and victim) decreases.
The possiblity of this being some Al-Quaida cell, it seems (to me) unlikely. Terrorist attacks are usually openly confirmed (as the political content of the attacks would otherwise be lost) and they are (in the Al-Quaida case) more symbolic; as it was suggested earlier in the thread, embassies, noteable structures, specific ethnic groups and high profile officials might be targeted, not just the (demographicly) "random" people. As for the killings to be motivated by an urge to "kill Americans", it may well be, although it also seems rather unlikely aswell, since the "American archetype" seldom includes any minorities.
The link to the Iraq-issue (in form of a "lone veteran") seems, if not more likely, at least more interesting.
As for the emotion-part; I hope that they catch the guy (quick). Though, hoping doesen't help very often (unless you're doing it in that Chaos-mage type of way).
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