On October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper attacks began.

On October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper attacks began. This was a series of coordinated sniper attacks in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The attacks lasted three weeks and resulted in the killing of 10 people.

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October 3rd is also the anniversary of the Mogadishu, Somalia raid.

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Today’s feature article was written by JWR.

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Tomorrow, we will be announcing the prize winners for Round 102 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest.