[NEWS] Explosions near Boston Marathon Finish Line (UPDATE: MIT/Watertown shootout w/ suspects)

Link to Bedside Hearing...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/22/us/tsarnaev-court-appearance.html?hp&_r=0

 

Charles Pierce is a really great writer.

 

MOSQUE: BOMB SUSPECT HAD 2 OUTBURSTS IN LAST YEAR



CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- When preachers told congregants at a mosque in November that it was appropriate for Muslims to celebrate U.S. holidays such as the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, a man who would later be a suspect in last week's the Boston Marathon bombing stood up to argue, the mosque said.

The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center on Monday told about that outburst by Tamerlan Tsarnaev and provided more details on a second one two months later that the group had previously described.

The group said in its statement that Tsarnaev, who was pronounced dead on Friday after a shootout with police, was not a member of its Cambridge mosque but sometimes attended Friday services and daily prayers over the last year or so. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, who was captured Friday and charged Monday with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, showed up sometimes for prayers, the group said.

Two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Monday that the brothers were motivated by religion but appear not to be tied to any Islamic terrorist groups. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.

The troublesome behavior first came in November, just before Thanksgiving, the mosque said. At a weekly prayer, a preacher gave a sermon saying it was appropriate for Muslims to celebrate American holidays. Tamerlan Tsarnaev stood up and argued that "celebration of any holiday was not allowed in the faith."

The preacher met with Tsarnaev and discussed the issue after the service.

In January, the mosque said Tsarnaev had a similar outburst.

This time, the sermon included praise for Martin Luther King Jr., and this time Tsarnaev shouted, calling the preacher a "non-believer" and "hypocrite" who was "contaminating people's minds." Congregants shouted back at him, telling him to leave, and he did.

Later, volunteer leaders of the mosque met with him and told him that he would not be welcome at service if he interrupted again. The group said he continued attending sometimes and did not cause any more problems.

 

I wonder if boxing or steroids affected his brain any? Oh well, it wouldn't explain the younger one.

 

I'm sure it affected his brain some, but I think the religious teachers he had and the Internet had more of an influence.

 

Immaterial to the subject (I think), but interesting dateline to this piece. Fammingham is about 30m west of Boston, on the Mass Pike.

the story itself is of primary interest, in light of the "facial" story above, which implies the mom had some influence over Tamerlan.

Boston bombing suspects' mother subject to arrest if she returns to U.S.

By JOSH GERSTEIN | 4/22/13 6:55 PM EDT
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—The mother of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing reportedly wants to return from Russia to the United States to visit her surviving, badly-wounded son, but she may get a rude reception if she does come back: being placed under arrest.​

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under...her-subject-to-arrest-if-162347.html?hp=l1_b1

 

apparently we had a bead on Tamerlan- would be good to understand why we never pulled the trigger?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect was included in a federal government travel-screening database in 2011 after the FBI investigated the man at Russia's request, two law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press on Monday.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev's name was entered into the Treasury Enforcement Communications System, or TECS, as a routine procedure when the FBI looked into whether Tsarnaev was involved in terrorist activity, the law enforcement officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. TECS is the system used by U.S. officials at the nation's borders to help screen people arriving in the U.S.​

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/senator-says-dead-boston-suspects-name-misspelled

 

runs him down, throws him under the bus.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Boston bombing suspect tells officials older brother was driving force behind attack &gt;<a href="http://t.co/TAZi7I7t2w" title="http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/22/boston-bombing-suspect-tells-officials-older-brother-was-driving-force-behind-attack/">thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/22/bos…</a></p>&mdash; Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/326506830064926721">April 23, 2013</a></blockquote>
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That older brother had to ruin his younger brother's life. What a great brother he was.

 

The younger brother could have just been your average joe, living life like most. But then his brother had to brainwash him. Its a tragedy really.

 

^^^ It's sad and unfortunate if that's the case, but he still killed several and maimed dozens of people. I don't buy the victim angle and I hope the jury doesn't either. That's horse ****.

 

indeed.

 

delete.

 

amazing interactive feature in the NYTimes, showing where runners were when the 1st bomb went off, and their stories:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/22/sports/boston-moment.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

 

You think they will torture him for answers?

 

Shootout pictures

 

He apparently brainwashed his own wife so probably not a lot of doubt that he influenced his brother but that's no excuse for murder.

 

Yea, how can his brother do that to him? Why he make him blow up innocent civilians and kids like that? Why he make him killed an officer in his car? Why he make him escape from Boston police and have the whole ******* city on lock-down??? Poor little younger brother, lol.

What other boxers you know that are using pressure cookers to blow **** up at marathons because of steroids?

 

They don't have to, reportedly he is cooperating with investigators voluntarily.

 

Wow that guy deserves a standing ovation.