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NotAJerry wrote:These guys don't fit any kind of normal profile for someone who would successfully pull off something like the marathon bombing.Look up their social media profiles and you will disagree. At some point in time they went radical Muslim and their own comments and who they follow only backs that up. And these aren't social media accounts that just popped up in the last few days, they have been around for quite a while.
Purple Haize wrote:When it comes to Jihad there is no nationality, just Islam. Or it's radicalized formRight!
lynchburgwildcats wrote:I went through the twitter account for the younger brother - @j-Tsar - and there is some weird stuff on there. It's spaced out over a long time, so no one would have ever really been able to connect it, but in hindsight it makes sense now. Can't see the older brother's twitter posts because he has his account set to private.Typo on the twitter handle, it's @j_tsar, not @j-tsar.
Plus the older brother Favorited or subscribed to some rather radical Muslim stuff on youtube. He also made a playlist called "Terrorists"
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4everfsu wrote:I think the Boston terrorist bombing is more damaging to the USA then 9/11. Not in the amount of American citizens killed but in a psychological way. Two terrorist have shut down a major USA city for a day and maybe longer. Can you imagine if we had bombings in NYC, LA, Chicago, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Miami and others in a coordinated terrorist attack? America would be crippled for a day, etc.But on the other hand, you can use all the commotion of the start and the race to get the bombs in place when people aren't going to be paying attention to you. TO have them set off at start time, run the chance of people noticing of you doing suspicious things when placing the bombs before the race because people aren't paying attention to all the runners. And I've never been to a marathon because quite frankly I have no reason to, but my guess is that a lot of people that don't know anyone running wouldn't show up for start time?
Now imagine if a terrorist bombing took place at a small town celebrations, Americans would be very scared.
BTW if I was a terrorist which I am not, just in case the FBI is reading this. I would have planted bombs at the start of a race for maximum damages vs the finishing line.
Just my thoughts.
lynchburgwildcats wrote:apparently Tamarlan Tsarnaev was investigated by the FBI two years ago about extremist ties but found nothing and closed the file.Which begs the question: did the FBI miss something, or did Tsarnaev become so enraged by the investigation that he decided to become a terrorist?
ATrain wrote:The investigation was requested by a foreign government. They had some info that the FBI was unable to confirm.lynchburgwildcats wrote:apparently Tamarlan Tsarnaev was investigated by the FBI two years ago about extremist ties but found nothing and closed the file.Which begs the question: did the FBI miss something, or did Tsarnaev become so enraged by the investigation that he decided to become a terrorist?
ATrain wrote:Trust me Haize, the aloe has been used liberally on my feet, face and arms.I'm glad you stopped your description when you did.
NotAJerry wrote:Everything after the initial bombing is going to end up on a lot of terrorist "how not to do it" training videos.He did pretty good for awhile. I would have been in Canada or half way to Mexico not next door, but that's just me! He may have been trying to wait them out to get to people he knew could help him.
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