Boston Marathon finish line bombings

[cjolley]

If you want to make yourself dizzy just read the wikipedia article about Chechnya and try to make sense of the politics there.

[Dr Mordrid]

If you want to make yourself dizzy just read the wikipedia article about Chechnya and try to make sense of the politics there.

I did. It did. Migraine inducing.

[Brian Ellis]

Well, at least the cops were right a few days ago, when they said the suspects were Caucasian!

[Dr Mordrid]

Older brother being looked at for a triple homicide around the 10th anniversary of 9/11. They were nearly decapitated, Taliban/AQ style.

http://abcnews.com/m/story?id=19015628&sid=3029941&ts=true

EDIT: Charged under Federal law for using a WMD to kill, which makes him eligible for the death penalty.

http://cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?catid=57580752&feed_id=0&videofeed=36

[Brian Ellis]

Older brother being looked at for a triple homicide around the 10th anniversary of 9/11. They were nearly decapitated, Taliban/AQ style.

http://abcnews.com/m/story?id=19015628&sid=3029941&ts=true

That could just be a facile way of closing the case. They have to explain the extreme change of MO

EDIT: Charged under Federal law for using a WMD to kill, which makes him eligible for the death penalty.

http://cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbm...0&videofeed=36

Is there a legal definition of a WMD? If it is a device that can potentially kill three persons, then I drive one every day!

[Dr Mordrid]

That could just be a facile way of closing the case. They have to explain the extreme change of MO

Is there a legal definition of a WMD? If it is a device that can potentially kill three persons, then I drive one every day!

• any "destructive device" defined as any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas - bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine, or device similar to any of the devices described in the preceding clauses

• any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors

• any weapon involving a biological agent, toxin, or vector

• any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life.

[TransformX]

Boston Bombers' Mom Says Sons Only Guilty of Being Muslim

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c2#/video/bestoftv/2013/04/23/pkg-dagestan-mother-speaks-walsh-cnn.cnn

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/22/us-boston-islam-idUSBRE93L15U20130422

Our best hope is that just as the terrorist violence committed by left-wing radicals in the 1960s and 1970s eventually burned out, Islamic radicalism will soon be an unhappy memory. But we'd be foolish to dismiss the darker possibility that a tiny subgroup of Muslim fanatics will continue to pose a threat for many decades to come.

Media blame America for Boston bombings, ignore ties to radical Islam

Muslim Boston bomber was angry because Americans thought Islam was a violent religion

[Dr Mordrid]

Came out today that -

1) the explosives were harvested from fireworks. The elder brother bought a re-loadable fireworks mortar and shells for it.

2) remote detonators were based on toy R/C cars.