Boston Bombing -- Who Did It?

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Who committed the Boston Marathon Bombing?

  • U.S. Government -- black flag operation

  • Anti-Tax Militia. It's Tax Day, after all.

  • Foreign-born Islamicists

  • Domestic-born Islamicists (sudden jihad syndrome?)

  • Christian Extremists

  • The Jews!

  • Mexican Drug Lords

  • The Mafia

  • Saddam Hussein's Operatives (the George Bush option)

  • Lone nut who doesn't fit any of the above categories


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007ELmO

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Other quotes put them here for 7 years not 1 year. A 12 year old assimilating for 7 years....OK.
 

HomerJS

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What exactly is the "act" you are talking about?

I don't believe I have to spell this out.

9/11 attackers came here with the intent of committing terrorism. They knew they had to fit in to quell suspicion.

I don't think the 10 year old was intending at that time to come over here and grow up to commit terror. Turns out that's what he did. Maybe it was influenced by older brother.
 

SheHateMe

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So? And they aren't Arab. They are Caucasian? Your point?

Several Arab or Arab looking men (Sunhil Trapathi) were named suspects and people believed we were looking for Arabs. The Tamarlan brothers are from the Caucuses. :whiste:

Other quotes put them here for 7 years not 1 year. A 12 year old assimilating for 7 years....OK.

They came to the US in 2003. I think the media meant to say they have been in Cambridge, MA for a year.
 
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Infohawk

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I don't believe I have to spell this out.

9/11 attackers came here with the intent of committing terrorism. They knew they had to fit in to quell suspicion.

I don't think the 10 year old was intending at that time to come over here and grow up to commit terror. Turns out that's what he did. Maybe it was influenced by older brother.

It's not my fault you're moving the goalposts. The poll listed foreign-born muslims. These guys fit the bill. You're trying to act like it's apples and oranges.

Also, I think you're underestimating how important the first 10 or 20 years of life are on one's identity.
 
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According to the NYT they had lived in Kyrgyzstan and Dagestan for years before moving to the US. It's likely the younger one had only lived in Chechnya as a little kid. That being said, it appears likely they lived in heavily Chechen communities in those countries and possibly in the US as well. If anything it sounds like they became more devoutly religious in adulthood. The older one had a video on his Youtube page about converting to Islam and learning to pray "successfully." This is all from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/boston-marathon-bombings.html
 
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SheHateMe

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The poll option is for Muslims not Arabs. You keep making a big deal about them not being Arabs like that makes people wrong.

I guess you missed the part where I said people who were posting on various news media sites were probably swallowing a lot of crow this morning.

Definitively no Arabs. A lot of people swallowing crow this morning...especially people in the comment sections of multiple news websites.

Go away.


I made no big deal about them not being Arabs. I post a photo and you lose your mind.
 
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HomerJS

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It's not my fault you're moving the goalposts. The poll listed foreign-born muslims. These guys fit the bill. You're trying to act like it's apples and oranges.

I'm attempting to point out its not black and white as some foriegn born terrorists who were already terrorists came over here and blew up stuff. Too much useful information is overlooked being simplistic.

But since the 10 year old was born overseas and most likely Muslim you win.
 
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The poll option is for Muslims not Arabs. You keep making a big deal about them not being Arabs like that makes people wrong.

Some people in this thread specifically said they were Arabs, even after the pics were released. Spidey, in particular, called them "middle eastern muslim terrorists" and "Hadjis."
 

JulesMaximus

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So it doesn't appear they have any ties to al qaeda at this point. It does appear that they are muslim extremists.

I'll admit it, I was wrong in my initial suspicions.
 

SheHateMe

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Caucasian Muslim Terrorist Immigrants :<

The Reddit update thread has stopped. They're being DDosed.
 
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nextJin

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The poll should have been public, I was the 3rd person to vote foreign born terrorists. Most everyone on this site was horribly wrong (75%). Especially desura of whom I will probably put on ignore out of his sheer stupidity.

In this case it's a combination of foreign and domestic born terrorists and only because they were here for a decade. I'll give those who voted for domestic terrorists the benefit of the doubt.
 

SheHateMe

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The poll should have been public, I was the 3rd person to vote foreign born terrorists. Most everyone on this site was horribly wrong (75%). Especially desura of whom I will probably put on ignore out of his sheer stupidity.

In this case it's a combination of foreign and domestic born terrorists and only because they were here for a decade. I'll give those who voted for domestic terrorists the benefit of the doubt.

Public? As in, you want to see who voted for what?
 

nextJin

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Public? As in, you want to see who voted for what?

Yep, I want to know who voted for anything other than foreign or domestic terrorist ESSPECIALY

Government cover up
Radical right wing
Anti tax people
Etc

The lone nut (highest avg) was stupid but at least those individuals just didn't know any better and didn't think of absurdities.
 
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Yep, I want to know who voted for anything other than foreign or domestic terrorist ESSPECIALY

Government cover up
Radical right wing
Anti tax people
Etc

The lone nut (highest avg) was stupid but at least those individuals just didn't know any better and didn't think of absurdities.

I don't think any of these were "stupid" picks, other than perhaps the false-flag voters. We simply didn't know. I myself voted for foreign-born Islamic terrorists, but I don't think most of the other choices were obviously silly.

Apparently these guys threw another pressure cooker bomb at the cops last night during their chase/firefight, seemingly eliminating any doubt about whether they are the bombers. Hopefully that will silence the false-flag people. I cannot conceive of any theory under which any government agenda would be furthered by Chechens committing terrorist acts on American soil.
 

Doppel

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I don't think any of these were "stupid" picks, other than perhaps the false-flag voters. We simply didn't know. I myself voted for foreign-born Islamic terrorists, but I don't think most of the other choices were obviously silly.

Apparently these guys threw another pressure cooker bomb at the cops last night during their chase/firefight, seemingly eliminating any doubt about whether they are the bombers. Hopefully that will silence the false-flag people. I cannot conceive of any theory under which any government agenda would be furthered by Chechens committing terrorist acts on American soil.
oh, Don, that is the beauty of false flag. Everything is a new layer. The rabbit hole has no bottom. I haven't checked infowars.com since this morning but I would be SHOCKED if they are not currently still on a false flag kick. Everything is a false flag. Always and more evidence to the contrary is just another layer of deceit.
 

nextJin

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I don't think any of these were "stupid" picks, other than perhaps the false-flag voters. We simply didn't know. I myself voted for foreign-born Islamic terrorists, but I don't think most of the other choices were obviously silly.

Apparently these guys threw another pressure cooker bomb at the cops last night during their chase/firefight, seemingly eliminating any doubt about whether they are the bombers. Hopefully that will silence the false-flag people. I cannot conceive of any theory under which any government agenda would be furthered by Chechens committing terrorist acts on American soil.

Imo they were stupid picks and the last one was just an ignorant choice. The merits were debated in this and other threads but government cover up? The George Bush option? Radical right wing?

Cmon
 

dank69

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Yep, I want to know who voted for anything other than foreign or domestic terrorist ESSPECIALY

Government cover up
Radical right wing
Anti tax people
Etc

The lone nut (highest avg) was stupid but at least those individuals just didn't know any better and didn't think of absurdities.
I voted for "The Jews" if that makes you feel any better.
 

woolfe9998

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Woke up this morning to these articles. Store robbery. Carjacking. Police officer killed. Bombs being thrown during a high speed chase. A firefight. One suspect killed and the other fleeing. It sounds like something out of Hollywood.

Curious about the motive here.
 

SheHateMe

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I voted for "The Jews" if that makes you feel any better.

Me too.


Woke up this morning to these articles. Store robbery. Carjacking. Police officer killed. Bombs being thrown during a high speed chase. A firefight. It sounds like something out of Hollywood.

Curious about the motive here.

They blew up the Boston Marathon. So I guess the motive is...they're trying to get away.
 

Jaskalas

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Going to be tough blaming political or national reasons for Chechens. This is purely religion.
 

woolfe9998

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oh, Don, that is the beauty of false flag. Everything is a new layer. The rabbit hole has no bottom. I haven't checked infowars.com since this morning but I would be SHOCKED if they are not currently still on a false flag kick. Everything is a false flag. Always and more evidence to the contrary is just another layer of deceit.

Yes. With conspiracy theorists, absolutely anything can and will be made to fit into their narrative. When you believe that nefarious evil forces control the flow of information, you're in a closed system of logic where nothing can ever falsify your beliefs.
 

Pr0d1gy

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Yep, I want to know who voted for anything other than foreign or domestic terrorist ESSPECIALY

Government cover up
Radical right wing
Anti tax people
Etc

The lone nut (highest avg) was stupid but at least those individuals just didn't know any better and didn't think of absurdities.

I don't vote in polls that expose the voters for that reason. People should not be pigeon holed for having a varying opinion, being right does not make you smarter...it just makes you right, THIS TIME. The simple truth here is that NOBODY was right on this one, if the official story is true.

Of course, a lot of people find it odd that the suspects waltzed into an area crawling with feds and bomb dogs without being noticed. Here is a good story pointing out some glaring issues with the official story and those two guys being the bombers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR_dPiRHU84&list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg
 

nextJin

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The only surprise I had was that they were originally from a Russia satellite state.

The older brother got the younger kid to go through with it. Apparently he was cool up until a year ago and then lost contact with friends. The older brother was a devoted Muslim according to reports and likely took up the fight of radical Islam.

There was also a third party involved now which is not a surprise.

The only questions left is was the older brother a sleeper cell operative and was this an even more corrordinated operation from foreign elements than what we know.

Last question is why but given the war on terror that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.