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The latest report from the Boston Globe has a new detail about the Tsarnaev brothers plans before the final shootout with police:
Link: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41917_Boston_Bombing_Update-_The_Tsarnaev_Brothers_Were_Headed_for_New_York
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)not NYC.
BeyondGeography
(39,284 posts)Tamerlan only played on the big stage.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Suggest you read replies there.
BeyondGeography
(39,284 posts)Someone please confirm with Dzhokhar that they meant "New York City" so dipsydoodle can move on.
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)That is how you knew it wasn't foreign terrorism but local.
OBL wouldn't have known about a local marathan, but OBL knew of the WTC.
flamingdem
(39,304 posts)It's up to you New Yawk Newww Yawk
BeyondGeography
(39,284 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)yes INDEED
Rex
(65,616 posts)WTF was going on in those two minds? What was the goal? Was it all just for their own egos? Did the brother actually become brainwashed by Islamic extremist videos? This is so fucked up, thankfully Boston kept their shit together and the perps were caught.
If I had a city for a hero, it would be Boston.
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)and like the Lennon killer, they didn't even care who/what/where.
The Lennon killer actually wanted Johnny Carson, but didn't figure out access.
He didn't even care about the person he killed. Just the fame.\
Same here.
Rex
(65,616 posts)15 minutes of fame. This has me thinking more like Columbine and less like 9/11. They wanted to hurt and kill people for sick thrills.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)like Kevin Youkilis.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)They probably would have killed him had he not escaped.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)absolutely.
That guy was one lucky soul.
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)gvstn
(2,805 posts)But I heard that while they were all in the car the brothers were talking in a foreign language and the carjack victim thought he heard what sounded like Manhattan. Either a similar sounding word in the language there were speaking, presumably Russian, or they may have indeed been referring to Manhattan.
I can't remember my source but it was a fairly detailed segment on t.v. or radio.
Cha
(295,913 posts)fuck with NY" because they're on a fucking roll? Insane.
flamingdem
(39,304 posts)If we can make it there we can make it anywhere .. it's up to you New York New Yooork