Bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical (bald man with a long reddish beard)

[Tx4obama]

Bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the years before the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert who steered the religiously apathetic young man toward a strict strain of Islam, family members said.

Under the tutelage of a friend known to the Tsarnaev family only as Misha, Tamerlan gave up boxing and stopped studying music, his family said. He began opposing the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He turned to websites and literature claiming that the CIA was behind the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and Jews controlled the world.

"Somehow, he just took his brain," said Tamerlan's uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, who recalled conversations with Tamerlan's worried father about Misha's influence. Efforts over several days by The Associated Press to identify and interview Misha have been unsuccessful.

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Then, in 2008 or 2009, Tamerlan met Misha, a slightly older, heavyset bald man with a long reddish beard. Khozhugov didn't know where they'd met but believed they attended a Boston-area mosque together. Misha was an Armenian native and a convert to Islam and quickly began influencing his new friend, family members said.

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Full article here: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bomb-suspect-influenced-mysterious-radical

[geek tragedy]

1. Shows the folly of "this was blowback for ____"

Dude was a crazy bigoted fundyclown.

[Tx4obama]

3. Probaby the only good thing about the bombing is that it is going to help to expose...

... the crazies on some of the extreme republican right-wing nuts and show how dangerous their rhetoric is.

[Enrique]

2. I think the family is just messing with the reporters n/t

[Tx4obama]

5. The Uncle said several days ago that there was a family acquaintance...

... that told him that the older brother was being radicalized there in Cambridge.

[dipsydoodle]

4. ZZ Top ?

[jberryhill]

6. I'm thinking Yosemite Sam

Didn't know he was Armenian, though.

[geomon666]

8. I thought it was Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart

[Tx4obama]

9. He looks a bit like gun nut James Yeager

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/11/james-yeager-gun-ceo_n_2460452.html

[snooper2]

7. Was he posting in creative speculation?

[Tx4obama]

10. Kick :) n/t