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autorank

(29,456 posts)
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 06:26 AM Apr 2013

Tamerlan Tsarnaev trip to Russia – 2012

Tamerlan Tsarnaev trip to Russia – 2012 2012 By Michael Collins
Link: http://agonist.org/tamarlan-tsarnaev-2012-trip-to-russia/

The Russian newspaper Izvestia (4/24) reported that during his 2012 trip to Russia, Tamerlan Tsarnaev attended a conference sponsored by the Fund of Caucasus, “which cooperates with the U.S. organization Jamestown” [Jamestown Foundation], a nonpartisan DC based research organization. The paper reported that the July 2012 conferences and others like it are used to recruit intelligence assets to gain information and influence in the Caucasus region. The United States and regional ally Georgia compete with Russia to win the favor of peoples and regional powers for energy transport and exploitation. (Image)

Izvestia reported that this information came from the Republic of Georgia Ministry of Internal Affairs Counterintelligence Department. The Fund of Caucasus denied any connection to Tamerlan and the other allegations from in the Izvestia article.

Link: http://agonist.org/tamarlan-tsarnaev-2012-trip-to-russia/
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev trip to Russia – 2012 (Original Post) autorank Apr 2013 OP
Oops!! malaise Apr 2013 #1
Maybe cuz he'd been convicted of a crime? freedom fighter jh Apr 2013 #3
False. GeorgeGist Apr 2013 #5
Pretty scary but . . . freedom fighter jh Apr 2013 #2
I wonder which side they John2 Apr 2013 #4

freedom fighter jh

(1,782 posts)
3. Maybe cuz he'd been convicted of a crime?
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 06:43 AM
Apr 2013

Not sure the CIA has authority to override absolutely everything.

freedom fighter jh

(1,782 posts)
2. Pretty scary but . . .
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 06:41 AM
Apr 2013

unfortunately it makes sense.

The MSM coverage of this whole thing has been too "feel bad now, feel good now," just like 9/11. The "feel bad" part wasn't the news media -- it was so horrid that there was no need to exaggerate. But after Dzokhar's capture it just felt like too much of "Aren't the police just wonderful?" Well, maybe they were just wonderful, but it was just eerie.

 

John2

(2,730 posts)
4. I wonder which side they
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 07:09 AM
Apr 2013

support in the Syrian Civil War? I also wonder what they meant about U.S. atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan. I think it depends of which sect of Islam you support. The U.S. has supported both sides at one time or another. The U.S. don't trust the Russians and the Russians don't trust the U.S. when it comes to each others Terrorists.

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