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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 12:06 PM Apr 2013

Tsarnaev's Parents and Their Conspiracy Campaign Have Gone into Hiding

ALEXANDER ABAD-SANTOS 10:05 AM ET

Anzor Tsarnaev's heavily publicized trip to the United States in search of "justice and the truth" about his sons has been postponed abruptly, and Zubeidat, the mother of Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar, has apparently left her home in Dagestan — on the same day reports surfaced that she was placed on a terrorism watch list, too. And just like that, these two outspoken, conspiracy-churning parents became a lot harder to find on your television screen.

After cooperating with FBI investigators for two days of (possibly fruitless) questioning this week, Zubeidat and Anzor Tsarnaev are now laying low. CNN has the report on their undisclosed whereabouts:

The parents of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects have left their home in Dagestan for another part of Russia, the suspects' mother Zubeidat Tsarnaev told CNN Friday. She said the suspects' father, Anzor Tsarnaev, is delaying his trip to the United States indefinitely.


That's a little weird, considering how comfortable the Tsarnaevs seemed to be in the spotlight. Since his sons' names were released last Friday, Anzor has steadfastly maintained that he would be coming to the U.S. to make sure his son was kept safe and look into his charges of a setup. The Associated Press and Russia's state news agency had reported that he was scheduled to fly Thursday, but then Anzor said he was sick and missed the first day of questioning with U.S. officials who traveled to Russia this week for interviews with the parents and others in and around the southern Russian region of Dagestan. (Sky News reports that he did eventually cooperate with investigators there.) According to CNN, his wife, from whom he is separated, had called an ambulance for Anzor on Thursday, when they held a joint press conference together in Makhachkala, Russia. According to Reuters, Anzor said at the event that he hadn't yet bought a plane ticket but still had his travel plans:

full article:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/tsarnaev-parents-news/64617/
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dballance

(5,756 posts)
1. Good! I Was Tired of Seeing Them.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 12:09 PM
Apr 2013

I respect the fact they are parents and wish to think the best of their children. But the evidence that has been presented thus far seems pretty overwhelming that they're guilty. It's probably good for Dzhokhar that any trial will be years in the making so that people can calm down and be more objective by then than they are right now.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
13. I'm talking of their location. As long as they're in Russia, they're safe from the USA.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 11:40 PM
Apr 2013

And they don't even need a lawyer to tell them to shut up. Could be they just decided it was a smart thing all around. Or they have gone off the grid. EOM.



emulatorloo

(43,982 posts)
14. What about their son's lawyer?
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 11:55 PM
Apr 2013

If I was his representative, I would tell them to STFU. They are a PR disaster.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
15. For his benefit, if they're in contact. But if they stay in Russia, never to return, and that is
Sat Apr 27, 2013, 12:01 AM
Apr 2013
what some earlier stories said, they themselves are in no danger.

Do you get what I mean?

It seems like everyone wants to have a cat fight tonight. Some days are just like that on DU.

Just speculation on the internet.




Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)
8. She was supposedly told that the warrant would not be executed
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 12:53 PM
Apr 2013

if she came back to see her son. I'm not sure who said that and if it was the correct jurisdiction, but what good can she do her surviving son here?

I truly think she's just off her rocker from shock - not that she approves of the bombing - but this lady needs quiet in a stable environment, not to be plunged into a media pressure cooker. She can't handle it and I do believe it is not good for the son's defense.

magellan

(13,257 posts)
6. I wonder if they were threatened
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 12:49 PM
Apr 2013

We've all read that the Chechnyan rebels weren't pleased to be associated with this nutcase's "darling" sons.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
9. The Aunt says she was, at least that's what she said to pressfortruth.ca
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 12:59 PM
Apr 2013

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I don't know if you can trust uncle Ruslan, the Arthur Anderson lawyer, and I don't really know how they like the parents of the alleged bombers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2739231

magellan

(13,257 posts)
10. Wow, I had missed that thread
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 01:18 PM
Apr 2013

And I'm kind of glad I did. I'm running on too little sleep this morning to delve into consideration of Uncle Ruslan's corporate connections.

I was thinking in more simple terms, like "Your sons have brought US scrutiny to us Chechen rebels, we don't like it, shut up or else."

There's little doubt in my mind that that woman is unhinged, and has been for a while. All kinds of people will have various reasons for wishing her to disappear.

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)
7. Maybe the lawyers contacted them and told them to shut up
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 12:51 PM
Apr 2013

Which would be a good thing for the defense, I think. I'm sorry for their suffering, but they are doing neither themselves nor their remaining living son any good - and his life is on the line.

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