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Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 06:48 PM Apr 2013

Officials: Bombing Suspect Says He and Brother Acted Alone

Source: CBS News

Officials: Bombing suspect says he and brother acted alone

April 22, 2013

BOSTON Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told authorities from his hospital bed Monday that he and his brother acted alone in last week's attack, officials said.

CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports that Tsarnaev, injured from the manhunt that led to his capture, is cooperating with authorities. He is communicating via writing because a gunshot wound to his neck rendered him unable to speak. Two officials also told The Associated Press that evidence indicated he and the second suspect, his brother, were motivated by religion.

On Monday Tsarneav was indicted with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill, and he could face the death penalty if convicted. A magistrate judge went to the hospital to conduct the initial appearance, an official at the Federal Courthouse in Boston confirmed to CBS News.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57580837/officials-bombing-suspect-says-he-and-brother-acted-alone

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Officials: Bombing Suspect Says He and Brother Acted Alone (Original Post) Hissyspit Apr 2013 OP
I wonder what the idiot thinks he accomplished. louis-t Apr 2013 #1
Probably what John2 Apr 2013 #2
He threw a major metropolitan area into chaos and fear for a week... bobclark86 Apr 2013 #3
Wanted to kill as many of the infidel zentrum Apr 2013 #10
Not fear for any of the big-club's banskter class, it seems, but if the 1% keep screwing... Amonester Apr 2013 #11
No credibility from the Mainstream Media dawn frenzy adams Apr 2013 #4
Horseshit. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2013 #5
Exactly ... Wernothelpless Apr 2013 #6
@CBSNews: UPDATE: @CBSNews has learned that investigators believe the Boston bombing suspects helped Hissyspit Apr 2013 #19
So you think he John2 Apr 2013 #7
Yep ... MikeW Apr 2013 #9
Think, please. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2013 #12
You tell me how much you think John2 Apr 2013 #13
In fact, John2 Apr 2013 #14
Who says they were "Mercedes-Driving"? brett_jv Apr 2013 #20
+1. nt bemildred Apr 2013 #8
@CBSNews: MORE: Sources say that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was unemployed, made money selling marijuana Hissyspit Apr 2013 #18
Circumstantial but interesting Internet Sleuthing™ Bosonic Apr 2013 #15
Bosonic reveal your John2 Apr 2013 #16
The source is the author at the link Bosonic Apr 2013 #17
 

John2

(2,730 posts)
2. Probably what
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 08:33 PM
Apr 2013

religious extremists think they accomplish. Are you religious? The Trial should be quick. because that is an admission of guilt and motive. I think Lindsey can go back to his room now and find another topic for his fear mongering.

bobclark86

(1,415 posts)
3. He threw a major metropolitan area into chaos and fear for a week...
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 08:44 PM
Apr 2013

Not many people can say they've done that.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
10. Wanted to kill as many of the infidel
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 10:01 PM
Apr 2013

..as possible. That's the end goal in itself. The bomb was meant to work better--to kill hundreds. And they didn't think they'd be caught--so they were just going to keep going: killing the infidel. He's not trying to teach anyone anything. He's trying to rid the world of us.

If what this CBS news report is saying is to be believed.

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
11. Not fear for any of the big-club's banskter class, it seems, but if the 1% keep screwing...
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 10:10 PM
Apr 2013

They should study History of economic struggles through the ages as soon as possible, methinks.

Disclaimer: Not suggesting anything. I am for everybody stopping all senseless violence.

dawn frenzy adams

(429 posts)
4. No credibility from the Mainstream Media
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 09:00 PM
Apr 2013

I just don't believe anything that comes from the Mainstream Media. They continue to show how incompetent, irresponsible, and racist they are. America's so called Fourth Estate is Public Enemy #1.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
5. Horseshit.
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 09:14 PM
Apr 2013

Neither one of them worked and the wife of the elder was a care taker. As desperately as we need people like her, they aren't paid shit.

Who. Funded. Them.

Wernothelpless

(410 posts)
6. Exactly ...
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 09:17 PM
Apr 2013

This is nonsense ... not believable ...

Smug, arrogant, and too well-dressed in some of those pics ...

Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
19. @CBSNews: UPDATE: @CBSNews has learned that investigators believe the Boston bombing suspects helped
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 06:39 PM
Apr 2013

@CBSNews: UPDATE: @CBSNews has learned that investigators believe the Boston bombing suspects helped finance their plot through drug sales.

 

John2

(2,730 posts)
7. So you think he
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 09:36 PM
Apr 2013

is lying? So you believe they were sent here to kill people? The younger brother is a college student. He also lived in an apartment with his brother. He also smoked marijuana. His brother got plane tickets from somewhere to take a trip to Russia. His parents also work and he has a sister attending College in another country. So you actually believe they are poor and have no sources of income? They don't seem like the kind of people on welfare. I also understand his mother was in business herself, when she was in the United States according to an article on here.

MikeW

(602 posts)
9. Yep ...
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 09:59 PM
Apr 2013

Im familiar with rents in that area ... if you have income from 2 or 3 roommates it can work.

Since neither of these 2 worked Id say its dam near impossible even if the wife was funneling money to them.

If the parents were sending them money that will be discovered by the FBI.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
12. Think, please.
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 10:20 PM
Apr 2013

Mother and Father were both Chechen lawyers who came here - she ended up a hair dresser with an arrest record for theft and he worked on cars in the empty lot behind a rug retailer.

The wife of the elder is reportedly a college dropout working as a caretaker (likely making minimum wage with who knows how many clients) who is working 70 to 80 hours a week.

And you want us to believe that these Mercedes-driving kids have the means and where-with-all to not only pay their bills, but their tuition, the gym memberships AND single-handedly fund, orchestrate and pull off the most dramatic attack on US soil since 9/11?

Yeah, okay.

You run with that.



 

John2

(2,730 posts)
13. You tell me how much you think
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 11:43 PM
Apr 2013

it would cost to make these bombs and buy or get fire arms? It seems to me a person like Timothy McVeigh knew how to orchestrate a similar operation. Do you think he was wealthy? I imagine the younger brother did have financial assistance to pay for school, including cost of living allowances if you know anything about that. College students have all kinds of means of getting extra income, and I guess you are not familiar with the streets. There are a lot of ways kids get money that you don't know about and probably want approve of. He claims they learned how to make the bombs on the internet. He probably found out how to obtain the resources too. And if I'm not mistaken, some of those materials seems to be very common and cheap.Just what expenses do you think they spent?

 

John2

(2,730 posts)
14. In fact,
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:00 AM
Apr 2013

just a quick search on the Internet gave me the answer. The type of bombs they made are cheap, according to the internet. You can make one Bomb for as little as 80 dollars. and I definately know you can buy guns, especially hand guns on the streets very cheap. Especially with the gun laws in this country, you can buy just about anything.

brett_jv

(1,245 posts)
20. Who says they were "Mercedes-Driving"?
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 10:20 PM
Apr 2013

Where'd you see that? And what YEAR cars are we talking about? You can buy a Mercedes for $200 if it's really old and crappy. And I mean, they're not in rags, but I've never seen shots of them in $3000 Canali's or anything like that. Plus, they well may have had parental help. Which, sure, the FBI will 'find', how do you know they haven't 'found' just that? And maybe the folks went back to Russia cause they're lawyers there and could make much more money there, and were helping their kids ...

I mean, I just don't see evidence for jumping to the conclusion that there's no way they could live their 'lifestyle', which by no means sounds extravagant from anything I've ever heard, without the financial aide of ... well, I dunno WHO you are suspecting of funding them? Who is it exactly you're getting at? The CIA? The Bin Laden family? The KGB?

70-80 hours a week from the elder's wife, a little welfare, some money from the parents, a scholarship/financial aid, a little dope-dealing ... can easily explain how these guys could afford a used mercedes, some gym training, and decent clothes. You make it sound like they're rolling $100K cars and flying their private planes around or something ...

Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
18. @CBSNews: MORE: Sources say that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was unemployed, made money selling marijuana
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 06:38 PM
Apr 2013

@CBSNews: UPDATE: @CBSNews has learned that investigators believe the Boston bombing suspects helped finance their plot through drug sales.

 

John2

(2,730 posts)
16. Bosonic reveal your
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 07:18 AM
Apr 2013

your source. That piece is insinuating more people were involved and they knew the two brothers carried out the acts, while they just observed. Now they are coming up with some theory to get the brothers off, while the one brother alive, has basically admitted guilt and the reason why. There are also people on the right believing Obama is trying to take their guns and train minorities to take over. You sure your source isn't some rightwing nuts? And let me make this clear for any rightwing nut, I'm not a religious nut on either side. I think you are all nuts and should be placed in an asylum!

Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
17. The source is the author at the link
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 08:01 AM
Apr 2013

I've only been aware of him/her for the last week; I think they joined in the crowd scene Where's Waldo bomber hunt prior to the 18th, and were as unsuccessful as all the other Internet Sleuths (including DU), so there's that.

Insinuations? Lots. Evidence? Tangential, mainly tweets and an uncovered bomb story. Interesting? Well, I thought so. Rightwing? Didn't strike me as particularly political at all, no ODS.

As I said, YMMV.

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