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In reply to the discussion: Search for marathon bombing suspect locks down Watertown, surrounding communities [View all]AAO
(3,300 posts)131. I bet we don't start a war with Russia over this.
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alp227
Apr 2013
OP
Ahh they checked the pics. They probably have a fairly complete profile on him already.
avaistheone1
Apr 2013
#3
Notice how CNN is waiting to verify this report after the screw up the other day?
TeamPooka
Apr 2013
#4
They're looking for the second one; they seem to know where they're going...
JenniferJuniper
Apr 2013
#5
If it's the bombers, what would make these numbnutz stay in the same city days later?
TwilightGardener
Apr 2013
#10
I believe flights out were stopped by authorities that day to prevent that, and road blocks.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#33
WHDH is reporting the first suspect died; hard to know what to believe at this point.
JenniferJuniper
Apr 2013
#19
It's possible they had someone in Boston and then had to pull them and move them to Texas
davidpdx
Apr 2013
#67
Just heard on local Boston news that the suspect that was shot and killed was from
smirkymonkey
Apr 2013
#108
Doesn't look like either of the two guys who shot up Watertown today, though.
AverageJoe90
Apr 2013
#42
Then our OP may be wrong. I've only seen a pic of 'dude' who was released there in Waterdown.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#46
But the television station is still continuing to show pics of the bombers right now:
freshwest
Apr 2013
#49
TV keeps saying it is them. Still looking for IEDs and SWAT on the scene. Robots scooping up IEDs.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#79
MIT is in East Cambridge in a very mixed area student/blue collar/high end condo & commercial area
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2013
#66
Live television says they will be detonating a bomb soon at an intersection in Watertown soon.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#75
Police now say, on camera, no controlled explosions are planned (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#84
I heard that on the live tv link. I hope no one is in there, except the suspect.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#82
The live news link is describing them as willing to anything at all, no matter how violent - well,
freshwest
Apr 2013
#90
Live from the police: suspect #1 shot and has now died, #2 (was 'white cap') at large
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#83
What I heard was "Suspect 1" lit and threw a bomb but not far enough....
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#95
No...LEO have said it's not. saying both are foreign nationals w/possibly military backgrounds
Roland99
Apr 2013
#99
The family name is of Russian origin, region identified as Russian - probably Orthodox not Muslim.
leveymg
Apr 2013
#114
Looking for other uses, I find "Said Tsarnaev" and "Ruslan Tasrnaev"
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#115
I think that's saying "non-Slavic/non-Christian", not "Christian non-Slavic"
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#121
No, but if you want a motive for a Chechen who attacks the American public
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#149
Everyone wants to promote the notion that there is a vast terrorist network.
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#150
msnbc now saying they're from Turkistan (former Soviet republic or city in southern Kazakhstan)
leveymg
Apr 2013
#117
Sounds like Papa doesnt have a clue what the good son was doing back in the US....
Pachamama
Apr 2013
#135