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Lawmaker suggests Boston Bombers had training ahead of attack
Fox News ^ | April 28, 2013 | Fox News

Posted on 04/28/2013 9:08:40 AM PDT by penelopesire

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday he thinks the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were trained in carrying out the attack. Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul told “Fox News Sunday” he thinks suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev had help, considering the device’s level of sophistication and the type of device -- a shrapnel-packed, pressure-cooker bomb. “That leads me to believe there was a trainer,” the Texas Republican said. Homemade bombs built from pressure cookers have been a frequent weapon of militants in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. Al Qaeda's branch in Yemen once published an online manual on how to make one. McCaul also said he thinks the suspects' mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, played "a very strong role" in her Muslim sons' radicalization process and that if she were to return to the United States from Russia, she'd be held for questioning. The suspects are ethnic Chechens who emigrated from southern Russia to the Boston area over the past 11 years. They purportedly dropped, then detonated two bombs near the finish line of the race, killing three and injuring more than 260 others. The 26-year-old Tamerlan was killed several days after the attack in a shootout with police. The 19-year-old Dzhokhar was captured in the manhunt and is now at a medical detention center. McCaul also was critical of the Obama administration, saying just days after the deadly April 15 bombings there was no foreign terrorist connection to the suspects. “They just got captured,” McCaul said. “Yet the narrative being played out by the administration is there is no connection. … It’s a rush to judgment.”

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/28/lawmaker-suggests-boston-bombers-trained-ahead-attack/#ixzz2Rm5RJBVj

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To: thouworm
Tamerlan Wish List
21 posted on 04/28/2013 11:40:21 AM PDT by Lady Jag (If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
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To: thouworm

Perhaps Cap Huff is onto the same track ...


22 posted on 04/28/2013 11:51:08 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: All

It appears that the bunch of balloons rise after the first explosion, followed by the second explosion 120 yards away. The balloons had elevated perhaps 100 feet in the air whent he second explosion happens. I’ve been unable to see if there were balloons down at the second explosion. Whomever was holding the balloons would have had a line of sight —it would appear— tot he first bomb and the balloons may have been the way the signal was radioed to the second bomb. If anyone has video links to the second explosion, from the dept store cammera perhaps, I would like to know if balloons rose up near the second explosion, indicatinf perhaps a third bomb was sup[posed to be detonated via balloon carried signal.


23 posted on 04/28/2013 12:05:11 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Alberta's Child

McCaul referred to a level of “sophistication”. Could call it complex I guess, considering the danger and risk involved in preparing the bomb. I think more on the mark is the fact that, “homemade bombs built from pressure cookers have been a frequent weapon of militants in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen once published an online manual on how to make one”. Maybe the bombers got hold of the manual and followed the directions, but I doubt it because they didn’t blow themselves up. These guys were one notch up from being considered kids - 19 and 20-something, and definitely not electricians. I still say follow the money. Someone supplied the cash - for the trip to Russia, and for the bomb-parts.


24 posted on 04/28/2013 12:13:50 PM PDT by fivecatsandadog (Let's not be so open-minded that our brains fall out.)
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To: hondact200
this “what a difference does it make” is getting to be old

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?!!!!!!!

oh, and bite me.
25 posted on 04/28/2013 12:24:01 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: MHGinTN; Cap Huff
If you were carrying a radio control for detonators, letting balloons carry it away from you after using it would be a way to be ‘clean’ if questioned.

ahh...I get your "drift" now. TY

BTW: Cap Huff is a Freeper, NOT Huffpo

Cap Huff saw a post with a photo of the Kazaks and a handcuffed woman being taken into custody..

This might be it:


26 posted on 04/28/2013 12:25:30 PM PDT by thouworm (DEMOGOGUE: leader who makes use of prejudices, false claims and promises to gain power.)
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To: thouworm

Same wideload as thge balloon female in the bomb-day footage, but the hair is different. However, the female leaning against the building beside whom the balloon female stops DOES fit the scant imagery in the UK photos. I can’t tell exac tly how the balloon carrier has her hair fixed. It appears to be shorter than the white pants feamel from UK photos. BUT a wig could bundle that shock of hair up for a stroll down Boston streets. The sure bet is that several animals were involved int eh bombing, not just Mutt and Joker. I am becoming convinced that the balloons probably carried the radio control signal to the second bomb.


27 posted on 04/28/2013 12:31:35 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: MHGinTN; Fred Nerks
Agree, both women could fit the general shape of the handcuffed woman.

Balloon woman may be wider, heavier (and shorter legs?) than hand-cuffed woman. Look at balloon woman's haircut as she walks down the sidewalk. Odd, but unfortunately, so blurry.

Striped-shirt woman may fit the description. We need better photos. I thought FR posted some stills of balloon woman.

for the BTW: Here is the link for the photo in post 26:

Officials Arrest 3 Individuals In New Bedford in Connection with Boston Marathon Bombing – Including One Woman

28 posted on 04/28/2013 12:59:06 PM PDT by thouworm (DEMOGOGUE: leader who makes use of prejudices, false claims and promises to gain power.)
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To: thouworm; MHGinTN

Yes, that is the photo of the woman taken into custody at the same time as the Kazaks. It was speculated on a thread the other day that she may be the same one with striped sleeves and a large blue bag who seemed to begin using a phone at exactly the moment that Djokhar passed her on the sidewalk. No way to tell from the photo and the surveillance video, but it does make one wonder about the phone lady’s actions.

I never did see a clear picture of the two Kazaks being taken into custody.


29 posted on 04/28/2013 1:33:19 PM PDT by Cap Huff
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To: Cap Huff
I am going blind from watching shaky video footage, but I do believe I can see yellow balloons rising aftere bomb #2 detonates, and the balloons are in between bomb one and two locations. Perhaps a third bomb was supposede to get detonated between the first two but did not for some reason? I have to believe the FBI must have considered the use of balloons to send detonators aloft for 'line-of-sight' capabilities, especially given the amount of smoke generated at or near ground level by the first two explosions. I wonder what the ISraelis have found, where one bomb explodes then more to catch first responders?

The pack of balloons seen clearest after bomb one has soemthing larger than string hanging from the balloons and the pack drifts sort of out over the street as it rises, then swings back towqard the buildings as it gets higher. Down the street, a second pack of balloons appears to rise between sites one and two.

30 posted on 04/28/2013 1:45:07 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: MHGinTN
The pack of balloons seen clearest after bomb one has soemthing larger than string hanging from the balloons and the pack drifts sort of out over the street as it rises, then swings back towqard the buildings as it gets higher. Down the street, a second pack of balloons appears to rise between sites one and two.

Where did you get that? Do you have a link?

In the blurry video we have been watching til our eyes cross, you can see a pink blur in her hand with the balloons. It looks rectangular.

31 posted on 04/28/2013 2:03:49 PM PDT by thouworm (DEMOGOGUE: leader who makes use of prejudices, false claims and promises to gain power.)
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To: penelopesire

Police Say The Naked Man Arrested In Boston Was Not Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Both his nutty parents and his straight up Uncle say they are 100% certain this video is Tamerlan.

On Thursday night while police were hunting in Watertown, Mass. for bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, at one point they arrested a naked man who looks a lot like Tamerlan.

Police say the naked man is not Tamerlan, despite various conspiracy theories going around the Internet.

According to the official account, Tamerlan died after a shootout with cops, riddled with bullets and shrapnel before being run over by his brother who was fleeing the scene in an SUV.

Take a look: I dare you!

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-naked-man-mystery-role-in-boston-2013-4#ixzz2RnIPaCad

FBI

The Watertown police department got back to us via email just to say that the naked man was not Tamerlan Tsarnaev (pictured on right and in high-res here).

The shootout with the Tsarnaev brothers occurred on Laurel Street. The journalist interviewed in this video describes naked man’s capture near Nichols and Dexter, literally down the street from the shootout.

Naked man was apparently stripped, questioned, clothed, questioned some more, and reportedly let go. It’s likely police stripped him because they were under citywide bomb threat and wanted to make sure he didn’t have a suicide vest, but the police did not comment on that.

Needless to say, Business Insider is interested to hear Naked Man’s personal story — send any tips to tips@businessinsider.com.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-naked-man-mystery-role-in-boston-2013-4#ixzz2RnIPaCad


32 posted on 04/28/2013 2:27:00 PM PDT by STD (One day closer to street justice)
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To: thouworm
First balloon pack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxq6KcFy3qk minute 1:20 rising from far left of NBC screenshot

Second balloon pack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNCh5bZAUZs watch against the light colored building in the distance as smoke from #2 rises

33 posted on 04/28/2013 2:47:28 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: thouworm

That pic she resembles the pic of his wife outside her house.. in an untucked shirt, remember that one?


34 posted on 04/28/2013 2:58:58 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: penelopesire

No s#$#, Sherlock.


35 posted on 04/28/2013 3:14:42 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: txhurl

I don’t; do you have a photo link?


36 posted on 04/28/2013 3:20:13 PM PDT by thouworm (DEMOGOGUE: leader who makes use of prejudices, false claims and promises to gain power.)
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To: txhurl
Are any of these photos of Katherine Russell Tsarnaev the one you saw?


Source


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37 posted on 04/28/2013 4:25:09 PM PDT by thouworm (DEMOGOGUE: leader who makes use of prejudices, false claims and promises to gain power.)
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To: thouworm

Yes! The one at the end, where she’d plumped up after she quit working out with Tbro.


38 posted on 04/28/2013 4:31:37 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: MHGinTN

Thank you for the video links. I never saw those before.

I picked out the balloons in the first video-—after watching a few times. I don’t know how you picked that up!!!

Second video: Can’t see any balloons. What time mark?


39 posted on 04/28/2013 4:44:32 PM PDT by thouworm (DEMOGOGUE: leader who makes use of prejudices, false claims and promises to gain power.)
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To: penelopesire
Boston Terror, CIA’s Graham Fuller & CIA Operation-the Caucasus

Saturday, 27. April 2013 by Sibel Edmonds

Graham Fuller: Edmonds’ State Secrets Privilege, FBI Gladio-B Target, Handler-Sponsor of Turkey’s Imam Gulen

A major break in the Boston Terror CIA Connection took place last night when I came across a post outing CIA Operative Graham Fuller as the father of the woman married to Boston terror suspect’s infamous uncle Ruslan Tsarni.

Further confirmation of this bombshell was received via mainstream reporter Laura Rozen here. Let me first provide a few excerpts from the original reporting site (a real alternative media):

Boston Bombers’ Uncle Married Daughter of Top CIA Official

The uncle of the two suspected Boston bombers in last week’s attack, Ruslan Tsarni, was married to the daughter of former top CIA official Graham Fuller . Ruslan Tsarni married the daughter of former top CIA official Graham Fuller, who spent 20 years as operations officer in Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Hong Kong.

In 1982 Fuller was appointed the National Intelligence Officer for Near East and South Asia at the CIA, and in 1986, under Ronald Reagan, he became the Vice-Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, with overall responsibility for national level strategic forecasting. …

Now, take a look at the most explosive aspect of this original report on Graham Fuller’s outing in the CIA Boston Terror Connection [All Emphasis Mine]:

On a more ominous note, Graham Fuller was listed as one of the American Deep State rogues on Sibel Edmonds’ State SecretsPrivilege Gallery,. Edmonds explained it featured subjects of FBI investigations she became aware of during her time as an FBI translator.

Criminal activities were being protected by claims of State Secrets, she asserted. After Attorney General John Ashcroft went all the way to the Supreme Court to muzzle her under a little-used doctrine of State Secrets, she put up twenty-one photos, with no names. One of them was Graham Fuller. …

I presented CIA’s Graham Fuller as one of the top culprits in my State Secrets Privilege Case when the government invoked the State Secrets Privilege and several additional gag orders to cover up the FBI’s investigations and files pertaining to CIA-NATO terror operations in Central Asia & the Caucasus since the mid-1990s.

Guess what? I provided this information to the US media long before it became public in 2008 via my website Not a single media outlet (including quasi and pseudo ones) was willing to touch this. And this, despite of all the gag orders, state secrets privilege invocations, congressional gag orders … you name it. I could name more than a dozen publications that said: ‘no way.’

Not only that. I have been covering one of the main CIA operation figures in Central Asia & the Caucasus-Imam Fethullah Gulen, and this Turkish Imam’s relationship and official Connections to CIA’s Graham Fuller. I’ve been doing this since 2009. Let me provide you with a few explosive examples and excerpts.

Graham Fuller, Crisis Actor Filmed Twice By CNN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbqVqI1cWXc Perhaps budgetary restraints brought on by the Sequester forced CIA Ops Director Graham Fuller to utilize this Crisis Actor at the Boston Bombing and in Watertown where the alleged bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev Attempted to Surrender.

Watch these two videos and make up your mind before the MSM and the Regime closes the historical record forever.

40 posted on 04/28/2013 4:58:01 PM PDT by STD (One day closer to street justice)
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