Posted on 04/21/2013 11:25:24 PM PDT by Cronos
Ali Tepsurkaev was at work on a construction site in Nantucket when his boss approached him to deliver the news: the two prime suspects had been identified as ethnic Chechens
“I was so upset, I couldn’t work,” said Mr. Tepsurkaev,
Until a few days ago, most Chechens in the United States lived largely anonymous lives. Few Americans even knew what and where Chechnya was.
Now, two Chechen brothers are at the center of one of the most serious terrorist attacks on the United States since Sept. 11, 2001. While the motivations behind the bombings are still unknown, the attack has made Chechnya, a mostly Muslim region in Russia, a focus of American scrutiny, and it has thrust Chechens living here into an unwanted spotlight.
Several Chechens in the Boston area and elsewhere said the attack had left them feeling exposed — and embarrassed. Some worry about being branded terrorists in a country that they credit with offering them sanctuary.
Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in two vicious wars between Russian troops and Chechen separatists in the 1990s and early 2000s. The wars led to widespread destruction in Chechnya and spawned a violent Islamist insurgency that created even more misery.
...Mr. Tepsurkaev, who has a wife and 3-year-old daughter, said seeing two Chechens held responsible for the Boston attack had left him feeling irrational guilt.“Most of us would be dead right now if it wasn’t for the United States giving us a home and saving us from all the violence,” he said. “It feels embarrassing for us. After all this hospitality we’re getting from Americans, to hear that some Chechen....” he said, breaking off. “It’s hard. It’s difficult to explain.
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Exactly!
Senator Byrd had a name for people like this.
They do not have to worry as Americans lack the moral strength and the will to expel them. Their taxpayer funds will keep flowing.
>> The roots of evil must be sought in America.
Nice try, bucko.
THE ROOT OF THE EVIL IS IN MOHAMMED (PISS BE UPON HIM!) AND THE DEATH CULT HE FOUNDED!!!
America is “guilty” only of being stupid and naive and letting these muslim vermin come to this country and breed.
Liberals always worry more about potential backlash against a minority than they do about the majority members that are actually attacked, maimed, and killed. Liberalism is always about championing the minority regardless of the situation.
[“I was so upset, I couldn’t work,”]
Working with explosives is never a good idea when you’re upset.
The devils may have been partially raised in the US but their views were ISLAMIC
The never seems to happen in an ARMED and free society.
moozlum belief is the core of hatred and violence...moozlum.
Lee Malvo and John Muhammad killed 10 people and injured others. Nidal Hasan killed 13 and wounded 32. The Chechens killed 4 people and injured many others. How do you measure "most serious". Death total? Drama?
bump for later...
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