IIRC the Russians tried to warn us but we ignored it. I could be wrong, too busy to find the cite at the moment.
FYI
I still suspect the Russians were in-part behind the 911 attacks.
Chechnya is a sore subject in Russia, however. Moscow fought two bloody wars to keep the republic under its control, and even now, the Caucasus insurgency occasionally makes itself felt more widely in Russia, with terror attacks in Moscow or other cities.
>>The trial of Dzhokar Tsarnaev has gripped America, but in Russia the Boston bombers trial has received little media coverage, with even the arrival of five Tsarnaev family members from Russia to testify receiving no attention.<<
Or as Pravda calls him, “Donny Smith.”
Clarificaion: Dzokhar killed his brother Tamerlan.
Dzokhar aimed his stolen SUV at the officers engaged in the shoot-out.
He missed the cops......but he ran over Tamerlan and sped away....dragging his brother to death attached to the SUV's undercarriage.
The family of the convicted marathon bomber is in America, on your tax dollars, and survivors are outraged after learning the news. As of Thursday, family members of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have been staying at the Hampton Inn in Revere under very tight security, just one of the things tax dollars are paying for.
FOX25's Sharman Sacchetti investigated how much this trip is costing you. Sources say these family members are being called as witnesses and not only that, at least three agencies are working around the clock to protect and transport them. This is all part of the defense team's strategy to save Tsarnaev.
While it's unclear when their flight started, we know the last part of it came through Amsterdam and landed at Logan Airport and cost nearly $2,500 per person. The cost to put them up at the Hampton Inn at the government rate: almost $200 per night, per person. And a source says at least three agencies, the FBI, US Marshal's and Revere Police are involved in constant protection.
I think you're probably talking about $100,000 plus in that neighborhood in terms of security and out of pocket costs associated with travel, former US attorney Michael Sullivan said. And that's just for this trip. Lawyer fees or even what all witnesses during the trial cost is still unclear.
One defense witness, Mark Spencer of Arsenal Consulting, charged $375 per hour and billing taxpayers for $150,000. Governor Charlie Baker said, It's a federal trial, it's a federal case, the feds ultimately need to make the decisions about this. Baker was non-committal about how resources are being used, even state ones. Sullivan told Sacchetti that while he understands taxpayer outrage, the whole point is to make sure it's done right. (Excerpt) Read more at myfoxboston.com ...
REFERENCE Federal outreach to Muslim American communities is a pillar of Obama counter-terrorism strategy
Washington post | 5/25/2013 | ap / FR Posted by tobyhill
Within hours of the Boston Marathon blasts, government officials and Muslims in Boston called each other to offer assistance. These calls were the fruits of years of cultivating such relationships in an effort to ultimately prevent the very type of attack Boston experienced April 15....
Representatives from the US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security called to offer support to Muslim communities......just in case THEY suffered backlash or threats. (more on FR).
ISLAM IS ALL ABOUT TRIUMPHALISM Bostonians better prepare for the US govt subsidizing the building of a mosque close to the Boston Marathon finish line b/c Islam is all about "triumphalism"......they'll get lotsa help from Democrat Obomba, Democrat Secy of State Kerry, and the Democrats currently running Boston govt.
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Then-US Sen Kerry's "credentials," presented to Ohaha when the Secy of State job became available.
BTW, this is the mosque where the Tsarnaev's worshipped