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Picture of Tamberlan Tsarnaev as "Loser" with "No American Friends" Doesn't Wash [View all] alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 OP

you're not pushing a false flag theory, are you? ZRT2209 Apr 2013 #1

I do hope you're joking...I don't go in for that kind of nonsense alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #2

I agree with you - They did it. At least I have not heard any evidence to the contrary. But this is Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #14

Unless their parents are Russian. The mother is in Russia eg, not Chechnya. I agree with your sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #54

... scarletwoman Apr 2013 #3

I second your face palm Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #27

Welcome to DU! Fumesucker Apr 2013 #4

He is the one who claimed that he had no American friends. LisaL Apr 2013 #5

Yes, I know...that's how the post you're responding to starts out alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #6

Why would he lie about not having American friends? LisaL Apr 2013 #7

Meh, people say a lot of things alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #10

Brendan Mess would be the same guy that was viciously murdered? LisaL Apr 2013 #16

Indeed alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #18

Throat slit. Sounds like it was a pretty grizzly murder to me. LisaL Apr 2013 #22

Indeed...nasty business, that alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #24

Triple murder, I imagine a very bloody crime scene. LisaL Apr 2013 #28

Happens all the time alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #29

I would certainly hope so. LisaL Apr 2013 #30

I don't think alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #31

I've seen it reported that way. LisaL Apr 2013 #33

Yes, and other reports alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #34

Autopsies just called it "sharp force injuries to the neck." LisaL Apr 2013 #36

Right, which could mean stabbed or slit, though the same paper reports it as stabbed at the time alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #37

Note their bodies were found covered with marijuana DeltaLitProf Apr 2013 #41

How much is needed to cover a body? A sprinkle? No skin showing? Just noticing the phrase could uppityperson Apr 2013 #44

Or in a messy, disorderly crime, whatever cannabis happened to be out alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #46

Because his best friend was MURDERED. WinkyDink Apr 2013 #56

he's an unemployed drop out who was supposed to be devout, but knocked up his GF... left her family bettyellen Apr 2013 #9

She is his legal wife, not his girlfriend. LisaL Apr 2013 #19

not when she got pregnant, she wasn't. bettyellen Apr 2013 #20

His family seem to be upset about quite a few things. LisaL Apr 2013 #21

He might have had no once close to him that he considered a close friend.. HipChick Apr 2013 #17

His uncle seemed to be avoiding a witch hunt at his door upi402 Apr 2013 #8

Pretty scared guy. bluedigger Apr 2013 #11

Yes, it sure is understandable. n/t upi402 Apr 2013 #23

The truth about people is rarely simple. bluedigger Apr 2013 #12

No doubt alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #13

Setting off bombs and killing cops probably didn't get him many American friends... HooptieWagon Apr 2013 #15

a lot of times a depressed person can feel he is not loved, have no friends regardless seabeyond Apr 2013 #25

his uncle is saying something different lately -- he's saying more or less that the guy was led HiPointDem Apr 2013 #51

Don't forget his own brother was/is an American... nt riderinthestorm Apr 2013 #26

I don't know Spider Jerusalem Apr 2013 #32

I don't doubt that this transformation (seemingly noticed by everybody) alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #35

So the two issues to examine could be: flamingdem Apr 2013 #38

I think that's right...both are also very scary, which is why the "friendless loser" narrative alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #39

Absolutely nothing you posted contradicted him as more of a loner alienated from American lifestyle. KittyWampus Apr 2013 #40

"sociopaths are very good at getting along with people" defacto7 Apr 2013 #47

He is married and has a child and his in laws share their home with him freely Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #57

Sometimes when recent immigrants applegrove Apr 2013 #42

He set himself apart whether it was because he felt his values were superior... cynatnite Apr 2013 #43

Maybe he had "no American friends" because he had just murdered them... dkf Apr 2013 #45

Yes, we are discussing this issue at length in this very thread, but notice how many people hung out alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #48

You define who your friends are. dkf Apr 2013 #49

there's no evidence that he murdered those three people. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #52

Very weak sauce alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #55

Maybe, but if Columbine is any indication, we're stuck with it Recursion Apr 2013 #50

It's very difficult to move people off of alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #53