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Showing Original Post only (View all)Tamerian Named for Murderous Turkish Warlord, Armenians PISSED! [View all]
"In the absence of established facts, it is difficult to reach an informed conclusion and find a motive for the murderous actions of the Tsarnaev brothersTamerlan, 26, and Dzhokhar, 19. It is interesting to note that Tamerlan carries the name of a vicious 14th-century Turkic warlord who razed entire cities to the ground and butchered millions of innocent people."
"Turning to Ruslan Tsarni, the talkative uncle of the Tsarnaev brothers, who made controversial and contradictory comments disseminated worldwide by CNN, NBC, the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Time magazine, among others. Uncle Tsarni accused an unnamed Armenian convert to Islam from Cambridge, Mass., for radicalizing Tamerlan!"
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/04/23/sassounian-false-accusation-linking-armenian-to-boston-bombings-should-be-condemned/comment-page-1/
This article correctly points out contradictions in the statements of both the mother and Uncle Tsarni.
Even more interesting is the near complete lack of media attention of the trip Tamerian and other members of the family made to Turkey in 2003. Nothing is mentioned of who their contacts were and the purpose of the visit.
"Tamerlan Tsarnaev proceeded through Turkish customs with a Kazakh passport on July 9, 2003, accompanied by three other people who have the same surname and exited from Ankara on July 19, 2003, the minister said.
We think that they [came] as a family. They dont have any connection with Turkey, Güler said. The other three people were identified as Bela Tsarnaev, born in 1987, Aleyna Tsarnaev, born in 1990, and Maret Tsarnaev, born in 1967, Güler said, adding that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did not come to Turkey. Güler strongly denied earlier reports claiming that the bombers had traveled to the United States from Turkey."
I might point out here Turkey shares a border with Iran, for what it is worth. Also, according to Wiki there is only one mosque remaining in modern Armenia, the "Blue Mosque".
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/149335/boston-bombings-suspect-spent-10-days-in-turkey-interior-minister.html
As for myself, I become increasingly skeptical the louder M$M beats the "no outside connection" drum. What we might be seeing, as a correspondent told me, is a protection of C.I.A. assets run amok.
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This is chillingly reminiscent of what happened 50 years ago this November.
Zen Democrat
Apr 2013
#1
Watertown - where Tamerlan was captured cowering in an Ark -- has a huge Armenian population
Berlum
Apr 2013
#17
No you have it backward...the parents left first. Uncle Ruslan took care of the kids left back.
dkf
Apr 2013
#27
I have to admit when I thought you were speculating the parents were CIA I had a good belly laugh.
dkf
Apr 2013
#31
If this Uncle Tsarni has not been in touch with the family how does he know this Misha?
LeftInTX
Apr 2013
#34