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Sunlei

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9. If only his older brother had left him out of his plans & he had gone to authorities.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:36 PM

Apr 2013

To late now. I read that when the father went home to russia, the older brother was considered the main 'head of the household' in the younger brothers life. Even if he loved his brother, a 19 year old should know the difference between right and wrong.

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Back at College, Suspect Called Boston Bombs 'Crazy': Classmate [View all] elleng Apr 2013 OP

Hardly a terror cell. Just messed up kids. nt onehandle Apr 2013 #1

26 and 19 are kids now? 26 seems a bit long in the tooth to be a kid. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #5

Yes, they grow up so slow these days. LisaL Apr 2013 #12

"Kid" and "adult" are what you need them to be. Igel Apr 2013 #28

Dumbass made no attempt to run. I guess he thought the cops were too stupid to ID him. nt SunSeeker Apr 2013 #2

I think he wanted to get caught, to be "martyred". truthisfreedom Apr 2013 #3

If that were true, he wouldn't have run over his brother trying to get away from the cops. nt SunSeeker Apr 2013 #4

Right and that appears to have been truly accidental. elleng Apr 2013 #7

Yes. He was wearing a suicide vest, unlike his younger brother. nt SunSeeker Apr 2013 #8

They were arrogent and had it not been for the photo and victim who identified them, they probably snagglepuss Apr 2013 #29

"pot-smoking" itsrobert Apr 2013 #6

Still, the fact that it was mentioned VWolf Apr 2013 #24

Unless it was meant more in the sense of KatyMan Apr 2013 #27

If only his older brother had left him out of his plans & he had gone to authorities. Sunlei Apr 2013 #9

Yes Yes Yes, elleng Apr 2013 #10

yes, siblings & from what I've read, the experts say- Sunlei Apr 2013 #13

Yes, and even when they don't WANT to be impressed by their elder siblings, elleng Apr 2013 #17

These bombings is so easy to do? I guess he was the one to know. LisaL Apr 2013 #11

Yes and no. He said elleng Apr 2013 #14

Aren't we discussing the Boston bombing here? LisaL Apr 2013 #15

Yes, done by 2 young men with family and experiences from area in quote above. elleng Apr 2013 #18

Well, they were just infants, really. LisaL Apr 2013 #19

His brother has been back there recently, elleng Apr 2013 #21

"These tragedies happen all the time in Afghanistan and Iraq." Coyotl Apr 2013 #16

He may have been trying to deflect from his/their family's home territory, elleng Apr 2013 #20

Or, he objects to the USA invading countries on the other side of the world and causing violence Coyotl Apr 2013 #22

but the domestic US bombings that occurred during the Vietnamese War of Independence were directed Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #23

Stumped as well .................. dothemath Apr 2013 #25

Even burning witches was striking at an enemy (real or imagine) of their faith. Bombing an abortion Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #26