May 22, 2013

I have a really bad feeling about this.

An FBI agent shot and killed a man overnight in Orlando who had ties to one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, NBC News has confirmed.

According to NBC News, a special agent was interviewing the suspect regarding his connections to bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and other extremists. The suspect, who was not immediately identified by officials, was originally cooperative, but he was shot after attacking the agent.

In an additional twist of fate his friend Khusn Taramiv said this

He felt inside he was going to get shot," Taramiv said about Todashev. "I told him, 'Everything is going to be fine, don't worry about it.' He said, 'I have a really bad feeling.'"

Wait did that seem like I was dancing on Todashev's grave? I think I'll double down on that.

Update: Todashev had confessed to being involved in a triple murder in Boston involving one of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's former best friend.

Investigators said Todashev confessed to the FBI that he played a role in a triple murder in 2011 in which three men were murdered in an apartment in Waltham, Mass. Their throats had been cut, and their bodies were covered with marijuana, authorities said. No suspects had been arrested in that case, but officials were investigating whether Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who knew at least one of the victims, was involved.

Investigators said Todashev attacked the agent with a knife as he was about to sign a murder confession.

Any drug use or dealing is considered Haram by Islamist radicals, unless you know, the profits go to benefit the Jihad. That is part of the schism betweemn the Somalis and al-Shabaab. Where Shabaab is very interested in banning the use of khat.

May 18, 2013

Yet another corhole watch begins:

BOISE -- An Uzbekistan national arrested in Boise has pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges he conspired with a terrorist group on a scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction.

Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, appeared before a federal judge at 8:30 a.m. He used an interpreter over the phone to communicate his not-guilty plea.

Kurbanov's trial is now set for July 2, 2013 at 9:30 a.m.[More...]

Boise, Idaho: Feds Arrest Uzbekistan National (Fazliddin Kurbanov) On Terrorism Charges
Perp Was Very Active On His JihadTube Channel
Perp Commented Taliban's Voice of Jihad Website As 'Real News' From Afghanistan

May 17, 2013

Those dang T.E.A. party, Cross worshiping (aka 'shadowy groups') terrorists prolly upset they were targeted by the likes of, and not limited to, the IRS, FBI, DHS, MFM, the Democrats and Bronco Bama!

Oh, wait:

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal authorities in Idaho said Thursday they have arrested an Uzbekistan national accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction.

The U.S. attorney's office said Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested at an apartment complex in south Boise on Thursday morning after a grand jury issued a three-count indictment as part of an investigation into his activities in Idaho and Utah.

The Idaho grand jury's indictment charges Kurbanov with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and one count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. The indictment also alleges he possessed an unregistered explosive device.

A separate federal grand jury in Utah also returned an indictment charging Kurbanov with distributing information about explosives, bombs and weapons of mass destruction.[More..]

h/t MountainPatriot for alerting us to this.

Update: Howie notes the perp has a JihadTube channel. Why, there is no online terrorism to see on this here channel people or anywhere online! Four days ago he added 27 channels to his 'favorites'. I add his channel to my favorite LULZ.

Update II: The blog Different Stans noted The perp thinks the Taliban's "Voice of Jihad" aka "http://alemarah-iea.com/eng is real news about Afghanistan".

They have done excellent 'ground work' on this perp. He hates "Russians, Americans, loves Jihad, explosives and Power Rangers".

Also, from the above blog, the perps feelings in regards to the murder of Fr. Daniel Sysoev, who was short dead in his church in Moscow on November 19th, 2009.

As for a video about the murder of Daniel Sysoev, well, that was alright in Fazliddin's book:

vapervih etot chelavek ne svetoe a kazol potomushto oh sam nachel oskarblat musulman tak vam enado chumoshniki i vapsheto russkie narod kak vi sami govarili sozdani iz obezani obezyanii garilla martishka aran gunani ponemaete kto vi

First, this person is not sacred but a goat because he himself began to offend Muslims, you deserve it you chumoshniki and in general the Russian people like you yourself are created from monkeys, you're monkeys, gorillas, chimps, understand who you are

Who's the loser bitch? You are, and I'm laughing my arse off at you.

Update IV: JihadTuber, He/she/it states country as Azerbaijan, ansarsharia1 appears to have hearted this perp and left a comment on perps channel. No telling if ansarsharia1 aided in radicalizing this assmaggot. .

The above blog, Different Stans, noted how he changed in a matter of a months

Watch as he lurches from hating Russians and loving Idaho to hating American soldiers and then studying how to make bombs...

Boise Man Arrested; Terrorism Charges Filed in Idaho and Utah

Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested Thursday morning in Boise, Idaho, as part of a federal terrorism investigation. Federal terrorism charges were filed Thursday afternoon in Boise and Salt Lake City, Utah. Kurbanov, an Uzbekistan national, legally present in the United States, was living in Boise at the time of his arrest.

A federal grand jury in Boise returned a three-count indictment charging Kurbanov with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, one count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and one count of possessing an unregistered destructive device.

A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment charging Kurbanov with one count of distribution of information relating to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction.

The charges were announced by David B. Barlow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah; Wendy J. Olson, U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho; John Carlin, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the U.S. Department of Justice; and Mary Rook, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Salt Lake City Division.

The arrest was the culmination of an investigation by the FBI’s Salt Lake City Division, which covers Idaho and Utah; and Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) in Idaho and Utah, which include a number of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

Kurbanov’s activities were closely monitored by federal agents during the investigation and any potential threat posed by Kurbanov has been contained. Kurbanov is scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court in Boise tomorrow. He will be transferred to Utah at the conclusion of the prosecution in Idaho.

“Today’s arrest and these indictments underscore our commitment to aggressively and thoroughly investigate those who conspire to engage in unlawful terrorist activities,” said U.S. Attorney Olson. “The thorough and exhaustive work of our JTTF, in partnership with our investigating and prosecuting partners in Utah, Colorado and at the National Security Division, put a stop to this criminal activity and ensured the public’s safety. I commend the men and women at every level of law enforcement, including the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, Ada County and Canyon County Sheriff’s Offices and the Boise City Police Department, who assisted in this effort.”

“One of our highest priorities is disrupting potential acts of terrorism. The coordinated investigation, arrest, and indictments in this case demonstrate the commitment of all involved to do just that. The tireless work of agents, analysts and law enforcement officers to detect and guard against acts of terrorism has helped ensure the safety of the communities they serve,” U.S. Attorney Barlow said today. “The judicial part of the process will now begin in Idaho and Utah.”

“Today’s arrest underscores the need for continued vigilance against terrorist threats both at home and abroad. I thank the many agents, analysts and prosecutors responsible for this important investigation,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Carlin.

“As always, the FBI’s top priority is the safety and security of our nation and its citizens. The indictments and arrest are the result of months of exhaustive investigation on the part of agents, analysts, and officers who worked indefatigably to achieve that end,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Rook.

Idaho Charges

The Idaho indictment alleges in count one that between August 2012 and May 2013, Kurbanov knowingly conspired with unnamed co-conspirators to provide material support and resources to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a designated foreign terrorist organization. The indictment alleges that the material support and resources included himself, computer software and money.

In count two, the indictment further alleges that the defendant conspired to provide material support and resources, including himself, to terrorists knowing that the material support was to be used in preparation for and in carrying out an offense involving the use of a weapon of mass destruction.

The indictment also alleges in count three that on or about Nov.15, 2012, Kurbanov possessed a destructive device consisting of a combination of parts intended for use in converting any device into a destructive device and from which a destructive device could be readily assembled. According to the indictment, the parts were a hollow hand grenade, hobby fuse, aluminum powder, potassium nitrate and sulfur.

If convicted on the Idaho charges, Kurbanov faces a maximum of 15 years in prison on each of the conspiracy counts and 10 years in prison on the possession of an unregistered destructive device count. The Idaho charges are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Aaron Lucoff and Heather Patricco and National Security Division Trial Attorney Larry Schneider.

Utah Charges

The one-count indictment filed in Utah alleges that from about Jan. 14, 2013, continuing through Jan. 24, 2013, Kurbanov taught and demonstrated how to make explosive devices and distributed information relating to the manufacture and use of an explosive or weapon of mass destruction with the intent that the teaching, demonstration and information be used for, and in furtherance of, an activity that would constitute a federal crime of violence.

The indictment alleges the defendant showed internet videos, conducted instructional shopping trips, provided written recipes and gave verbal instructions on where to obtain the necessary components to construct and use improvised explosive devices. The indictment also alleges that Kurbanov intended that the videos, written recipes, verbal instructions and shopping trips be used for training in the construction and use of explosive devices to commit a crime of violence, such as the use of weapons of mass destruction; bombings of a place of public use, a public transportation system or infrastructure facility; or destroying a building in interstate commerce.

If convicted on the Utah charge, Kurbanov faces up to 20 years in federal prison.

The Utah charges are being prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Barlow, Assistant U.S. Attorney John W. Huber and National Security Division Trial Attorney Larry Schneider.

An indictment is not a finding of guilt and is not evidence. Individuals charged in an indictment are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

(If you have questions regarding the Idaho case, please call Pam Bearg, PIO in the Idaho U.S. Attorney’s Office, at 208-334-1211. For questions on the Utah case, please call Melodie Rydalch, PIO in the Utah U.S. Attorney’s Office at 801-325-3206. Questions for the FBI Salt Lake City Division can be directed to Public Affairs Specialist Deb Bertram at 801-579-1400 or by e-mail at deborah.bertram@ic.fbi.gov.)
Related Material [PDF's...ed]:
Utah Indictment
Idaho Indictment

May 16, 2013

I bet this really harshes the #Freejahar crowd's cool.

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left claiming responsibility for the April 13 attack on the Boston Marathon, reports CBS News senior correspondent John Miller.

Sources tell Miller that Tsarnaev wrote the note in the boat he was hiding in as police pursued him, and as he bled from gunshot wounds sustained in an earlier shootout between police and his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

The note, scrawled with a pen on the interior wall of the cabin, said the bombings were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and called the Boston victims collateral damage in the same way Muslims have been in the American-led wars. "When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims," the note added.

Dzhokar said he didn't mourn older brother Tamerlan, the other suspect in the bombings, writing that by that point, Tamerlan was a martyr in paradise -- and that he expected to join him there.

LOL Tamerlan Tspeedbump.

May 15, 2013

Via Autumn Manning:

Please help support #FtHood victims and watch Part 2 of http://truthaboutforthood.com

Heartbreaking, truly heartbreaking for those heroes going through this due to the Obama Administration's refusal to label this attack terrorism.

The "Benghazi terror attack is a 'recent example' of why the Ft Hood attack has been labeled as work place violence. Obama doesn't want to admit terrorism, on our soil, has happened under his watch.

Sadly, Ft Hood hasn't been brought up in the recent 'scandals' (I know they are numerous) of the Obama Administration and it definitely doesn't need to take a back seat. It is part of this administration's politically correct culture of corruption.

Previous:

Obama's Second Terrorism Cover-Up: Ft. Hood

He acted stupidly and the feds rightly busted his arse::

Members of the FBI thwarted a Fayetteville teenager's plan to rob and kill people who did not share his Islamic beliefs, according to documents.

Erwin Antonio Rios, 19, of the 1200 block of Oak Knolls Drive, allegedly planned to obtain a gun illegally and take part in a local religious jihad against non-believers, or kuffar, and members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Rios met with an FBI informant over several months and detailed his attacks. They included robbing armored vehicles, killing guards protecting them, and luring police to a home and setting off bombs, documents say.

Rios adhered to the ideology of radical Islamic extremism groups, according to court documents. Those groups believe violence is religiously justified.

Rios told an FBI informant he wanted to be a soldier for Allah, according to an affidavit signed Feb. 7 by Special Agent Frank Brostrom.

Rios started talking to the informant June 27, after meeting at an Islamic house of worship in Raeford.

[Continue reading]

Nidal Hasan was a soldier of Allah and had a business card to prove it. Disgustingly, the 'jihad' he did is labeled by the Bronco Bama Administration as workplace violence instead of Domestic terror.

Go figure.

May 13, 2013

He speaks Arabic and needed a translator so nothing to see here, miscommunication!

Detroit — Federal agents arrested a Saudi Arabian traveler who arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker, a key component used in the Boston Marathon bombings last month.

Hussain Al Kwawahir appeared for a brief hearing at 1 p.m. in federal court on charges he allegedly used an altered passport and lied to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent about the pressure cooker.[...]

During baggage inspection, officers noticed a page missing from his passport.

Al Kwawahir told officers he did not know how the page was removed from the passport.

During the baggage exam, officers found a pressure cooker.

Al Kwawahir said he brought the pressure cooker for his nephew because the devices are not sold in the United States, according to the complaint.

Later, he changed his story and admitted that his nephew had purchased a pressure cooker in the U.S. but it was cheap and broken[More]

May 10, 2013

They let this subhuman excrement be buried on American soil.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev was buried at Muslim Al-Barzakh Cemetery in Doswell, Virginia. If you decide to pay your ‘respects,’ it will be the fresh unmarked grave.

Update on my previous post on this jihadist:

Abassi studied Chemical Engineering at a Quebec University

A man arrested in a U.S. terror plot in New York April 22 was a graduate student studying chemical engineering at Laval University in Quebec City, CBC News has learned.

Ahmed Abassi's major is "particularly chilling" in conjunction with other evidence presented against him by the FBI, said CBC's Greg Weston.

The FBI alleges Abassi was plotting to kill upwards of 100,000 people by contaminating the air or water supply in a major U.S. city. However, the plan did not materialize any further than discussions.

Abassi is also being linked to Chiheb Esseghaier, one of two Canadian residents recently arrested in Canada in connection with an alleged plot to derail a Via passenger train.

The RCMP said it worked closely with the FBI during the RCMP's investigation into Esseghaier and his co-accused, Raed Jaser. The FBI's parallel investigation led to the charges against Abassi.

"Through our efforts, we assured that at no time did this individual pose an imminent threat to public safety in Canada," said Sgt. Greg Cox.[More..]

May 09, 2013

In fact he more than just knew the VIA plotter, feds say he radicalized Chiheb Esseghaier. Chiheb Esseghaier & Raed Jaser were arrested in Toronto for plotting to detonate a bomb on the VIA trestle linking New York and Ontario at Niagara Falls. So I suppose we can surmise, he is the 'third suspect' arrested in the VIA terror plot.

Full press release is below the fold.

...As alleged in the indictment unsealed today in Manhattan federal court and other documents filed in the case:

Abassi, who previously resided in Canada, traveled to the United States in mid-March 2013, where he remained until his arrest. While in the United States, Abassi, who was under surveillance by law enforcement agents at all times, maintained regular contact with an FBI undercover officer (the UC) and also met with Chiheb Esseghaier in New York City. Esseghaier, who was recently arrested in Canada and is currently incarcerated there on terrorism charges, was previously radicalized by Abassi. During Abassi’s discussions with Esseghaier and with the UC, which were recorded by the UC, Abassi discussed his desire to engage in terrorist acts against targets in the United States and other countries and his intention to provide support and funding to organizations engaged in terrorist activity—including the al Nusrah Front, which is recognized by the U.S. Department of State as an alias for Al Qaeda in Iraq—and to recruit other individuals for terrorist plots. In particular, Abassi discussed with the UC a number of individuals known to Abassi and/or to his associates, whom he described as like- minded and who, in his view, would be willing to engage in terrorist activity[...]

The indictment charges Abassi with two counts of knowingly making false statements in an application to the immigration authorities for a green card and work visa in order to facilitate an act of international terrorism. Each count carries a maximum term of 25 years in prison.

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and Raymond W. Kelly, the Police Commissioner of the city of New York (NYPD), today announced the unsealing of charges against Ahmed Abassi, a Tunisian citizen, for fraudulently applying for a work visa in order to remain in the United States to facilitate an act of international terrorism. Abassi was arrested on April 22, 2013, and was presented and arraigned on May 2 before U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum. Judge Cedarbaum has scheduled a conference in the case for 3:00 p.m. today.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said, “As alleged, Ahmed Abassi had an evil purpose for seeking to remain in the United States—to commit acts of terror and develop a network of terrorists here, and to use this country as a base to support the efforts of terrorists internationally. Thanks to the extraordinary vigilance of our prosecutors and law enforcement partners, Abassi has been thwarted and is being prosecuted for his alleged crimes. Protecting the residents of the Southern District, and all Americans, from terrorists is the number one priority of this office.”

FBI Assistant Director in Charge George Venizelos said, “As alleged, Mr. Abassi came to the United States to pursue terrorist activity and support others in the same shameful pursuit. What Mr. Abassi didn’t know was that one of his associates, privy to the details of his plan, was an undercover FBI agent. The FBI and its Joint Terrorism Task Force partners will continue working tirelessly to protect the country from those who seek to do us harm. “

NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said, “The allegations in this case serve as still another reminder that terrorism has not abated, that we must remain vigilant, and that when we do, terrorist plots against us can be thwarted.”

As alleged in the indictment unsealed today in Manhattan federal court and other documents filed in the case:

Abassi, who previously resided in Canada, traveled to the United States in mid-March 2013, where he remained until his arrest. While in the United States, Abassi, who was under surveillance by law enforcement agents at all times, maintained regular contact with an FBI undercover officer (the UC) and also met with Chiheb Esseghaier in New York City. Esseghaier, who was recently arrested in Canada and is currently incarcerated there on terrorism charges, was previously radicalized by Abassi. During Abassi’s discussions with Esseghaier and with the UC, which were recorded by the UC, Abassi discussed his desire to engage in terrorist acts against targets in the United States and other countries and his intention to provide support and funding to organizations engaged in terrorist activity—including the al Nusrah Front, which is recognized by the U.S. Department of State as an alias for Al Qaeda in Iraq—and to recruit other individuals for terrorist plots. In particular, Abassi discussed with the UC a number of individuals known to Abassi and/or to his associates, whom he described as like- minded and who, in his view, would be willing to engage in terrorist activity.

On April 12, 2013, Abassi and the UC discussed Abassi’s efforts to recruit others for terrorist plots and that he might be able to obtain immigration documents to remain in the United States, purportedly in order to work for the UC’s U.S.-based company. In reality, Abassi made clear that he wanted to obtain immigration documents and to remain in the United States so that he could engage in “projects” relating to future terrorist activities, including recruitment. Thereafter, Abassi made false statements on two immigration forms, under penalty of perjury, and subsequently mailed those forms to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for processing.

* * *

The indictment charges Abassi with two counts of knowingly making false statements in an application to the immigration authorities for a green card and work visa in order to facilitate an act of international terrorism. Each count carries a maximum term of 25 years in prison.

The charges and arrest of Abassi are the result of the close cooperative efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force—which principally consists of agents and detectives of the FBI and the NYPD—and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Mr. Bharara also thanked the National Security Division and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for their ongoing assistance.

The prosecution is being handled by the Office’s Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit. Assistant United States Attorneys John P. Cronan, Michael Ferrara, and Benjamin A. Naftalis are in charge of the prosecution.

The charges contained in the indictment are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Related:
Canadian VIA Terror Plot: Terror Suspect Chiheb Esseghaier Appears In Court
States Terror Charges Don't Matter, 'Criminal Code' Not Based On Holy Book..
Canadian Terror Plot: Chiheb Esseghaier Used Al Qaeda Flag As Avatar For Linkedin
Canada: Major Terror Plot (Perps: Chiheb Esseghaier & Raed Jaser) Thwarted
Bumped: Perps Were Receiving Support From Elements of Al Qaeda In Iran
Targeted U.S. Train
Canadian VIA Terror Plot: Suspect Chiheb Esseghaier's Parents: 'Son Was Radicalized In Montreal Mosque'

Garbage dump?

Meanwhile, a very disturbing in the dark thingy: Boston police chief says feds never shared warnings about Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Boston and Massachusetts law enforcement officials confirmed Thursday that federal agents left them in the dark on the growing warning signs about Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the run-up to the Boston Marathon bombing.

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, in testimony on Capitol Hill, said his officers on a joint terrorism task force were never told about an explicit warning from the Russian government or about Tsarnaev's travel to the Chechnya region last year. Davis said he would have liked to have known about that activity, and that it "absolutely" would have merited a second look at Tsarnaev.

Davis and Massachusetts homeland security official Kurt Schwartz testified that their officers were not looped in on Tsarnaev until after the bombing.

"At no time prior to the bombings did any member of the Massachusetts State Police or the fusion center have any information or knowledge about the Tsarnaev brothers," Schwartz said. {More....]

"The future doesn't belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam"~ Barack Obama

May 06, 2013

Via Malkin

Barack Obama’s violent Chicago domestic terrorist pal is still clinging to his bombs. Guilty as hell, free as a bird.

At Kent State this weekend, he defended the Weather Underground attacks, whitewashed the bloody consequences of his ideological zealotry, attacked the United States as the “most violent” country in the world, called John McCain a mass murderer, and glorified left-wing radicalism. Via the Akron Beacon Journal:

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Spit

Update: Jason Mattera tried to confront Robert Redford over his movie about the Weather Underground "The Company You Keep". Redford's film glamorizes the domestic terrorists bitches so Jason asked him "will you glamorize the Boston Bombers next?

>>>>Crickets<<<<

Don't miss Jester's connecting of the tweets of Jahar Tsarnaev's Twitter fan club.

. I’ve been watching the fallout from the Boston Bombing with great sadness and a deep personal interest. I have made a few observations, and that’s all they are. I will outline them below.

Please bear in mind this is just a theory, a hunch. But if it looks like a bus, and drives like a bus, it’s probably a erhhm.. bus. I am simply presenting facts and backing up with evidence. Your conclusions are your own. So, I have kinda had my spidey sensors out and all over this since the atrocity occurred and I started to get a whiff of something very stinky.

And it goes a little something like this.

About that there thwarted terrorist attack in Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The FBI says it believes “a terror attack was disrupted” when authorities raided a western Minnesota mobile home.

The FBI arrested 24-year-old Buford Rogers on Friday, after a search of his home in Montevideo turned up Molotov cocktails, suspected pipe bombs and firearms.

The FBI said in a Monday statement that it believes “the lives of several local residents were potentially saved” by the search and arrest. The agency says a terror plot was discovered through analysis of intelligence gathered by local, state and federal authorities.

The statement doesn’t offer further details about the extent or manner of the alleged plot.

His email is downwithclown@hotmail.com and here is his facebook profile.

I dunno I live near the Gathering and we've actually had less than expected trouble out of the Juggalos. A little dope, one death from heat exhaustion, some general nudity and obnoxiousness. A few scraps. Nothing blowing up or anything like that.

I'd say, no need to freak out at this time.

May 04, 2013

Thanks to the Bronco Bama Administration

The Pentagon’s top brass has dealt another blow to a decorated Army officer who was fired last year as a war college instructor because of his teachings about radical Islam, his attorney told The Washington Times.

A four-star general’s rejection of Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley for consideration for command of a combat battalion likely means the end of a promising Army career of an armor officer who was decorated for valor in Iraq and received glowing evaluations[...]

News of Col. Dooley’s setback has emerged as some researchers of radical Islam are criticizing the Obama administration for downplaying the Islamic connection in a string of attempted and successful terrorist attacks, including the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15.

Mr. Thompson, president of the Thomas More Law Center in Michigan, said the blame for Col. Dooley’s treatment ultimately belongs to ArmyGen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Dempsey publicly condemned Col. Dooley’s teachings and set into motion investigations that resulted in his firing[...]

“Yet, despite Gen. Dempsey’s personal attacks on LTC Dooley, a command review board consisting of generals and colonels voted to retain LTC Dooley on the list for battalion command. But political correctness once again dominated the Pentagon. Gen. Lloyd Austin, the Army’s Vice Chief of Staff, directed that LTC Dooley’s name be removed from the Command List. Sadly, a principle of leadership — loyalty to the men who are loyal to you — is once again ignored. [More...]

Benghazi: Mohammed Video: "The future does not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam."~BarackObama UN Speech

Boston Marathon Bombing: Obama first said terrorism but has refused to say Islam, Islamist, Radical Muslim, Muslims when speaking of the Tsarnaev's brothers. He instead uses individual/individuals

Americans should not decide their opinions about the Boston terror attacks until the government decides its own opinion, President Barack Obama told the nation late Friday night[4/19/2013]

Related:
Military Brass Blacklists Radical Islam Course Instructor Who Offended Terrorist-Linked CAIR
US Army Motto: See No (Islamist) Evil?

May 03, 2013

Why, I am just shocked, shocked to learn this!

Who woulda thunk?

Looks like the hubby may not have been the only Tsarnaev interested in radical Islamist reading material after all. A search of Katherine Russell Tsarnaev’s computer turned up data from Inspire, the recruitment magazine published by al-Qaeda online, as well as other material that makes her more interesting than an average witness:

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A bathtub and kitchen sink in the Cambridge apartment of deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev tested positive for residue from explosives, corroborating his surviving brother Dzhokhar’s claims that the duo built bombs at the home, a federal law enforcement source said Friday.

I shut up now link thanks to Beth.

But since the bombs were ready early they chose the marathon finish line as a "target of opportunity"

...Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev allegedly assembled at least four types of improvised explosive devices in the home Tamerlan shared with wife Katherine Russell, sources tell Fox News. Typically, in cases of homegrown terror, only one type of explosive is constructed.

Additionally, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators the building of the bombs happened more quickly than expected, according to sources. The brothers reportedly had planned to set off the explosives on July 4, but changed their plans when the bombs were finished early.[...]

Sources say the planning for the April 15 attack showed "clear premeditation," including the decision to target the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Three people died in the attack, and more than 200 people were wounded.

Some speculated that the attack was specifically timed for Patriot's Day, a key holiday in the city of Boston, but sources suggest to Fox News that the race was targeted because of its timing shortly after the bombers' felt prepared to carry out their plan[More...]

May 01, 2013

Developing

BOSTON (WABC) -- Boston police say three additional suspects taken into custody in Marathon bombing case. Details to follow.

BREAKING NEWS - EARLIER STORY BELOW

Update: More here

BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) -- Three new suspects have been taken into custody in the Boston Marathon bombings investigation, the Boston Police Dept. tweeted Wednesday morning.

The development comes as investigators have continued to scrutinize two of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's classmates at UMass-Dartmouth.

>>SKYFOX live over Moakley federal courthouse in Boston

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's alleged associates are natives of Khazakstahn and have already been detained by U.S. immigration officials for alleged immigration violations.

Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev were in federal immigration court earlier Wednesday morning on those matters, a government source said; however, the court hearing was delayed.

Authorities were not immediately saying who the three detained were or if Tsarnaev's two classmates were part of the new group of suspects.

An attorney for Kadyrbayev has told media outlets that the two young men have been interviewed by FBI agents and that they were cooperating.

The Boston Police Dept. broke the news in a tweet, writing, "Three additional suspects taken into custody in Marathon bombing case. Details to follow."[More...]

Update III by Howie: Two of the suspects were already in custody on emigration issues.

They are identified as Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev:

The third person is a US citizen. I'm speculating its the wife of Tamarlan, because its said that she warned the bombers they were wanted. But that's pure speculation on my part. We'll update when their identity is confirmed.

Hat Tip: Laura.

Update IV by SH: Gov Deval Patrick was briefed and said the suspects helped after the fact and it was his belief that they had nothing to do with the bombing. I am also hearing the 3rd suspect is a male?

Update V by SH: U.S. Attorney's Office - District of MA:

Three men[Note 3rd is male..ed] arrested in connection with Boston Marathon bombing. Conspiring to obstruct justice and false statements charges.

Three men arrested in connection with Boston Marathon will appear in federal court at 3:30 in Courtroom 19. Overflow in #20.

Two men from Kazakhstan and a man from Cambridge were arrested and charged today in the Boston Marathon bombings investigation, federal prosecutors said.

Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both 19 and of New Bedford, were charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice by plotting to dispose of a laptop computer and a backpack containing fireworks belonging to bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the US attorney’s office said in a statement.

Robel Phillipos, 19, of Cambridge was charged with making false statements to law enforcement officials in a terorism investigation, prosecutors said.

Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev face maximum sentences of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Phillipos faces a maximum sentence of eight years and a $250,000 fine, prosecutors said.[More...]

Sick f**ks.

Update VII by SH: Criminal Complaint against Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev [Phillipos included in complaint] here. I just started reading it.

Update VIII by SH: Criminal Complaint against Phillipos here. His full name is Robel Kidan Phillipos

As what was noted by FNC's Greta:

At this point in the criminal process, the prosecutor just charges with a couple counts to hold the suspects. When it goes to the grand jury, they are going to see a giant indictment!

April 30, 2013

Mujahidiots Chiheb Esseghaier & Raed Jaser wanted to detonate a bomb on the VIA trestle linking New York and Ontario at Niagara Falls.

Sure there is no radical Imams/Islamists in Tunisia. Uh huh..

Previous:

Canadian VIA Terror Plot: Terror Suspect Chiheb Esseghaier Appears In Court
States Terror Charges Don't Matter, 'Criminal Code' Not Based On Holy Book..
Canadian Terror Plot: Chiheb Esseghaier Used Al Qaeda Flag As Avatar For Linkedin
Canada: Major Terror Plot (Perps: Chiheb Esseghaier & Raed Jaser) Thwarted
Bumped: Perps Were Receiving Support From Elements of Al Qaeda In Iran
Targeted U.S. Train

[Boston Herald]The breadth of the benefits the family was receiving was stunning,” said a person with knowledge of documents handed over to a legislative committee today.

The state has handed over more than 500 documents to the 11-member House Post Audit and Oversight Committee, which today met for the first time and plans to call in officials from the Department of Transitional Assistance to testify[More..]

The family also drove a Mercedes in which Skeletor stated something like this: "The Mercedes was ten years old and not a classic". My word, the liberalism - it hurts.

Hate preacher and al-Qaeda sympathizer knows a lot about taxpayer funded jihad: Anjem Choudary: “Claim Your Jihad Seeker’s Allowance.”

This is nothing new to me, but at least it is starting to get some press coverage. Not all press mind you, and certainly not the Bronco Bama media complex.

An Austrian state news agency АРА reported on the story in an article "Activists demonstrate in Vienna in support for Tsarnaevs (Aktivisten demonstrieren in Wien für Tsarnaev)":

"On Thursday afternoon, at around 4:00 pm, a demonstration was held in Vienna to show solidarity with the two brothers who allegedly bombed the Boston Marathon.

"Muslims always hold together, no matter what happens...! We all know that the two Chechens are innocent!", shouted the organizers.

h/t @th3j35t3r

If you are not a regular Jawa Report reader, the Kavkaz Center is al-Qaeda's Russian mouthpiece. When the Boston bombing first happened they were pretty quiet and now they are back to their regular jihadi propaganda program.

As Rusty has noted: "The Kavkaz Center, much like the "Voice of Jihad", Taliban's propaganda website [which has been pwnd several times by Jawas], no intelligence can be gained. Both are used for terrorist propaganda, only".

In the past they have called us Zionists. Like, that is a badge of honor here! Plus, they don't like boobies!

These Islamic jihadist s/b called 'individuals'~Bronco Bama

Muslim extremists with ties to al Qaeda have been using Massachusetts and the city of Boston as a jihadi headquarters since at least 1993, according to a recent report by a top terrorism analyst.

At least 26 residents were found to have ties to al Qaeda, according to the report by the Henry Jackson Society. The activity dates from before the Tsarnaev brothers, radical Muslim immigrants to the United States, were identified as the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Jihadist activity has taken place in Massachusetts since at least 1993 and includes in-state fundraising for terrorism, “those convicted of planning jihad, and even those who have been killed while fighting abroad,” according to the report by terrorism analyst Robin Simcox.

The city [of Boston] and state of Massachusetts has a long history of ties to AQ [al Qaeda] and AQ-inspired militancy,” the report states.

“Even prior to last week’s Boston bombing, there had been twenty six individuals with links to Massachusetts connected to AQ [al Qaeda] and AQ-inspired terrorism,” the report states. “Fifteen had lived in Massachusetts, with eleven 9/11 hijackers using the Boston area as a temporary base from which to launch their attacks.”

The report provides a window into Massachusetts’ struggles with terrorists as the city of Boston grapples with the Tsarvaev brothers’ deadly acts.

[READ IT ALL]

April 29, 2013

Mommy dearest? His wife's?

The plot thickens:

Investigators have found female DNA on at least one of the bombs used in the Boston Marathon attacks, though they haven't determined whose DNA it is or whether that means a woman helped the two suspects carry out the attacks, according to U.S. officials briefed on the probe.

The officials familiar with the case cautioned that there could be multiple explanations for why the DNA of someone other than the two bombing suspects—Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother, Dzhokhar—could have been found on remnants of the exploded devices. The genetic material could have come, for example, from a store clerk who handled materials used in the bombs or a stray hair that ended up in the bomb.

On Monday, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents were seen leaving the Rhode Island home of the parents of Katherine Russell[More]

Update: Investigators Obtain DNA From Widow of Bombing Suspect

Federal authorities are closely scrutinizing the activities of the wife of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect in the days before and after the attacks.

The authorities are looking at a range of possibilities, two senior law enforcement officials said, including that she could have — wittingly or unwittingly — destroyed evidence, helped the bombers evade capture or even played a role in planning the attacks. As part of the investigation, F.B.I. agents are trying to determine whether female DNA found on a piece of a pressure cooker used as an explosive device in the attacks was from Katherine Russell, the wife of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the officials said.

Mr. DeLuca[Russell's lawyer..ed] has said that Ms. Russell does not speak Russian, so she could not always understand what her husband was saying

h/t @El_Grillo1

Soooo NSFW:

This man confronts an Infowars reporter who was previously spotted interrupting FBI press conferences, claiming that the Boston Marathon bombings were an inside job false flag operation perpetrated by the U.S. government.

h/t @JoeBrooks

And....... another one is heard from the anti-Semitic blame America crowd:

April 28, 2013

Yeah, and look at what appears to be a al-Qaeda flag hanging on his wall.

Towards the end at app :33

Another video, which isn't sideways, here. [h/t someone]

The video came from Jahar's yfrog account here and posted 2 months ago.

Truthers/terrorist sympathizers, please keep the Jahar is innocent info coming.

Reminder to these #FreeJahar bitches, Jahar and his brother laid the kiss of death on these three innocents:

And left numerous others with missing limbs and other horrific injuries.

April 27, 2013

Via Rebel Pundit:

The Harvard “Revolutionary” Socialists gathered last week, just three days after the Boston Marathon bombings, for a forum entitled “Don’t Let Them Turn Tragedy into Racism” on the Harvard University campus.

The two speakers, including “one of Britain’s leading young radical intellectuals,” put forth talking points that not only express the “Revolutionary” socialists’ opinion of the Boston terrorism, but also appear to almost exactly echo those put forth by the mainstream media in the U.S.

From the New Yorker to the Chicago Tribune, MSNBC, and even Tom Brokaw, the media marched in lockstep with the finger-pointing talking points presented in close proximity to the site of the terror at Harvard’s Socialist forum—finger-pointing at anyone and anything but Islamic Jihadis.

Many Americans have expressed disgust at the extreme pains some of the more elite members of the media went to avoid “prematurely judging” or presuming that whoever was responsible for the attack might be Islamic Jihadis. This, coupled with failing to extend such courtesy to those Americans among us opposed to high taxes and big government, was particularly revealing of the focus of the mainstream media.

[Read The Rest]

Just sayin is all...

Oh, and, ISLAM/MUSLIM is NOT a race...

I despise bitches like Troy.

Via Jester

Troy (terrorist sympathizer) - I'm laughing quite vigorously at some of the comments on ur video" goo.gl/UwVX6 (ps expect a spike)"

Sunlight is the best disinfectant:

Jester breaks down why, possibly, Troy (and others) are doing the truther thing. It is a must read

Anyone is wondering why the founders of '' #freejahar movement' are desperate to show him innocent? Here's an answer: http://goo.gl/vF9GS

Btw, someone started a @FuckJahar twitter account to counter these idiots.

Update: Troy's "FB page shows a 'fundraiser' for Jahar by Mommy dearest

Mommy needs money, but not for Jahar.

Here's mommy dearest showing her love for America:

She needed some onions or something to help in her 'fake crying'.

April 25, 2013

Neither did I and it was only reported after the perp appeared in Hudson County Court on Wednesday

Just eight days before three people were killed and more than 260 people were injured in the Boston Marathon bombing, a Ukrainian student was arrested in New Jersey carrying two homemade devices.

Rutgers student Mykyta Panasenko, 27, was arrested in Hoboken on April 7 aboard a NJ Transit train bound for Suffern, New York. He was carrying two improvised explosive devices, according to police.

Jersey City Police Deputy Chief Peter Nalbach said Thursday that authorities also found material at Panasenko's home ‘that may have been used to make an explosive device.’[...]

His arrest wasn't reported by authorities at the time, but became public after he appeared in Hudson County Court on Wednesday.

News of the arrest comes after revelations that the Tsarnaev brothers, the two suspects in the Boston bombings, had also planned to set off bombs in Manhattan.[More...[

UPDATE: An 'advisory/clarification' was released by Jersey officials, read it here

h/t A.M.H.

Michael Goodwin at the NY Post is right on

Gone, thankfully, are the days when rape victims routinely were treated as if they deserved it. Perhaps the time also will come when the American people are no longer blamed after terrorists kill them.

We are not there yet.

In a rancid piece of trash that basically calls the Boston terror attack just deserts, a United Nations official says “the American global domination project” is the problem. Richard Falk, a professor at Princeton, urges politicians to “connect the dots” between US foreign policy and terrorism at home.

He asks: “Should we not all be meditating on W.H. Auden’s haunting line: ‘Those to whom evil is done/do evil in return’?”

He predicted “worse blowbacks” and said, “As long as Tel Aviv has the compliant ear of the American political establishment, those who wish for peace and justice in the world should not rest easy.”[...]

No doubt the president is hanging back now because he feels the need to protect ordinary Americans from the inconvenient truth. Otherwise, he suggested Friday, their innate bigotry against Islam will burst forth in murderous rage. His political correctness is so extreme as to suggest he imagines that, if Christians and Jews see an Islam connection to terror, they might start wearing suicide belts themselves.

Having bought into the myth that his countrymen are guilty of Islamophobia, Obama is upping the ante. He refused to even consider calling Tsarnaev an enemy combatant so more information about his terror ties could be learned.

[READ IT ALL]

h/t Roger Simon

How precious

According to those officials, Dzokhar Tsarnaev told interrogators that the information that set in motion the series of events leading to Tamerlan’s death and Dzokhar’s apprehension came in a phone call from Katherine Russell Tsarnaeva to her husband. “She notified him and there certainly didn’t seem to be any notion of surprise – just a report that ‘you’re being watched,’” said one official with knowledge of the investigation. Tsarnaev had seen the photographs and videos distributed by the FBI on television and called her husband to give him a heads up.

And I repeat myself, how much more could the investigators could have learned had they not been interrupted early by a magistrate judge a representative from the U.S. Attorney's office to read Dzhokhar his Miranda Rights. They had 48hrs to interrogate him under the "public safety exemption" but were only given 16.

Thanks Nation of Cowards Holder.

"Party in New York" is what was initially stated by #2 during the first interrogation.

Talk about f'd up in the head this bitch is to call bombing a 'party':

On Thursday afternoon, Bloomberg stated that he had been informed by the FBI that the brothers did indeed intend to bomb Times Square. “We now know that that possibility was all too real,” Bloomberg said. The surviving attacker admitted that he and his brother intended to drive to New York and intended to detonate additional explosives in Times Square. "They had built these additional explosives," Bloomberg added.[...]

[Police Commissioner] Kelly said that the first interrogation of Dzhokhar revealed the "party" comments. That interrogation happened Saturday evening to Sunday morning. The second interrogation, which revealed the Tsarnaevs' alleged plans to bomb Times Square, took place Sunday evening to Monday morning[...]

The brothers were in Times Square in April 2012, as well as November, Kelly stated. There were pictures of the brothers from that time.

Which brings to mind this:

Who woulda thunk?

Once Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was read his rights on Monday, he immediately stopped talking, according to four officials of both political parties who were briefed on the interrogation but insisted on anonymity because the briefing was private.

"After roughly 16 hours of questioning, investigators were surprised when a magistrate judge and a representative from the U.S. Attorney's office entered the hospital room and read Tsarnaev his rights, the four officials and one law enforcement official said. Investigators had planned to keep questioning him.[More...]

Okay then if you say say so but damn the intelligence gathering? For gawds sake, they weren't waterboarding the bitch.

Dzhokhar told the FBI that they were angry about the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the killing of Muslims there, officials said.

How much of those conversations will end up in court is unclear. The FBI normally tells suspects they have the right to remain silent before questioning them so all their statements can be used against them.

Under
pressure from Congress, however, the Department of Justice has said investigators may wait until they have gathered intelligence about other threats before reading those rights in terrorism cases. The American Civil Liberties Union has expressed concern about that.

Update: Megyn Kelly on investigators shock when perp's Miranda Rights were given to him.

So why were they shocked? According to Kelly, the FBI was under the understanding that they would get much more time with Tsarnaev under the “public safety exemption” before he was read his rights. Adding to the shock: the sources told Kelly agents were getting crucial information after only 16 hours of questioning and were making valuable progress.[...]

They said they were in the process of getting valuable information … and as soon as that magistrate judge went in there and gave him his rights with his lawyer present, he stopped talking. They said they would never have stopped interrogating him prior to the 48 hours unless they were forced to.”

“These officials with knowledge of the proceedings say they believe our national security may have been compromised by the decision to send that judge in there so soon after the filing of the criminal complaint.”

April 24, 2013

And, he has the prayer bump to prove he is really into the Quran.

It also appears he is really into wanting to kill innocents by detonating a bomb on the trestle linking New York and Ontario at Niagara Falls. In defense of al-Qaeda's brand of Islam, of course:

TORONTO - In a shocking and rambling statement, terror suspect Chiheb Esseghaier told a Toronto court Wednesday morning that he doesn’t recognize the Criminal Code under which he faces five serious charges, including conspiracy to commit murder for the benefit of a terrorist group.

The devout Muslim suggested he is only governed by the “holy book.”

“First of all my comment is the following,” the 30-year-old Montreal PhD student said in his first Toronto appearance. “Because all of those conclusions was taken out based on Criminal Code and all of us we know that this Criminal Code is not holy book, it’s just written by set of creations and the creations they’re not perfect because only the Creator is perfect so if we are basing our judgment ... we cannot rely on the conclusions taken out from these judgments.”[More...]

The other suspect, Raed Jaser, 35, appeared briefly in a Toronto courtroom, dressed in a dark dress shirt and wearing a black skullcap.

A publication ban was imposed on proceedings.

Jaser’s lawyer, John Norris, told reporters later that his client was “in a state of shock and disbelief” and planned to defend himself “vigorously” against the charges. Jaser has spent 20 years in Canada and has deep roots in the country, Norris said.

The RCMP-led team expects to make more arrests in the alleged terrorist plot. Meanwhile, the CBC is reporting that police and intelligence agencies on both sides of the border were monitoring a “broader network” of suspects beyond the pair arrested on Monday.

Canadian Terror Plot: Chiheb Esseghaier Used Al Qaeda Flag As Avatar For Linkedin
Canada: Major Terror Plot (Perps: Chiheb Esseghaier & Raed Jaser) Thwarted
Bumped: Perps Were Receiving Support From Elements of Al Qaeda In Iran
Targeted U.S. Train

April 23, 2013

Stating the obvious: it's just what some people do:

A U.S. official told Fox News that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, built the bombs with instructions from Inspire magazine -- an English-language online magazine published by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

The publication is believed to have been started by Samir Khan, a U.S. citizen who moved in 2009 from his family's home in North Carolina to Yemen, where he was later killed in a U.S. drone strike along with Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki. The magazine includes articles penned by Khan and others, like "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom."

Thanks to Russel.

April 22, 2013

Update on my previous post regarding the major terror plot thwarted in Canada. Chiheb Esseghaier & Raed Jaser planned a terror attack on a rail line between Toronto and NYC.

There was a specific route targeted, not necessarily a specific train, Strachan said, although she declined to reveal the route. According to a Reuters report, U.S. law enforcement and national security sources said the alleged plot targeted a rail line between Toronto and New York City[...]

Police have been investigating since August 2012. International intelligence sources tell CBC News that Canadian law enforcement agencies were ready to shut down the alleged plot and make the arrests months ago.

But partly at the urging of U.S. intelligence agents, the investigation was left open.

Sources said that while the U.S. law enforcement agencies were co-operating in the investigation of the alleged train plot, they also wanted to know who else might be involved.

The CIA has been particularly interested in the al-Qaeda operatives in Iran supporting the alleged terrorist plot in Canada.

Intelligence sources say the Boston Marathon attacks changed everything. It is unclear if that pushed the Americans to urge Canada to shut down the alleged train plot or if it compelled Canadian authorities to simply act on their own.

Radio-Canada, CBC's French service, has learned that Chiheb Esseghaier studied at University of Sherbrooke, before moving to Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique in Varennes, Que., for doctoral research.

The two men are expected to appear at Old City Hall courthouse in Toronto tomorrow

CBC cropped the image from the site:

Here is Sasquatch, ooops I mean Chiheb from earlier today:

UPDATE: One of them is from Tunisia and the other from the United Arab Emirates per The Montreal Gazette. That would make Raed Jaser from the UAE as Tunis is mentioned on Chiheb Esseghaier's Linkedin profile.

They were told that one of the suspects is Tunisian and one is from the United Arab Emirates.

The suspects have been in the country legally for a "considerable period of time" but are not Canadian citizens, the RCMP said.

The page[Linkedin..ed] carries a photo of a black flag inscribed with the Islamic declaration of faith

Earlier reports had indicated that the Russians had warned us about Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011, that the FBI had investigated, found nothing to link him to terrorism, and then moved on to other matters.

In hindsight, this was obviously a mistake. But hindsight is 20/20, and this has to be understood in the context of the FBI getting tips on thousands of possible Islamic extremists a year.

Yes, I said it: thousands.

The Left and many Muslims are in complete and utter denial about this.

So, I can forgive the FBI for dropping the ball on Tsarnaev. Contrary to popular belief on the extreme fringes, we do not live in a police state. The Feds are not watching every one's emails. And it takes human beings to investigate.

Human beings make mistakes. Maybe someone should be fired. Maybe not.

But if the FBI was notified late last year that Tamerlan Tsarnaev had visited a known extremist mosque in Dagestan and then the FBI did nothing? Didn't investigate. Let him off the hook because he had been cleared the year before?

Well, somebody definitely needs to be fired then.

People are dead. And why?

Was it laziness? He'd been cleared and therefore no need to re-investigate him. Earth to whoever: people change. And not always for the better.

Or was it an insidious PC that the FBI didn't want to offend the sensibilities of Muslims? Our government wouldn't want to appear to be "Islamophobic" now, would it?

Or maybe we have the State Department to blame here? To this day, the State Department refuses to designate the Islamic Emirate of the Caucuses, it's emirs, and it's related branches as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

And we're not just talking about Obama's State Department, this goes back to the Bush years too.

This despite clear acts of terror by the group and clear ties to al Qaeda.

So, assume the Russians report that Tamerlan Tsarnaev is meeting with terrorists. But the terrorists aren't considered terrorists by the State Department. Would an FBI agent have to pass on investigating further since there was "no relationships with terrorists"?

Simply because the cowards in State refuse to designate a group as "terrorists" doesn't make them any less so. And if federal agents are constrained from doing their jobs because of this, then whoever continues to make the decision to keep the Chechen jihadis off the terror list has blood on their hands.

I know that's a lot of ifs, but isn't it about time to designate the Islamist jihadis fighting in Russia terrorists?

Telegraph:

The FBI was alerted by Russia's security services to serious new concerns about one of the Boston bomb suspects as recently as last November....

Tamerlan Tsarnaev had been seen making six visits to a known Islamic militant in a mosque in the Russian republic of Dagestan....

According to a local police official, a case file on Tsarnaev was then handed over to the FBI along with a request for further information. However, the FBI never replied.

J.M. Berger literally wrote the book on Americans who go to war in the name of Islam. So it's not surprising that he'd be the author of a lengthy piece over at Foreign Policy documenting Boston's connection to the Chechen jihad:

When Boston Marathon runners rounded the bend from Beacon Street last week, they were in the home stretch of the race. As they poured through the closed intersection, they ran past a nondescript address: 510 Commonwealth Avenue.

The location was once home to an international support network that raised funds and recruited fighters for a jihadist insurgency against Russian rule over Chechnya, a region and a conflict that few of the runners had likely ever given any serious thought.