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Originally posted by jimmyx
Originally posted by CottonwoodStormy
I find it amazing these 2 had the knowledge and technical expertise to make such bombs as kids, described by their friends as average pot smoking (probably video gaming) kids who sit around in someone's basement or play the odd sport turn into terrorists? This seems odd to me.
the older brother was 27 years old, hardly a kid....and bomb making is all over the internet. I'm glad they took them out. if they were innocent, they would have behaved like those two others that were headlined on the new York posts front page, they would have contacted the FBI and cleared their names....I have not one drop of sympathy for them. for their families, however, I am saddened.
Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
You underestimate the average human's capacity for stupidity. Most people are very stupid, especially so when in panic mode.
I mean, think about it, their bombs weren't very effective, they stole some guys ATM card and tried to withdraw money from various ATMs, they stole a car, etc. The kids were 26 and 19, they likely didn't have the resources available to them to just leave the country, let alone the state.
In hindsight, yes, if they were responsible and competent, they would have left the state immediately. Hell, they would have timed the bombs to detonate as they were on their way out of the state. Clearly they did not think things through very well.
Originally posted by jimmyx
Originally posted by CottonwoodStormy
I find it amazing these 2 had the knowledge and technical expertise to make such bombs as kids, described by their friends as average pot smoking (probably video gaming) kids who sit around in someone's basement or play the odd sport turn into terrorists? This seems odd to me.
the older brother was 27 years old, hardly a kid....and bomb making is all over the internet. I'm glad they took them out. if they were innocent, they would have behaved like those two others that were headlined on the new York posts front page, they would have contacted the FBI and cleared their names....I have not one drop of sympathy for them. for their families, however, I am saddened.
Originally posted by gladtobehere
So you’ve just committed an act of terror, allegedly.
A few days pass and the investigators still don’t know who you are.
Plenty of time to leave the city, the state, even the country. But you don’t. You stay right there. ....Instead, you go on a crime spree, allegedly shooting a police officer at MIT, robbing a 7-11, then carjacking a Mercedes…
......And what happened to the original suspects, Sunil Tripathi and Mike Mulugeta?
Instead, we're now told its a couple of Chechnyans, one of whom is already dead...
Originally posted by mysteryskeptic
Didn't I read that the young man who had his legs blown off, was the guy who identified the two terrorists?
You know that guy in the wheel chair that Cowboy Carlos was holding his veins shut so he wouldn't bleed out?
That guy Jeff Bauman
and just in case anyone has forgot
They can read a summary in the link below!
www.nydailynews.com...
These terrorist were identified and make no mistake they weren't being mistaken to the guy who had his legs blown off.
make up all the fantasy conspiracies you want. But the facts are these two terrorist are responsible!edit on 20-4-2013 by mysteryskeptic because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Cobaltic1978
2 guys who seemed to carry out such a professional job on Monday, turn into total amateurs within a few days.
I think that's probably the worse part about the whole thing. They were amateurs, who managed to plant two bombs within the midst of top security at an International sporting event.
The FBI monitored the older brother for years. The shoot out, carjacking and chase could have been acts of desperation from people who realised they were set up.
Originally posted by ShadellacZumbrum
reply to post by gladtobehere
I also have some curious questions.
At what point in All of this action overnight did they determine that it was the Bombing Suspects?
And as the OP says "Why the crime Spree?".
Why were the perpetrators carrying EXPLOSIVES? Do you really commit an armed robbery at a 7-11 being bogged down by the weight of said explosives? Why doesn't that make sense?
Do you commit a car jacking still being bogged down with said explosives and NOT kill the driver when you already have no regard for human life?
I think something has gone afowl. There may be logical explanations.
But then again the "Magic Bullet" theory was a logical explanation.