Boston Bombing

[Meenah]

Female DNA has been found on some of the bomb fragments. Any thoughts? My first reaction is that their mother helped them. I have had this nagging feeling that she is involved, she just doesn't seem like a grieving mother when I see news clips of her.

[Vanquisher]

They would likely know if it was the mother because of her genetic profile sharing half of her sons.

[SuzySunshine]

She's been out of the states for a few years as well, right? If it was the pressure cooker out of the older brother's home what is to keep it from being the wife's and her still not knowing anything about it? I'm still very skeptical that anyone else was involved.

[v-girl]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...e-dna/2121979/

An official, who asked not to be identified because the investigation was ongoing, said there could be multiple explanations, including a store clerk who handled materials that Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother, Dzhokhar, used to make the bombs, or perhaps genetic material that unwittingly ended up on the explosive devices, perhaps from a marathon bystander.

[diggitydot]

I was just going to post similar info, V. That DNA could be from a lot of different, innocent sources.

[diggitydot]

Totes involved. Russian intel investigated them in 2011 and there was a phone call between mother and one of the sons talking about jihad.

I have no doubts that the mom is somehow involved, either directly or indirectly. The mother initially came onto the Russian authorities' radar because she was talking to someone they were investigating for terrorism.

[WolfpackWife]

That mother is absolutely, certifiably bat shit insane. I read an article yesterday with my jaw dropped as it quoted her as adamantly saying her sons were not involved, no one died, they were framed, this is to create racism against Muslims and (my favorite) there was no blood at the scene (how could there be, since there were no deaths) and instead it was red paint. All a conspiracy against Chechans and Muslims.

[Momo]

Depends on how they were discussing "jihad." I use the term correctly often. If they were discussing something nefarious and using the term then maybe I could see how that would be of interest, but seriously the context of how the term is used matters when it comes to this term.

[WolfpackWife]

It was not in an innocent manner.

And hadn't the Russian gov't heard that convo because they had tapped her phones after finding out she was placing calls to another person of serious interest with ties to terrorist groups? Sketchyyyy. So weird, though, how the younger Tsaernev was seemingly so well liked by his friends, very social, fun guy according to his friends and acquaintances. You never really know some people, it seems.

But the parents. The parents are clearly crazy. The day they were caught (well, chased. Only one was caught) didn't the father release a statement to a news outlet about how his son couldn't have done this--he was a third year medical student on his way to being a doctor? I mean, had he even MET his sons? Doesn't sound like it.

Edit: just saw DD had clarified above re: reasons the mother's phone calls were tapped. Redundancy.

[Momo]

The woman is in horrific denial about...she's obviously has her own jihad going on. I mean she's a muhajibi (woman who wears a hijab/scarf) yet she a wanted shoplifter??!! I am not saying ladies who cover can't be criminals, but usually when you chose to wear a scarf it's because you want to practice/live your faith better?!!

She obviously has/had a "jihad" her internal struggle between trying to be the better practicing Muslim and the one w/deviant (shoplifting tendencies). I will say her GLARING major jihad is between embracing the the horrific painful truth and the obvious denial she is desperately trying to convince herself of.

I have no idea what her background was like (ie living the Russian/Chechnan war). She's messed up and horrifically the boys were/are too. There by the grace of God go I. I pray none of us nor our precious families are touched by evil tendencies.

[diggitydot]

I pray none of us nor our precious families are touched by evil tendencies.

Word.

Chechnya has been embroiled in conflict for centuries. I don't know how it *wouldn't* color a Chechen's perspective.