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Boston Bombing Suspect Posted Video on Al Qaeda Prophecy on YouTube
Mother Jones ^

Posted on 04/19/2013 6:21:45 AM PDT by mnehring

The deceased suspect in the bombing of the Boston marathon, which killed three and injured more than 170, appears to have posted a video extolling an extremist religious prophecy associated with Al Qaeda to his YouTube page.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the 26 year-old brother of the second Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, had a YouTube page where he posted religious videos, including a video of Feiz Mohammad, a fundamentalist Australian Muslim preacher who rails against the evils of Harry Potter. Among those videos is one dedicated to the prophecy of the Black Banners of Khurasan which is embraced by Islamic extremists—particularly Al Qaeda. The videos posted on what appears to be Tsarnaev's YouTube page may shed light on the motivations for the attack on the Boston Marathon. The prophecy states that an invincible army will come from the region of "Khurasan," a large portion of territory in central Asia.

"This is a major hadith (reported saying of the prophet Muhammad) that jihadis use, it is essentially an end-time prophecy," says Aaron Zelin, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy "This is definitely important in Al Qaeda's ideology." In The Black Banners, former FBI agent Ali Soufan's book about his pursuit of Al Qaeda that is named after this prophecy, Soufan describes the prophecy this way:

Khurasan is a term for a historical region spanning northeastern and eastern Iran and parts of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and northwestern Pakistan. Because of the hadith, jihadists believe that this is the region from which they will inflict a major defeat against their enemies—in the Islamic version of Armageddon.

The older Tsarnaev seems to have posted the video four months ago under the username "muazseyfullah." According to Zelin, "Mu'az is usually a name," and "Sayf Allah means sword of God." Here is the video:

According to Soufan's book, "It’s not a coincidence that bin Laden made al-Qaeda’s flag black; he also regularly cited the hadith and referenced Khurasan when recruiting, motivating, and fund-raising." Soufan adds that Al Qaeda operatives he interrogated were often convinced that by joining the extremist group they were fulfilling the prophecy. Soufan states that the origin of the "black banners" hadith—and whether the prophet Muhammad ever said it—is questionable.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bombing; bostonmarathon
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To: Democrat_media

They will drop the muslim aspect, but if he goes down with an assault rifle in his hands then that part of the story will lead 24/7.


21 posted on 04/19/2013 6:35:05 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Williams

bozo wants this kid shot and killed, dead people do nto talk.
Then he does nto have to deal with charges, where to take him , which court if it was a court.

Bozo is probably shouting kill the sucker right now.


22 posted on 04/19/2013 6:35:29 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Williams

His immediate action is announced.

He will expand the Background Check by Executive order.

Bring on the Popcorn. Someone in Congress might actually think about turning over the rock his background is hidden under and apply daylight.


23 posted on 04/19/2013 6:36:19 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: mnehring

Shoot it was another darned video.../s


24 posted on 04/19/2013 6:37:33 AM PDT by myrabach
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To: Williams

You’re right.


25 posted on 04/19/2013 6:39:19 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Williams
didnt’t the Obama monster say this bombing was due tax day ? ( meaning : it's those conservatives that hate taxes that bombed Boston)

this monster communist Muslims is the enemy of Americans. so is the news media and democrat party which are one and the same

26 posted on 04/19/2013 6:40:21 AM PDT by Democrat_media (Mary Landrieu voted for the UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I’m sure their very disappointed that one of their sworn enemies of the ‘Right Wing’ wasn’t involved.

But on April 26, Robert Redford has a movie glorifying the WeatherUnderground’s terrorism. Some how, if the other guy is brought in alive a good liberal attorney will meld the Islamic jihad with the good ‘Progressive’ agenda and the guy will be teaching at Harvard in 22 years like Kathy Boudin.


27 posted on 04/19/2013 6:40:22 AM PDT by griswold3
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To: mnehring

Who’s that moron who was hoping the bombers turned out to be white Americans or some such nonsense? He doesn’t seem to have gotten his wish.


28 posted on 04/19/2013 6:40:55 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The forces of decadence are the forces of evil.)
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To: Williams
didnt’t the Obama monster say this bombing was because of tax day ? ( meaning : it's those conservatives that hate taxes that bombed Boston)

this monster communist Muslims is the enemy of Americans. so is the news media and democrat party which are one and the same

29 posted on 04/19/2013 6:41:14 AM PDT by Democrat_media (Mary Landrieu voted for the UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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To: mnehring
One could make the point that all of these Terror Groups and the like, are a result of everybody trying to
"Make a Difference in the World".
Trying to reshape the World according to their beliefs.
Yes, yes, like the John Lennon song.
Imagine all the People, living just like Me,,,.
I guess it's true.
Every Dog wants to Pi$$ on the fire hydrant.

30 posted on 04/19/2013 6:41:39 AM PDT by Falcon4.0
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To: mnehring

Obama soon to order armed guards at all mosques and Islamic centers in the US,. Will remind all Americans that Islam is a religion of peace and does not justify violence against anyone. Anyone who says otherwise is a hatemonger and a danger to civil society. All law enforcement will be on the lookout for any Islamophobic behavior which will not be tolerated.


31 posted on 04/19/2013 6:42:30 AM PDT by Will88
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To: mnehring

Steve Emerson talking on Beck .....

9 family members living in the same apartment building
found radical Islamic literature in the apartment
found more explosives in the apartment
came in under asylum - no background checks
videos (22 so far) are “incendiary”, similar to AQ videos
not just Chechynan, but Islamic - believe in the imposition of the Caliphate


32 posted on 04/19/2013 6:42:59 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (You see, truth always resides wherever brave men still have ammunition. I pick truth. (John Ransom))
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To: Democrat_media

Yes Axelrod said Obama immediately thought of tax day.

If Obama had a son would he look like one of these terrorists? Did police act “stupidly”?


33 posted on 04/19/2013 6:44:03 AM PDT by Williams (No Obama)
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To: griswold3

“What the horn is to the rhinoceros, what the sting is to the wasp, the Mohammadan faith is to the Arabs.”

-Churchill.


34 posted on 04/19/2013 6:44:13 AM PDT by Dansong
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To: mnehring; All

This link came from a comment on a Drudge article. Looks legit. Pictures and comments of the now deceased terrorist who was a boxer.
http://johanneshirn.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Will-Box-For-Passport/G0000VQW7v6xWA7o/I000016v_q53EMd4


35 posted on 04/19/2013 6:45:11 AM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Dansong

Great quote.


36 posted on 04/19/2013 6:46:06 AM PDT by GirlShortstop (Every person has a duty to seek and serve the truth. Abp Charles J. Chaput, OFMCap)
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To: Williams
Obama and democrats consider us conservatives to be the enemy not the Islamic terrorists who did this.

it's because we are for freedom, individual rights and small government that we are the enemy that must be eliminated ( according to democrats and Obama)

37 posted on 04/19/2013 6:46:08 AM PDT by Democrat_media (Mary Landrieu voted for the UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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To: mnehring
Khurasan is a term for a historical region spanning northeastern and eastern Iran and parts of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and northwestern Pakistan. Because of the hadith, jihadists believe that this is the region from which they will inflict a major defeat against their enemies—in the Islamic version of Armageddon.

Not a very historically literate discussion.

The Abbassids arose in Korasan and in 750 overthrew the previous dynasty of caliphs, taking over the entire Muslim world except Spain. Their banner was solid black.

It seems reasonably obvious that if Mohammed made a true prophecy of black banners out of Khorasan, he was talking about the Abbassids. If he didn't, then the prophecy was likely propaganda produced by the Abbassids to justify (before or after the fact) their rebellion and conquest.

In any case, ignoring Abbassids when discussing black banners and Khorasan is just ignorant.

38 posted on 04/19/2013 6:47:41 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Democrat_media

Yep. Once the other brother is dead, we’ll never hear about who paid their living expenses for the last year or so, where they were trained, who indoctrinated and trained them, etc. The whole thing will disappear into the memory hole.


39 posted on 04/19/2013 6:49:41 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: MissMagnolia

Steve Emerson:

Videos incendiary as any open Bin Laden video
to build a bomb like this & carry it out, need more than 2 people
no one in the family called police
#1 thing being done to aid this: radical Islamics like CAIR, etc. fuel radical Islam, inhibit law enforcement & reporting on radical Islam, should not be allowed in this country, this Administration is allowing this.


40 posted on 04/19/2013 6:49:42 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (You see, truth always resides wherever brave men still have ammunition. I pick truth. (John Ransom))
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