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Chechens in the US feel exposed and embarassed
New York Times ^ | 20 Apr 2013 | Michael Swirtz

Posted on 04/21/2013 11:25:24 PM PDT by Cronos

Ali Tepsurkaev was at work on a construction site in Nantucket when his boss approached him to deliver the news: the two prime suspects had been identified as ethnic Chechens

“I was so upset, I couldn’t work,” said Mr. Tepsurkaev,

Until a few days ago, most Chechens in the United States lived largely anonymous lives. Few Americans even knew what and where Chechnya was.

Now, two Chechen brothers are at the center of one of the most serious terrorist attacks on the United States since Sept. 11, 2001. While the motivations behind the bombings are still unknown, the attack has made Chechnya, a mostly Muslim region in Russia, a focus of American scrutiny, and it has thrust Chechens living here into an unwanted spotlight.

Several Chechens in the Boston area and elsewhere said the attack had left them feeling exposed — and embarrassed. Some worry about being branded terrorists in a country that they credit with offering them sanctuary.

Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in two vicious wars between Russian troops and Chechen separatists in the 1990s and early 2000s. The wars led to widespread destruction in Chechnya and spawned a violent Islamist insurgency that created even more misery.

...Mr. Tepsurkaev, who has a wife and 3-year-old daughter, said seeing two Chechens held responsible for the Boston attack had left him feeling irrational guilt.“Most of us would be dead right now if it wasn’t for the United States giving us a home and saving us from all the violence,” he said. “It feels embarrassing for us. After all this hospitality we’re getting from Americans, to hear that some Chechen....” he said, breaking off. “It’s hard. It’s difficult to explain.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Russia; US: District of Columbia; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chechens; chechnya; dagestan; jihad; religionofdeath; religionofhate; religionofpeace; religionofpieces; rop
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To: Rocky

Exactly!


21 posted on 04/22/2013 2:34:12 AM PDT by MagnoliaB
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To: cunning_fish

Senator Byrd had a name for people like this.


22 posted on 04/22/2013 2:55:52 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Cronos

They do not have to worry as Americans lack the moral strength and the will to expel them. Their taxpayer funds will keep flowing.


23 posted on 04/22/2013 3:16:49 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: Cronos

>> The roots of evil must be sought in America.

Nice try, bucko.

THE ROOT OF THE EVIL IS IN MOHAMMED (PISS BE UPON HIM!) AND THE DEATH CULT HE FOUNDED!!!

America is “guilty” only of being stupid and naive and letting these muslim vermin come to this country and breed.


24 posted on 04/22/2013 4:54:54 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Nervous Tick
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25 posted on 04/22/2013 4:57:06 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Cronos

Liberals always worry more about potential backlash against a minority than they do about the majority members that are actually attacked, maimed, and killed. Liberalism is always about championing the minority regardless of the situation.


26 posted on 04/22/2013 4:58:31 AM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: Cronos

[“I was so upset, I couldn’t work,”]

Working with explosives is never a good idea when you’re upset.


27 posted on 04/22/2013 5:12:15 AM PDT by RetSignman ("...a Republic if you can keep it")
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To: Olog-hai

The devils may have been partially raised in the US but their views were ISLAMIC


28 posted on 04/22/2013 5:20:15 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: cunning_fish

The never seems to happen in an ARMED and free society.


29 posted on 04/22/2013 7:09:59 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

moozlum belief is the core of hatred and violence...moozlum.


30 posted on 04/22/2013 7:25:50 AM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: Cronos
Now, two Chechen brothers are at the center of one of the most serious terrorist attacks on the United States since Sept. 11, 2001.

Lee Malvo and John Muhammad killed 10 people and injured others. Nidal Hasan killed 13 and wounded 32. The Chechens killed 4 people and injured many others. How do you measure "most serious". Death total? Drama?

31 posted on 04/22/2013 9:51:17 AM PDT by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
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To: MagnoliaB

bump for later...


32 posted on 04/22/2013 11:14:38 AM PDT by freebird5850 (The only good thing about Barry getting re-elected is now we get to see him fall from a higher place)
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