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FBI hunting 12-strong terrorist "sleeper cell" linked to brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar
Daily Mirror (UK) ^ | 21 April 2013 | Staff

Posted on 04/20/2013 5:27:35 PM PDT by rjbemsha

The FBI was last night hunting a 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to the Boston marathon bomb brothers.

Police believe Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were specially trained to carry out the devastating attack.

More than 1,000 FBI agents were last night working to track down the cell and arrested a man and two women 60 miles from Boston in the hours before Dzhokhar’s dramatic capture after a bloody shootout on Friday.

A source close to the investigation said: “We have no doubt the brothers were not acting alone. The devices used to detonate the two bombs were highly sophisticated and not the kind of thing people learn from Google.

“They were too advanced. Someone gave the brothers the skills and it is now our job to find out just who they were. Agents think the sleeper cell has up to a dozen members and has been waiting several years for their day to come.”

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


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To: Selene

“Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the Peace Corp.”


301 posted on 04/21/2013 6:28:17 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, IÂ’m a conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: butterdezillion

It’s possible they panicked because they were led to believe they would never be found.


302 posted on 04/21/2013 6:30:18 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, IÂ’m a conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: rjbemsha

So what’s the consensus... a 12-strong terrorist sleeper cell...?

Or is the FBI just rounding up all their lowlife friends?


303 posted on 04/21/2013 6:33:22 AM PDT by bryan999
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To: headsonpikes

Eponymous Ping.

Oh! Wait! It’s you!

Never mind.


304 posted on 04/21/2013 6:40:04 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel
After all, the younger brother ran over the older brother...

If the younger brother had gone "suicide by cop" that would make sense.

More likely he was just a careless driver.

305 posted on 04/21/2013 6:43:19 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Ray76

UM Coach: Bomb Sniffing Dogs, Spotters on Roofs Before Explosions
http://www.local15tv.com/mostpopular/story/UM-Coach-Bomb-Sniffing-Dogs-Spotters-on-Roofs/BrirjAzFPUKKN8z6eSDJEA.cspx


306 posted on 04/21/2013 6:44:21 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, IÂ’m a conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

“And the brothers believed it.”

And they were almost right!

I think the cell leaders thought these 2 would be immediately caught and severed all links before the bombing. Phase II was to wait for the police to find them, and go out in a blaze of glory. When the cops never came looking for them (thanks to holding onto the photos of the real perps) they went looking for the cops to get the same result.

Also possible is that they were trying to reach a compatriot but never made it.


307 posted on 04/21/2013 6:47:56 AM PDT by fnord (My life is like the movie Willard, except with hummingbirds)
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To: rjbemsha

In all my years in the field, I have never experienced something like this “JUST HAPPENED”. It had to been planned a long time ago, maybe over a year, And, in my experience, a “CELL” is necessary. What normally happens is that a cell had a meeting, maybe a year before, and an individual or individuals are chosen to do the attack. Then everybody in the “CELL” begin to help the chosen individual or individuals on how to accomplish the attack. There had to have had “PRACTICE” on how to make the attack possible. Some one in the “CELL” are assigned to make the “BOMB”. Another is assigned to produce the “BOMB” materials, etc, etc, etc. What I;m saying is that this is not an act of one or two INDIVIDUALS. They had to have had a lot of help.


308 posted on 04/21/2013 6:51:50 AM PDT by gingerbread
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To: Jack Hydrazine

These guys didn’t think they would be caught...No doubt they believed the crowds, and the many foreigners who came into Boston for the race, were the perfect cover for them.


309 posted on 04/21/2013 6:58:37 AM PDT by caww
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To: swamprebel

>>Is the Daily Mirror a reputable publication, or is it a rumor rag like the NY Post was earlier in the week?

It’s a tabloid - pretty close to the Post. The Daily Mail is more reliable - the most popular news site in the world.

Many articles up right now on the bombing: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html


310 posted on 04/21/2013 7:07:10 AM PDT by expat1000
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To: LucyT; All

Thanks for the ping. Great thread/posts/links. BTTT!


311 posted on 04/21/2013 7:12:58 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: rjbemsha
The Mirror is still the only source, but it looks like Drudge might bew going with this.....


312 posted on 04/21/2013 7:17:31 AM PDT by bryan999
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To: rjbemsha

New article on this from International Business Times:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/459580/20130421/boston-bombings-tamerlan-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-sleeper-cell.htm


313 posted on 04/21/2013 7:23:43 AM PDT by bryan999
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To: Travis McGee

Great graphic.
That seems to be the goal of the Left to destroy the west.


314 posted on 04/21/2013 7:39:07 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: Mom MD

Ditto That!!!!


315 posted on 04/21/2013 8:12:24 AM PDT by The FIGHTIN Illini (Wake up fellow Patriots before it's too late)
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To: P-Marlowe
Once again we have to go to Great Britain to find out what is happening in America.

Exactly, not a peep about this in the MSM.

316 posted on 04/21/2013 8:13:00 AM PDT by Moleman
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Yes, the U.S. Government imported thousands for Chechens.

But I was referring to Muslims. There are now *millions* in the U.S.

In fact while at war in Muslims countries, under Bush, the U.S. Government imported more Muslims into the U.S. than the previous two decades.

317 posted on 04/21/2013 8:18:47 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: cookcounty; All

Yesterday, Glenn Beck said he had sources to show this was the most or second most important story of the last 50 years.

He threatened the Administration: “Release the information, or I will.” He gave them until Monday.

I see this as partial vindication for Beck.


318 posted on 04/21/2013 8:24:04 AM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: rjbemsha
The FBI was last night hunting a 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to the Boston marathon bomb brothers.

But, but, but I thought they were just boys... misguided - lonely in a strange country... /s

319 posted on 04/21/2013 8:30:05 AM PDT by GOPJ (The screed of so-called journalists: 'If it doesn't fit, you must omit.' - - freeper Vigilanteman)
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To: dragnet2

According to a Pew research study in 2010 about 0.8% of the US population is Muzzy with current projections reaching 1.7% by 2030.
http://www.pewresearch.org/daily-number/americas-muslim-population-2030/

Gallup says about their political party affiliation.

“Almost one-half of Muslim Americans identify themselves as Democrats, 37% say they are Independents and 8% Republicans.”
http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/2009/03/gallup-muslim-americans-the-mo.html/

I read “Independent” as another way of saying, “Democrat” so that gives the Muzzies an 87% Dem party affiliation.

MOST FELONS ARE DEMOCRATS
http://soundpolitics.com/archives/004473.html
Guess What, Felons Favor Democrats
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/07/12/john-lott-senator-al-franken-minnesota-felons-democrat/

“The Democratic Party supports criminals and Islamic terrorists but has no sympathy for taxpayers.”
-Ann Coulter, “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans”


320 posted on 04/21/2013 8:38:26 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, IÂ’m a conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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