04-19-2013, 01:34 PM
The one brother may have had Military Experience (the one that is dead), the other brother graduated from High School within the past two years. He is 19. He graduated here in the States.
Boston, as in the entire city, is essentially closed today, while they try and apprehend the younger brother, according to just about every news outlet.
From what is understood about it right now, These brothers came here on student visas. The younger brother still in high school, and currently enrolled in college, and the older brother was previously employed. This has nothing to do with the presidency. These men, from all accounts coming out so far, applied for student visas, and up until this point there was little to no reason to suspect that they were here for any other reason. They simply beat the system. Nothing is infallible. And without a motive, it's too early to say that they are tied to Al Quaeda, or some other Extremist Muslim organization. If CNN is to be believed, the younger brother worked at Harvard as a life guard as well. (After this week, I'm not sure if I believe them or not)
And the fact that they bombed a marathon, a multinational gathering, leads me to believe that this isn't standard "militant muslim" terrorism. These bombs were designed to maim and injure lower extremities, leading further into the idea that this was something to do with the marathon itself.
The biggest problem surrounding this whole thing, has been the vast sea of misinformation that has come flooding out. In the effort to scoop other news Organizations, CNN, and several other "prominent" news organizations have published a lot of "breaking news" that was really "broken, and inaccurate news". It's led to a lot of misinformation. I've actually followed the Boston Police Department on Twitter, as they have been pretty good at keeping the record straight, and refuting the wrong stuff flooding out of the mouths of the Cable News and NY Times.
Boston, as in the entire city, is essentially closed today, while they try and apprehend the younger brother, according to just about every news outlet.
From what is understood about it right now, These brothers came here on student visas. The younger brother still in high school, and currently enrolled in college, and the older brother was previously employed. This has nothing to do with the presidency. These men, from all accounts coming out so far, applied for student visas, and up until this point there was little to no reason to suspect that they were here for any other reason. They simply beat the system. Nothing is infallible. And without a motive, it's too early to say that they are tied to Al Quaeda, or some other Extremist Muslim organization. If CNN is to be believed, the younger brother worked at Harvard as a life guard as well. (After this week, I'm not sure if I believe them or not)
And the fact that they bombed a marathon, a multinational gathering, leads me to believe that this isn't standard "militant muslim" terrorism. These bombs were designed to maim and injure lower extremities, leading further into the idea that this was something to do with the marathon itself.
The biggest problem surrounding this whole thing, has been the vast sea of misinformation that has come flooding out. In the effort to scoop other news Organizations, CNN, and several other "prominent" news organizations have published a lot of "breaking news" that was really "broken, and inaccurate news". It's led to a lot of misinformation. I've actually followed the Boston Police Department on Twitter, as they have been pretty good at keeping the record straight, and refuting the wrong stuff flooding out of the mouths of the Cable News and NY Times.
nobody ever slaughtered an entire school with a smart phone and a twitter account – they have, however, toppled governments. - Jim Wright