For the first time since he was arrested by police, the voice of the teenager suspected of the Boston marathon bombing can be heard. Needless to say, none of the US media giants scored the coup, but rather an overseas news outlet — Channel 4 from Great Britain.
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Chechnya is much in the news of late as the homeland of the accused Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Most Americans know next to nothing about the Russian republic in the Caucasus region. In fact, some Twitter users were confusing Chechnya and the Czech Republic.
One period costume drama was set in Chechnya, Steve Reeves’ 1959 epic The White Warrior. Loosely based on a novel by Leo Tolstoy, the Italian-made picture recounts the exploits of Hadji Murad, a rebel leader who organized a series of devastating raids against the conquering armies of the Russian Tsar Nicholas I in the 19th century. Here is a dance sequence from the movie, starring Reeves as the Chechen chieftain. H/T SapphoPEPLUM
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The father of the two suspects in the Boston marathon bombing has told Great Britain’s Channel 4 News the FBI contacted his son by telephone days before he was tracked down and killed.
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So says their father Anzor Tsarnaev.
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Their mother Zubeidat.
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Their aunt Maret.
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These relatives of accused Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar (pronounced Ja-Har) Tsarnaev can rant, rave, emote all they want. Somehow, Jeff Bauman carries more credence. He lost both of his legs in Monday’s blast, and clearly identified the two brothers and Chechnyan radicals as the responsible parties.
Ramzan Kadyrov, president of the Chechen Republic, vows to annihilate any terrorists returning to Chechnya or Russia from Syria. He made the pledge in an interview with Sky News Arabia, broadcast in Abu Dhabi. Kadyrov was responding to reports that Chechnyan fighters have joined the rebels waging civil war against the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
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