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Boston bomber wrote why he did it
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 11:37 am
by Pointedstick
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162- ... urces-say/
The note -- scrawled with a marker on the interior wall of the cabin -- said the bombings were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and called the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been in the American-led wars. "When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims," Tsarnaev wrote.
Dzhokar said he didn't mourn older brother Tamerlan, the other suspect in the bombings, writing that by that point, Tamerlan was a martyr in paradise -- and that he expected to join him there soon.
More blowback.
Re: Boston bomber wrote why he did it
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 1:17 pm
by dualstow
Pointedstick wrote:
"When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims," Tsarnaev wrote.
And when you attack innocent people on the behalf of Muslims, you attack all Muslims.
Re: Boston bomber wrote why he did it
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 4:52 pm
by notsheigetz
"The note -- scrawled with a marker on the interior wall of the cabin -- said the bombings were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and called the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been in the American-led wars."
I get what Tsarnaev was saying but.....
In 1965 a man named Norman Morrison, a member of the Quaker church (in which I was raised), had similar passionate feelings about American involvement in Vietnam. To call attention to it, he set fire to himself across from the Pentagon.
Seems to pinpoint the difference between two religions.
Addendum:
And also you hear about Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire (happened a lot in Vietnam), so make that the difference between one religion and two others.