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John Kerry says Tamerlan Tsarnaev returned from Russia `with a willingness to kill peopleÂ’
2013-04-24
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that Tamerlan Tsarnaev returned from a six-month stay in Russia last year “with a willingness to kill people.”

In impromptu remarks on terrorism made in Brussels, Kerry said in response to a question about disillusioned young people in other parts of the world that similar problems exist in the United States.

“We just had a young person who went to Russia, Chechnya, who blew people up in Boston,” Kerry said. “So he didn’t stay where he went, but he learned something where he went and he came back with a willingness to kill people.”

It remains unclear precisely what Tsarnaev did during his trip to the Russia, although it is known that he went to Dagestan, a region neighboring Chechnya, and relatives have said he visited Chechnya as well during part of his extended visit. U.S. officials have said they are not yet certain whether the 26-year-old, accused of carrying out last weekÂ’s Boston Marathon bombings with his brother, received any formal training by terrorist organizations.

Kerry made his comments during an informal question-and-answer period following his meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders.
Posted by:tipper

#3  He became reacquainted with his cultural heritage? Those Chechens have a long tradition of wiping out enemy clans to the last baby still at the breast... and the mother nursing it. Our Hatfields and McCoys are civilized by comparison.
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-04-24 20:08  

#2  Ima not gonna link that video right now, it's too repetitive.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2013-04-24 17:49  

#1  "So he didn't stay where he went, but he learned something where he went and he came back with a willingness to kill people"

He could've gone to Detroit instead.

Posted by: Pappy   2013-04-24 16:09  

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