# Explosions at Boston Marathon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781 "2013-04-15T19:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 38
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/741 "2013-04-19T11:32:15Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > What are you basing your skepticism on? It seems like everyone is now reporting that they are from Chechnya. > > WHDH just reported that they lived in Turkey for a period before coming to the US and have been in the US for about a year. The last week’s press j/o session for one. The fact that I listened to the police scanner where they were already ID’ed about 12 hours ago. The fact that White Hat is damn dead ringer for Sunil Tripathi (plus some hair, minus some pounds), a person known to have mental problems and whom the FBI just spent 25K searching for since he disappeared last month from Brown University. The fact that neither one of those people served a day in the military in their life. (Yes, you can tell), which NBC was reporting as fact just 10 hours ago. The fact that unless they were sponsored by some radical anti-american group they couldn’t have gotten the cash together to make it out of Europe, let alone to the US. Cheychnan’s may not particularly care for Americans. But they friggin’ hate Russians. Why spend the time and effort on a group you just disdain, when there’s a perfectly hated country occupying your own country right now? And to reiterate, the mainstream media hasn’t gotten a single thing correct yet in this whole screwed up mess. Why should they start now? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/742 "2013-04-19T11:32:57Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > This thread is really exciting. Does anyone know, if the suspects are really related to the marathon bombings, were they flushed out, or did they have more things planned? If they were identified and located, that’s really fast. Every source is reporting that they are the marathon bombers. They killed an MIT policeman and hijacked a car. So they sort of flushed themselves out. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/743 "2013-04-19T11:34:54Z")
Second suspect named as Dzokhar Tsarnaev. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/744 "2013-04-19T11:38:27Z")
**DxZero** , Ever hear of the fog of war? EVERYONE is now reporting that they are brothers from Chechnya, so I have to believe that they’re getting the info from authorities who would know. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/745 "2013-04-19T11:39:24Z")
FOX News is reporting that the two are brothers. And now they are “of Chechzen descent”… IMHO, it sounds like they panicked after the pictures were released. Wouldn’t be surprised if they were really freaked out by the internet community scouring pictures for their likeness after the FBI gave them a lead. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/746 "2013-04-19T11:39:47Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > **DxZero** , > Ever hear of the fog of war? > > EVERYONE is now reporting that they are brothers from Chechnya, so I have to believe that they’re getting the info from authorities who would know. The fog hasn’t quite cleared yet, has it? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/747 "2013-04-19T11:40:30Z")
> [@DxZero](#): > > The fact that I listened to the police scanner where they were already ID’ed about 12 hours ago. I was on the police scanner for a big chunk of the night, and while I heard an address, I did not hear a name. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/748 "2013-04-19T11:42:34Z")
Yes, but everyone is now reporting it and seems very confident. I was watching CNN overnight and they’ve been very careful to not make any definite statements, but they seem definite about this. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/749 "2013-04-19T11:48:18Z")
WHDH is now reporting that they’ve been here much longer than a year. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/750 "2013-04-19T11:48:38Z")
Poor Sunil. That young man (if he is still alive) was so depressed and he just had his name dragged through the mud. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/751 "2013-04-19T11:52:00Z")
> [@DxZero](#): > > The fog hasn’t quite cleared yet, has it? Albeit, I’m prepared to be wrong if either Black Hat Mike and White Hat Sunil pop their heads up in the next few days and says “hey, 'sup”. And the fact that EVERYONE is reporting the same thing means EVERYONE got their information from the same source whom may want to feed the news media some misinformation for a bit. That’s kind of standard procedure for intelligence operations. Do we have any indication that these Chechnyan’s even exist yet? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/752 "2013-04-19T11:53:25Z")
Heard that dead suspect was accidentally shot by the other suspect. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/753 "2013-04-19T11:54:46Z")
Now it’s being reported that the one drove over his brother while escaping. Who knows if it’s true. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/754 "2013-04-19T11:55:11Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I was on the police scanner for a big chunk of the night, and while I heard an address, I did not hear a name. Just sayin’. Bout 3:30. The police certainly could be wrong too, but after this week’s media fun fest, I’m inclined to wait for a second opinion. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/755 "2013-04-19T11:55:18Z")
CBS just showed two guys sitting on a curb, apparently handcuffed, and then cut to commercial. Anyone know what that’s about? ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/756 "2013-04-19T11:56:29Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Now it’s being reported that the one drove over his brother while escaping. Who knows if it’s true. Actually did hear that on the scanner. Not about the shooting of his brother though. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/757 "2013-04-19T11:57:02Z")
I’ve heard contradictory reports that they are Russian or Turkish, as well as the Chechen reports. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/758 "2013-04-19T11:57:19Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > CBS just showed two guys sitting on a curb, apparently handcuffed, and then cut to commercial. Anyone know what that’s about? I saw that! It was barely a second, right? One of them vaguely looked like white hat, but not too much. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/759 "2013-04-19T11:57:20Z")
Dead brother’s name being reported as Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Tamerlan. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/760 "2013-04-19T11:58:34Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > CBS just showed two guys sitting on a curb, apparently handcuffed, and then cut to commercial. Anyone know what that’s about? 2 hours ago. A pair of middle eastern men were stopped hailing a cab or something and they’re waiting for the bomb squad to give the all clear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=39)