McCain and Graham: Suspect Dzhokar has no rights and should be ‘enemy combatant’
by Patrick Henningsen
21st Century Wire
April 21, 2013
The old wounds of 911 and the cryptic calls for legalised torture have once again taken center stage in the American political discourse this week…
Seen by some as the poster children for new Senate ‘term limits’, Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain are warning against trying the surviving Boston bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in a court of law, claiming he should be held as an “enemy combatant” instead. They were joined in their call by Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH).
Salon reports: “It is clear the events we have seen over the past few days in Boston were an attempt to kill American citizens and terrorize a major American city,” the four Republicans wrote in a joint statement. “The accused perpetrators of these acts were not common criminals attempting to profit from a criminal enterprise, but terrorists trying to injure, maim, and kill innocent Americans.
“The suspect, based upon his actions, clearly is a good candidate for enemy combatant status. We do not want this suspect to remain silent,” they wrote.
McCain and Graham also praised Boston Police for invoking the Orwellian “public safety exception” which allowed them not to read any Miranda Rights to the younger Tsarnaev.
Salon also adds here: “We should be focused on gathering intelligence from this suspect right now that can help our nation understand how this attack occurred and what may follow in the future. That should be our focus, not a future domestic criminal trial that may take years to complete,” the statement said.
Congressman Peter King (R) New York has taken the opportunity of this crisis to renew old Sept 11th called for increased surveillance of Muslims in America. He is arguing, that in wake of the Boston bombings, law enforcement should increase surveillance in Muslim communities, and not to be bound by “political correctness” anymore.
Feds send for Gitmo team to interrogate Boston suspect
Sens. Graham and McCain may get their wish in full, as Obama officials announced yesterday that the 19 year old Tsarnaev will likely be questioned using ‘enhanced interrogation’ by a federal team known as the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group, which includes strongmen from the FBI, CIA, and DOD.
Presently, the suspect is said to be in serious condition held at a heavily guarded Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and interestingly, unable to talk as a result of “injuries to the throat”, as Federal prosecutors await their chance to interview him.
It is not clear as yet, whether or not, or when the suspect will be allowed a lawyer present during questioning.
My Kids Were Framed, Says Boston Bombing Suspects’ Father
White Owl Conspiracy
April 19, 2013
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An Interfax correspondent has managed to talk on the phone with a man introducing himself as Anzor, the father of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who are suspected of committing the Boston Marathon bomb attack on Monday.
“I learned about the incident from TV. My opinion is: the special services have framed my children, because they are practicing Muslims. Why did they kill Tamerlan? He was supposed to be caught alive. The younger is on the run now. He was a sophomore at a medical school in the U.S. We expected him to come home for vacation. Now I don’t know what’s going to happen. Tell you once again: I believe special services have framed my children,” the man said.
The brothers’ uncle has confirmed to AP that the brothers lived together near Boston and have lived in the United States since immigrating there about a decade ago.
Apparently also resident in the US, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan, turns out to have a criminal record of her own. On June 13, 2012, the 45-year-old was arrested by the police in Natick, Massachusetts, and charged with larceny of women’s clothing valued at $1,624, as well as two counts of malicious damage to property.
The Tsarnaev family moved to Dagestan from Kyrgyzstan in 2001, the school spokesman told RT. Dzhokhar studied there for just one year and produced no particular impression, good or bad, on the teachers.
VIDEO — Breaking Info on Boston Bombings! Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the Naked Man
Press For Truth
April 21, 2013
Maret Tsarnaeva the aunt of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the suspected Boston marathon bombers has revealed to me that she can positively identify the oldest nephew Tamerlan Tsarnaev as the man who was stripped naked and placed into a police cruiser during the manhunt for the suspects.
Watertown Shooting – Man Taken into Custody and Stripped:
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Naked man arrested in Watertown, MA related to boston bombing:
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VIDEO — Public cheers as Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev arrested
Russia Today
April 20, 2013
There have been cheers and applause at the end of a fierce shootout that saw a man who kept Boston on edge for days, caught and taken into custody. A 19-year-old suspect in Monday’s deadly marathon bombings was seriously injured in the standoff with police and is now in critical condition – READ MORE http://on.rt.com/9ay7qr
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Rape Culture
by Christin Gillard
Modern Media
April 14, 2013
Facebook VS Rape Culture
A Losing Battle… Until the Police Demand Action
Last Wednesday, a story was posted on a Facebook group created anonymously by a Canadian student at Humber College in Toronto. Facebook groups pop up all the time, no big deal right? Wrong. The group titled “Humber College Epic Hookup Fails” has attracted national media attention after two students reported a post highlighting the alleged assault of an intoxicated student.
Caution: Written below are direct quotes from the Facebook post, the story was posted anonymously and is graphic. Read at your own discretion.
Deadman Walking Redux [video]
Ryan Dawson
April 21, 2013
This was about the Naked man incident where the News thought they had the Boston Bomber, turned out they say to have been a look alike in the same area. OK then the police state still cuffed and stripped an innocent man. But then the story breaks down getting sillier and sillier about how they caught the real real terrorist one (third time is the charm) how he died from being shot, a suicide vest, and then hit with a car all at least once and then the medical examiner said he could not make heads or tails of how and when the man died. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/20…… Basically after he was cuffed the cops tortured him and then said oh he was dragged by a car and the brother did it.
Boston terror timeline: Bombing & manhunt landmarks [video]
Russia Today
April 21, 2013
It has been a traumatic few days for the US city of Boston. Two terror blasts struck at its landmark marathon on Monday killing 3 – including a child – and injuring more than a hundred. The attack was followed by an intense man-hunt for two suspects through the city’s suburbs. It eventually saw one of the alleged bombers killed and the other wounded and taken into custody. RT’s Anastasia Churkina looks back at the bitter events.
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