Intelligence officials have texts from mom saying Tamerlan is prepared to die for Islam

[dkf]

In the phone call between mother and son that the Russians wiretapped, Tsarnaeva and Tamerlan Tsarnaev discussed his going to the Palestinian territories, as well as the subject of jihad, but in a general, "nonspecific" way, the source said. The Associated Press reported he dismissed the idea of traveling to the territories because he said he didn't speak the language there, Arabic.

Intelligence officials have also found text messages in which the mother discusses how Tamerlan is ready to die for Islam, two sources said.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/source-tamerlan-tsarnaev-mother-talked-about-jihad-in-russian-wiretap-1.5154317


I think we have found the radical who influenced Tamerlan...

[Exultant Democracy]

1. Can't be a very good muslim if he doesn't know Arabic, can't read the koran.

[wercal]

2. Dumb question - Is it considered inadequate to read a translation?

[Exultant Democracy]

3. No it isn't a dumb question, but yes a translation would no longer be the koran.

[KittyWampus]

4. I believe a truly devote Muslim prays 5 times a day? Yet Tamerlan is reported to have slept all day

while in Dagestan.

[datasuspect]

5. i would have thought they'd have designated him the 10,000th al qaeda #2 by now

just saying.