Well, they were white guys, just like the press was fervently hoping. But who knew that the Tea Party was so active in Chechnya?

I’m sure that all that Islam stuff on his web page is just to camouflage his right-wing militia racism.

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Let’s hope that this isn’t the beginning of a trend:

Yet such freakouts [as the one today in Boston] are nothing compared to what is in store if the the Marathon bombing means that Chechen jihadis has come to U.S. shores. The Chechens mounted one of the most vicious terror campaigns ever against Russia in the 1990s, blowing up apartment buildings, and launching massive attacks on theaters and even schools. They are known as among the most violent and dedicated terrorists in the world. They can be found fighting in Libya, Syria and every other major jihadi campaign. Though usually they have to sneak into the target countries, rather than coming on a visa as the Boston bombers apparently did.)

Russia only succeeded in suppressing the Chechen Islamists with extremely brutal tactics that would never find support in the U.S – essentially leveling the Chechen capital. Yet dealing with such a threat would also be impossible with a politically correct approach to counter-terror that, for example, turns away from talking frankly about the terrorists profiles and motives.

But they’d rather talk about the Tea Party and militias, and “workplace violence” at Fort Hood.

[Update a while later]

What we know about the terrorists. Dan Foster has a roundup.

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It occurs to me that I’d have been a little nervous knowing someone who was named for Tamerlane:

Scholars estimate that his military campaigns caused the deaths of 17 million people, amounting to about 5% of the world population.

He reportedly built pyramids of human skulls of the vanquished. It would be sort of like naming your kid “Stalin” or “Mao.” Or Hitler, though he was actually a piker when it came to murdering humans compared to those two.

[Update a few minutes later]

Three places to know to understand the terrorists.

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An important point:

Because we know so little, and because the stakes are so high, it is imperative that the remaining suspect — if caught — should not be permitted to “lawyer up.” Were they an isolated pair, merely inspired by foreign terrorism? Did they have links to al-Qaeda? Did they have links to Chechen terror groups? Were they even inspired by jihad or something else entirely? Did they have help? Foreign terrorists with potential links to our deadliest enemies do not have the right to remain silent.

But the fools running Eric Holder’s Justice Department will probably give them one anyway. The smart media would start to ask now if this will be treated as a domestic crime or foreign terrorism, and it’s a decision that should be made before capture, it we’re lucky enough to capture him.

[Update a while later]

Here’s some dark humor — the hijacked car had a “Coexist” sticker on it.

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Over half a year later, the truth continues to drip out:

Former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods was part of a small team who was at the CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under attack. When he and others heard the shots fired, they informed their higher-ups at the annex to tell them what they were hearing and requested permission to go to the consulate and help out. They were told to “stand down,” according to sources familiar with the exchange. Soon after, they were again told to “stand down.”

Woods and at least two others ignored those orders and made their way to the consulate which at that point was on fire. Shots were exchanged. The rescue team from the CIA annex evacuated those who remained at the consulate and Sean Smith, who had been killed in the initial attack. They could not find the ambassador and returned to the CIA annex at about midnight.

At that point, they called again for military support and help because they were taking fire at the CIA safe house, or annex. The request was denied. There were no communications problems at the annex, according those present at the compound. The team was in constant radio contact with their headquarters. In fact, at least one member of the team was on the roof of the annex manning a heavy machine gun when mortars were fired at the CIA compound. The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Spectre gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights.

CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Youngblood, though, denied the claims that requests for support were turned down.

Of course she did. That doesn’t make them untrue.