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April 24, 2013

Boston Marathon Suspect Cites Iraq, Afghanistan Wars as Motive 
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The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has reportedly
cited the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a motive behind last week's
attack. According to The Washington Post, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told
interrogators from his hospital bed that the U.S. invasions of Iraq and
Afghanistan motivated him and his brother to carry out the bombings that
killed three people and wounded over 170 more. Investigators say it
appears the brothers were "self-radicalized" through the Internet and
U.S. actions in Muslim countries. No evidence has emerged linking their
acts to foreign militants.

 

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