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发帖数: 29846 | 1 CBS: FBI and al Qaeda “Struggling” to Identify Who Was Behind Boston
Bombing
by Jammie
We had no idea al Qaeda was investigating the Boston Marathon bombing. Maybe
due to the Obama Sequester cuts we need their help.
As FBI investigators comb through photo and video evidence for new leads
as to who was behind the deadly Boston Marathon bombings, it seems al Qaeda
and its most fervent supporters are equally perplexed, but eagerly hoping
the sinister act can be claimed by the group.
CBS News senior correspondent John Miller, a former assistant FBI
director, says investigators are focusing on photos taken immediately before
the bombing and others showing what appear to be parts of the detonated
devices.
The placement of both devices in metal pressure cookers could reveal
hints as to who was behind the attack. “Inspire,” an online magazine
published by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), recently published
instructions on how to make pressure cooker bombs.
While the terror group was by no means the first to illustrate the
instructions, al Qaeda’s online forums and chatrooms are also abuzz with
suggestions that the Boston bomber or bombers might have been inspired by
the group’s strong push for “lone wolf” style attacks in the West.
Al-Shabab, al Qaeda’s primary media operation, published a video in
June 2011 spearheading the group’s effort to move away from large-scale,
centrally-organized and planned dramatic operations like the Sept. 11
attacks, and toward smaller, easier to plan and carry out, lone wolf attacks.
The video is being reference often by jihadists in light of the Boston
bombings, with many expressing hope that someone buying into the al Qaeda
philosophy was behind the attack.
“Even if this was the work of a ‘lone wolf’, a claim by al Qaeda
would probably have a big impact on the U.S., and most importantly, would
encourage others to follow suit,” urges one online jihadist.
But CBS News’ analysis of prominent, credible jihadist web portals
shows they are grappling for answers just as the FBI investigators are. Most
recent terror attacks have been claimed by jihadist groups within about
three days.
“The investigators are struggling with that question,” explains Miller
, “as al Qaeda, on the other side of the world, is wondering ‘was that us?
’”
American pundits, meanwhile, are desperately hoping it’s a white guy so
they can castigate the entire conservative movement. | l******g
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