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Newly released court documents provide gruesome details of the injuries that alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev suffered before his capture, including a skull fracture.

Dr. Stephen Ray Odom, a trauma surgeon who treated Tsarnaev at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, described the accused terrorist’s injuries during a court proceeding at the hospital in April, three days after his arrest. The transcript of his testimony was ordered unsealed Monday.

"He has multiple gunshot wounds, the most severe of which appears to have entered through the left side inside of his mouth and exited the left face, lower face,” Odom said, according to the transcript.

"This was a high-powered injury that has resulted in skull-base fracture, with injuries to the middle ear, the skull base, the lateral portion of his C1 vertebrae, with a signifi ... Read more »
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Many Americans have been astounded that the Kazakh students Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov were willing to risk lengthy prison terms to help two Dagestan buddies implicated in the Boston Marathon bombings.

Not me – because in my seven years in Kazakhstan, I have seen the "helping your buddy” mentality taken to extremes. Even assaulting a professor. I’ll get to that later.

Meanwhile, Kazakhs have been shocked over Kadyrbayev’s and Tazhayakov’s arrests, given that the 19-year-olds "didn’t do anything” in the bombings.

News accounts have indicated that the Kazakhs were unaware that the brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were planning a terrorist act.  Tamerlan died in a shootout with authorities after the bombings, which killed three and wounded scores, and Dzhokhar was wounded and faces a trial that could bring the ... Read more »

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 About 20 members of "Muslims for Peace” gathered on Boston Common yesterday hoping to undo some of the damage done to Islam’s image terrorist attacks.
  
"After several events t ... Read more »
Views: 647 | Added by: freejahar | Date: 2013-08-19 | Comments (0)