Boston #4

Here's a new fact that adds to Tamerlan's profile.   The parents of his wife's family have released a statement saying that they now know that they "never really knew Tamerlan Tzarinaev."  His wife once filed a domestic violence report, because he hit her.  His family minimizes this as a misunderstanding.  Neighbors describe the wife's family as "kind of Waspish."  One of them says she never met Tamerlin.


A neighbor of the parents says that the daughter (Tamerlan's wife) left for college a few years ago; and when she came back she had begun dressing in the style of Muslim women, including head coverings.  This perhaps suggests a stronger involvement on Tamerlan's part in the Islamic faith, or possibly his wife's acceptance of the faith.  Someone else said that he had begun observing the daily prayers. 

But his involvement seems to have taken on a radical turn.  After he returned from 6 months in Russia in the first half of 2012, he started a web site that contained radical rhetoric.  Did he come to this on his own and through the internet, or did he meet with radicals in Russia?   His father says that he spent most of the 6 months with him, although he did have two male visitors at one time.

Which makes me wonder:   Is the father involved in this?    He came to American as a refugee with his family 10 or so years ago, and reportedly went back about a year ago.   Is he perhaps behind this?   I haven't heard any other suggestions like this;  it just occurred to me now.

Ralph