Sunil Tripathi, Mike Mulugeta Trained in Hanover Massachusetts

THE BASICS

Police reportedly released the names of the Boston Marathon attackers. Sunil Tripathi (left) and Mike Mulugeta (right) above are being connected with the attacks. State Police announced a connection between a killing at MIT and the Boston Marathon attack.

Some reports are saying that Mike Mulugeta was killed in Watertown, Massachusetts.  Mike Mulugeta may have attempted to use an improvised explosive device as a suicide bomb.  Police have identified the second Watertown suspect as "a terrorist who came here to kill people." They may have been in process of attacking MIT with additional suspects.

This information is new, so here is some evidence for you to review. You should make up your own mind about Sunil Tripathi:

22-year-old Brown University philosophy major Sunil Tripathi, of Radnor, Pa., left his apartment at 1:33 a.m. on March 16, 20 minutes after using his computer.  He did not take his personal items and left a note.

ABC News: (italics ours)

"Typically, two reasons people don't take the normal things they take with them is because they're stepping outside to talk to somebody, they're going half a block away, or they're not coming back," ABC News consultant and former FBI agent Brad Garrett told "Good Morning America."

"Everyone's racking their brains to see if they can come up with places that he might be or where he might have gone," Ravi Tripathi said. (His sister)

His family further reported that he may have been battling depression while on leave from school.

"He's been trying to figure out what he wants to do in life, where he wants to go," Ravi Tripathi, Sunil Tripathi's brother, said.

TERRORISM TRAINING

On March 12 and March 15 explosions occurred in Hanover, MA. Apparently Hanover was the location of some test runs with the explosives used during the Boston Marathon.

[..]two recent incidents where, over the past week, witnesses have reported explosions.

Officials are concerned the explosive devices could lead to injury or property damage. The recovered explosives appear to be homemade.

“We’re hoping neighbors may have seen something that may help us identify those responsible for detonating the devices,” said Hanover Fire Chief Jeff Blanchard.

A private intelligence group reports that jihadists have been recruiting for attacks:

a jihadist announced his desire to plan bombings in the United States, but was chastised by others for revealing such a plot publicly. He is referring to a posting on the Ansar al-Mujahideen forum on April 1 in which a jihadist tried to recruit members for an attack similar in impact to al-Qaeda's 9/11 strikes, but seemed focused on the attack being a suicide bombing.

Tripathi and Mulugeta, if responsible for bombings, may have been recruited, trained or inspired by Islamic terrorists. This leads to the possibility of additional suspects.

NOT "RIGHT WING"

Che is a popular t-shirt design for those unfamiliar with his history. Guevara is not an idol of "right wing" philosophy students.

The mythical "right wing nut" remains the left's bigfoot. Gulagbound reminds us that recent domestic mass attacks have all been by progressives and drugs.

SOURCES:

• http://news.siteintelgroup.com/component/content/article/6-jihadist-news/2979-jihadists-hope-boston-bombings-are-acts-of-jihadi-terrorism
• http://abcnews.go.com/US/sunil-tripathi-surveillance-footage-shows-missing-ivy-league/story?id=18845517#.UXDw0aJwrzj
• http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/26/missing-brown-university-student-has-been-suffering-from-depression-brother/
• http://www.wickedlocal.com/hanover/news/x1037527396/Explosives-cause-concern-in-Hanover#axzz2QreVuvnH

Is Explosion Near Waco Related to Boston?

Update 5/10/2013:
Texas Fertilizer Explosion EMS Worker Charged With Owning Explosive Device

A first responder who helped treat victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, last month was arrested and charged today with possessing an explosive device.

The arrest came on the same day that Texas authorities opened a criminal investigation into the April 17 explosion.

Paramedic Bryce Reed, who works with the West, Texas, EMS and served as incident commander during the response to the explosion, appeared in federal court in Waco, Texas, this morning for alleged possession of a destructive device.

Original Post: 4/17/1013 9:43 PM:

A large explosion has occurred near Waco, Texas.

Here is video of the massive blast:

A seismograph in Amarillo (~400m away) registered the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.

Sixty or seventy people are reported dead and up to one hundred injured. The information is frrom EMS Director Dr. George Smith.

This morning we reviewed the possibility that the Boston Marathon attack might be the first in a series of terrorist attacks. This explosion in Waco might fall into such a strategy and explain why the attackers have not yet claimed responsibility.

 Al Qaeda may be waiting to claim responsibility until operatives and support members have retreated to safety. We may see a claim of responsibility in a few hours.  We will not see a claim of responsibility if further attacks are in progress.

An organization with hundreds of members can run a sophisticated support network. However, such networks are difficult to create and they would not want to dissemble it after a single attack. Successful operatives might be planning or executing additional attacks. A rash of attacks, like the ricin senatorial attack, would maximize the terror effect.