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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jsteele, given what we know at this stage about the brother's sentiments and activities - which admittedly is still not a lot - can you please elaborate on what you see as "other, equally possible, explanations" for the bombing??

And please don't take this the wrong way, but you have a personal link to this part of the world as you've mentioned here in the past? Is that coloring your interpretation of these events? I'm not accusing, just curious - I work on related issues and I have to say my own interpretation is absolutely shaped by what I know about the linkages between Chechens and a variety of different terrorist activities, including and especially Al Qaeda. But I thought the oped today (NYT? I think) that posed the question about whether this is a case of Columbine meeting Beslan was interesting, and deeply scary. I just don't yet see the Columbine part here.[/quote]

I'm obviously not Jeff.  But a young person who feels like a misfit / alienated from society could do something like this.  Look at Columbine. And they might even gravitate toward an ideology to justify it.  Look at how Anders Brevik.  The guy is schizophrenic according to the courts, but you could blame right wing Christian separatist ideology if you wanted.[/quote]

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