Boston Bombing Suspects Motivated By Afghanistan, Iraq Wars: Report

HUFFINGTON POST: …Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, “the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, has told interrogators that the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan motivated him and his brother to carry out the attack,” the Post writes, citing “U.S. officials familiar with the interviews.”…

But if the officials who spoke to the Post are correct, the Boston bombing suspects would be the latest accused terrorists who have listed American interventions as their motive.

The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald has repeatedly argued that U.S. violence in other countries are what actually fuels terrorist attacks…  (more)

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