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The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Thursday in written testimony that alleged Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev were influenced by al-Qaeda.
"The Marathon's accused bombers, Tamerlan, 26, and Dzhokhar, 19, Tsarnev, journey to violent extremism had in part begun online through social networking sites linked to al-Qaeda-inspired videos and content," according to CAIR's written testimony for Thursday's House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the April 15 Boston attacks.
"Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told investigators that he and his brother learned to build the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used in the Boston attacks from the English language online magazine Inspire, circulated by al Qaeda's Yemen branch, and were influenced partly by the online sermons of Anwar al Awlaki, an al Qaeda linked leader," according to CAIR's testimony.