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Guess Who Found the Red-Bearded Exorcist That 'Brainwashed' Tamerlan Tsarnaev
The Atlantic
April 28, 2013
by Adam Clark Estes
Last week, we learned about a curious character named "Misha," who was
described by the media as a red-bearded radical Muslim who performed
exorcisms and evidently mentored the Boston bombing suspects. The FBI
obviously wanted to talk to this guy, and they have. Authorities
stopped short of identifying him, so journalists have been
sleuthing. You'll never guess who found him.
The New York Review of Books, typically the place to catch up on some
literary criticism rather than breaking news, scooped everyone on
Sunday night. It tracked down Misha, whose real name is Mikhail
Allakhverdov, living with his parents in a run down area of Rhode
Island. And as any sane person would, he doesn't want anything to do
with the late Tamerlan Tsarnaev or his brother Dzhokhar, who remains
in custody as the chief suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing and
subsequent madness. "I wasn't his teacher," Allakhverdov told NYR. "If
I had been his teacher, I would have made sure he never did anything
like this."
Well, this isn't what Tsarnaev's family said. The brothers' ever
press-friendly uncle Ruslan Tsarni told CNN that this Misha character
"just took his brain." He said, "He just brainwashed him completely."
However, we now know that Tamerlan brain was prime for washing. The
26-year-old Islamist was into all kinds of conspiracy theories and as
a regular listener of Alex Jones's tin foil hat radio talk show
Infowars. Why uncle Ruslan blames it all on Misha is a mystery, but
apparently, the red-bearded exorcist isn't that interesting to
authorities either. Allakhaverdov said the FBI is about to close his
case.
The Atlantic
April 28, 2013
by Adam Clark Estes
Last week, we learned about a curious character named "Misha," who was
described by the media as a red-bearded radical Muslim who performed
exorcisms and evidently mentored the Boston bombing suspects. The FBI
obviously wanted to talk to this guy, and they have. Authorities
stopped short of identifying him, so journalists have been
sleuthing. You'll never guess who found him.
The New York Review of Books, typically the place to catch up on some
literary criticism rather than breaking news, scooped everyone on
Sunday night. It tracked down Misha, whose real name is Mikhail
Allakhverdov, living with his parents in a run down area of Rhode
Island. And as any sane person would, he doesn't want anything to do
with the late Tamerlan Tsarnaev or his brother Dzhokhar, who remains
in custody as the chief suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing and
subsequent madness. "I wasn't his teacher," Allakhverdov told NYR. "If
I had been his teacher, I would have made sure he never did anything
like this."
Well, this isn't what Tsarnaev's family said. The brothers' ever
press-friendly uncle Ruslan Tsarni told CNN that this Misha character
"just took his brain." He said, "He just brainwashed him completely."
However, we now know that Tamerlan brain was prime for washing. The
26-year-old Islamist was into all kinds of conspiracy theories and as
a regular listener of Alex Jones's tin foil hat radio talk show
Infowars. Why uncle Ruslan blames it all on Misha is a mystery, but
apparently, the red-bearded exorcist isn't that interesting to
authorities either. Allakhaverdov said the FBI is about to close his
case.