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SALON – In a bizarre twist befitting a Hollywood conspiracy theory movie, the AP reports today that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was influenced by conspiracy theories, including Alex Jones’ website Infowars, which has been pushing a narrative that the Tsarnaev brothers were patsies set up by a government cabal to take the fall for the bombing.
Tamerlan “took an interest in Infowars,” according to Elmirza Khozhugov, the ex-husband of Tamerlan’s sister. He was also apparently interested in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and was trying to find a copy of “The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion,” one of the most notorious conspiracy tomes of history.
I’m not an Alex Jones fan and never will be. And while it might be funny or even make sense that dead Boston jihadi bomber #1 was an Alex Jones fan, it shouldn’t matter. Honestly, I could care less. This isn’t about Alex Jones and the conspiracyville he lives in. This is about terrorism and Islam which is a huge threat that our current leaders already play down or try to ignore. The last thing we need is to allow the left to make this about Alex Jones and not the real issue of Islamism.