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Things You Might Not Want To Do, Terrorism Investigation Edition

Doug Mataconis · Wednesday, May 1, 2013 · 8 comments

This news about two of three suspects charged today in connection to the Boston attacks has a lesson in it somewhere:

Two suspects who have been taken into custody in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings drove a car with “Terrorista #1″ printed on the front plate.

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Tazhayakov and Kadrbayev, who are reportedly in FBI custody, drove around in a black BMW with “Terrorista #1″ license plates and were also photographed with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Times Square.

If I didn’t know better, I’d think this was from the plot of a Direct-To-DVD movie.

FILED UNDER: Terrorism, Uncategorized, DVD, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, FBI

About Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.

Comments

John Burgess says:

Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 15:41

Any Che posters hanging in the bedroom?
Doug Mataconis says:

Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 15:47

@John Burgess:

Since they’re Kazakh, I was assuming it would be Borat
grumpy realist says:

Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 16:25

Are we sure that the MSM didn’t get punked by the Onion again?
rudderpedals says:

Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 16:44

Bit stale. The Herald reported the Terrorista #1 license plate 5 days ago noting the men were being held on immigration issues.
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/04/lawyer_jailed_pair_shocked_by_boston_bomb_claims
Stormy Dragon says:

Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 17:16

No hat tip? I am disappoint!
Jeremy R says:

Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 17:54

Tazhayakov and Kadrbayev, who are reportedly in FBI custody, drove around in a black BMW with “Terrorista #1″ license plates and were also photographed with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Times Square.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Shake_(song)

“Harlem Shake” is a song recorded by American DJ and producer Baauer. …

The single did not begin to sell significantly until February 2013, when a YouTube video set to its music developed into an Internet meme of the same name. …

The song begins with a sample of a feminine-sounding voice yelling “con los terroristas”, a Spanish phrase which translates to “with the terrorists” in English.[10] It was taken from the 2006 reggaeton song “Maldades” by Héctor Delgado, who often used the line as a refrain on his other songs. In 2010, the recorded phrase was used by Philadelphia disc jockeys Skinny Friedman and DJ Apt One on their remix of Gregor Salto’s dance track “Con Alegría”. Baauer said that he found the vocal sample from an unidentified source on the Internet.
an**********@ya***.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">John Peabody says:

Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 21:15

Direct to DVD? Nahh, now those things are just uploaded to YouTube and get 3,376 views before they pull the plug.
Barry says:

Thursday, 2 May 2013 at 07:16

Doug: “If I didn’t know better, I’d think this was from the plot of a Direct-To-DVD movie.”

Nah, that’d be the old days (and it probably wouldn’t even be available on DVD, because those cost actual money to make). It’d be direct-to-YouTube.