...A curveball of international proportions: The Boston suspects are from a town near Chechnya!?

Identities revealed: The suspects were brothers, from Russia near Chechnya, may have military experience, and have lived in the United States for about a year.. 

We will see how much of that turns out to be true..

More on that military experience being reported ..

And politically and militarily, it is certainly worth noting developments recently.  Chechen commander forms 'Army of Emigrants,' integrates Syrian groups

The Syrian 'rebels' have been joined by militants from Chechnya in "Jihad" against Assad.

So in essence, the United States  is also funding extremists from Chechnya..