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And supposedly his influence over the older brother? >> well, first of all, i want to express my condolences to all of those who lost their loved ones. i met misha. tamerlan introduced me to him. it seems to me that misha has influence on tamerlan because when -- for the reasons why tamerlan was boxing said that misha [ inaudible ] told me that boxing is violent.
Be ready. for high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer. be ready with children's motrin. welcome back. i'm wolf blitzer in boston. the uncle of the boston bombing suspects says tamerlan tsavraev was brainwashed by a friends at cambridge. the man was armenian, and influenced tamerlan's behavior starting in 2009. this is a serious man was a convert to islam. the uncle would not name the man. other reports have identified him only as misha. with us now, fran townsend,
To do those things. >> what was misha's last name? do you know his full name? >> no, i don't know his full name. i only met him twice and we just shook hands and tamerlan told me this is misha my friend. he is an armenian that converted to islam. that's pretty much hit. i heard them speak to each other, but i didn't listen to misha's words too much because, you know, i don't like talking about religion so much. >> did you ever suspect that misha was connected directly to any terror groups? >> i didn't suspect either him or tamerlan being connected to terror groups or having terrorist ideas, bu...
Fact there, was a misha, was he acting alone or connected to some groups? excellent questions for investigators to look at. they have also been taking a look at some of the comments, some of statements, some of the occasions co indications from sdpldzhokhar tsavraev. he said he never had any contact with terrorist groups and that both of the brothers were radicalized over the internet. here is the question. are federal investigators skeptical of anything this guy says? >> they will be skeptical of everything they say. this is out of jihadist playbook, if you will, these alleged grievances, def...
>> do you believe he inspired the older brother to become a radio cal muslim? is that what i hear you saying? >> he surely did have influence and did teach him things that would make tamerlan go away from the people and go more into the religion. may be it is possible he suggested to him some radical ideas. i didn't witness him making him radical or i didn't witness him [ inaudible ] i just know tamerlan told me that he quit boxing and music because misha was teaching him that it's not good in islam to do those