I'm still betting this is largely homegrown and mainly the work of the disaffected older brother. He might have found a focus for his disaffection when he visited Chechnya, but I just have a feeling there is no grand conspiracy here.

For the record, they didn't rob the 7-11.

While the military lockdown of the entire town is troubling, what would have been an alternative strategy?

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