Postscript #25 April 25: In this interview, Sibel Edmonds (the 9/11 whistle blower) discusses why she believes that the CIA, in order to bribe Russia to stop preventing the United States from intervening more aggressively in Syria against Russian ally Assad, may have created the Marathon bombing event for the purpose of branding anti-Russian Chechnyans as followers of al Qaeda (instead of their former portrayal as freedom fighters for independence) thereby making it easier for Russia to crack down on them. Edmonds notes that if the U.S. steps up its aggression in Syria in the next week or too it will be confirmatory evidence for this hypothesis. Edmonds also says that the huge police response in Boston and surrounding towns and the "shelter in place" order constituted a "test run" for martial law, the idea being that if our rulers could pull it off in sophisticated Boston then they would know they can pull it off anywhere else in the United States whenever they want to.
'MOSCOW — The United States and Russia agreed Tuesday to try to bring together the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad and the opposition for peace talks, signaling a potential breakthrough in long-stalled diplomatic efforts to end a bloody conflict that threatens to destabilize the entire region.

The proposed peace conference, announced by Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after a day of talks, appeared to reflect a softening of Russia’s staunch support of Assad. "I would like to emphasize that we … are not interested in the fate of certain persons," Lavrov told reporters. "We are interested in the fate of the total Syrian people."'

My oh my, what a difference the Marathon bombing made. The article points out that:
'The developments in Moscow seemed to signal a revival of the so-called Geneva communique, agreed to in June at a special meeting of the "Action Group for Syria" convened by Kofi Annan, the former United Nations-Arab League special envoy.

The communique's road map for a peaceful political transition in Syria was sidelined amid differences between Moscow and Washington on a fundamental issue: the future of Bashar Assad. Before the Geneva session, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had pushed for an explicit guarantee that Assad would have to relinquish power, but Russia balked.'

John Spritzler, editor