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reporter: investigators want to know if tamerlan met with any of the notoriously fierce extremist leaders there. tamerlan was a changed man when he returned to the u.s., swearing off tobacco and alcohol, linking to extremist jih jihadist videos saying, i don t have any american friends. i don t understand them. a neighbor said he expressed anger about america and christianity. he said the bible is cheap copy of the koran. he said most american wars are excused with the bible. reporter: the mother of the two brothers told abc news from russia that tamerlan was always the leader of her two boys and that after the bombing, he called her to say, everything is okay, thanks to allah. authorities say the initial assessment now is this is not something ordered from chechnya or al qaeda, more the twisted thinking of a radicalized young man whose only real help was his younger brother. brian ross, abc news, boston. ....