unsubstantiated rumors in the New York Times (aplogia for Lebanese Jihadis)

"But the picture is murkier in this isolated village near the Syrian border where Mr. Satem grew up. While Mr. Satem had sympathized with Syria’s rebels and had once gone to join them, his friends and neighbors did not recall any obvious signs of extremism. Many felt that the discovery of his body and of his ID — which was nearly intact, despite the blast — raised more questions than it answered."  There is no story there at all, and there is no evidence that there is anything murky or mysterious about the case. The family of every bomber always pretend that the man in question was a moderate.  Even the Sep. 11 Lebanese hijacker, Ziyad Jarrah's family claimed that he was a moderate and that he showed no signs of extremism.  Of course, in the case of Satem, he did show sign of extremism by the admission of his own father.