Bombing Suspect Left Note in Boat, Claims Bombings Were Retribution for Afghanistan, Iraq

Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a goodbye note claiming that the bombings were retribution for the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and said he and his brother were martyrs.

Tsarnaev scrawled the note on the inside of the boat where police found and arrested him, according to a report on CBS News Thursday morning. 

According the CBS report, the note stated:

• Dzhokar did not mourn his older brother Tamerlan
• Tamerlan was a martyr now in paradise
• Dzhokar expected to join him there
• The bombings were retribution for what the U.S. did to Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq
• The Boston victims were collateral damage, like Muslims are in U.S. wars
• And, when you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims

Bullets pierced the wall of the boat where the note was found. The shots were fired after a police officer covering the side of the boat spotted Tsarnaev come up out of the tarp and thought he had a bomb, according to the report.

The note may help prosecutors' case against Tsarnaev. While he admitted to being behind the bombings, the statements were made before he was given a Miranda warning. Because he wrote the message while he lay alone in the in the boat thinking he was dying they will likely be admissible in court, according to CBS News.

See more on the CBS News report by clicking here.