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    Saw a witness on CNN saying her friend was running the marathon and got hurt a couple of miles from the finish line...no injury and she would have been right at the blast site.

    Made me wonder about another possibility--was a specific person the intended target and the bomb was a cover to make it look like a terror attack?

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    Saw a witness on CNN saying her friend was running the marathon and got hurt a couple of miles from the finish line...no injury and she would have been right at the blast site.

    Made me wonder about another possibility--was a specific person the intended target and the bomb was a cover to make it look like a terror attack?

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    This is just starting and I'm already sick of it. The media coverage is going to make the perpetrator look like a hero. Again...
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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    Quote Originally Posted by GoSlash27 View Post
    This is just starting and I'm already sick of it. The media coverage is going to make the perpetrator look like a hero. Again...
    It's unbearable. I guarantee some freak will be "inspired" by the coverage and at least think about doing something unfortunate because of it. I always feel that way when the media goes nuts on coverage of the suspect in these type of incidents. It seriously makes me want to puke.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vis View Post
    If it's terrorism someone will claim it.
    I've often wondered about that. What's the sense of claiming it? If the ultimate aim of terrorist is to unleash the chaos monster in organized society, then denying that society a focal point of its anger would only increase the chaos. Now that I think about it, Al Quada didn't claim 9-11, did they? It was done through intelligence and finally, a video from an informant. I'd think that claiming it happens in the old-style terrorism, where the goal wasn't straight up disorder, but to have demands met.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Preacher View Post
    I've often wondered about that. What's the sense of claiming it? If the ultimate aim of terrorist is to unleash the chaos monster in organized society, then denying that society a focal point of its anger would only increase the chaos. Now that I think about it, Al Quada didn't claim 9-11, did they? It was done through intelligence and finally, a video from an informant. I'd think that claiming it happens in the old-style terrorism, where the goal wasn't straight up disorder, but to have demands met.
    Specific groups believe that claiming an act of terror will further their cause. It's free propaganda/publicity. "Look at what people who believe in our cause are able to accomplish".

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    Authorities question Saudi national in Boston attack

    (CBS News) Following the twin blasts at the Boston Marathon that has claimed two lives and dozens injured, a Saudi national is being held in custody in relation to the incident who was near the scene of the blast, CBS News correspondent John Miller reported.

    Law enforcement sources told Miller a witness saw a person acting suspiciously when the explosions happened along the marathon route.

    "They see him running away from the device," said Miller. "Now, a reasonable person would be running away. But this person had noticed him before. This is a civilian -- chases him down, tackles him, turns him over to the Boston police. The individual is being looked at [and] was suffering from burn injury. That means this person was pretty close to wherever this blast went off, but not so close as to suffer the serious injuries that other people


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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    Quote Originally Posted by GoSlash27 View Post
    This is just starting and I'm already sick of it. The media coverage is going to make the perpetrator look like a hero. Again...
    I have to admit, I'm with you. Even the Weather Channel got in on the action. This is what happens when you have way too many news sources, both on TV and the internet, all competing to get that scoop. And all it does is give another sick bastard ideas on how to get their 15 minutes of fame. Some may call us insensitive, but that's how I feel. It was better when there were only 3 major TV news sources plus newspapers.








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    It's a miracle more weren't killed outright - these are the extremely graphic pics they won't show on TV - unless you can handle battlefield injuries with amputations, don't look!

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=072_1366065507

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    Thoughts and prayers to all of those affected.
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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    Quote Originally Posted by Spike View Post
    Boston PD deny reports of Saudi suspect

    that didn't take long


    CNN’s Nat’l Sec Analyst Speculates ‘Right-Wing Extremists’


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=H0Ik0wRyDLM
    The journalist says "of course we don't want to speculate" and then they spend the next two minutes talking about why it is so likely a "white wing extremist" group.

    Imagine how disappointed they will be if it ends up being the Saudi "freedom fighter."
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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    Quote Originally Posted by X-Terminator View Post
    I have to admit, I'm with you. Even the Weather Channel got in on the action. This is what happens when you have way too many news sources, both on TV and the internet, all competing to get that scoop. And all it does is give another sick bastard ideas on how to get their 15 minutes of fame. Some may call us insensitive, but that's how I feel. It was better when there were only 3 major TV news sources plus newspapers.
    The sad part is it's the media who's insensitive; shamelessly exploiting this tragedy for ratings and cheap political points with their fake "we-are-all-deeply-moved" expressions.
    It's gotten to the point where I can't watch the news at all when something like this happens. It makes me so furious...

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    Quote Originally Posted by GBMelBlount View Post
    The journalist says "of course we don't want to speculate" and then they spend the next two minutes talking about why it is so likely a "white wing extremist" group.

    Imagine how disappointed they will be if it ends up being the Saudi "freedom fighter."
    No they won't. This is their new hobby. Every time something like this happens, they "speculate" that it's some "radical right- winger" and every time they end up flat- out wrong. Of course, they don't issue an apology for it. Why would they?

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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    Even the NFLN is getting in on the action, I turned it there so I wouldn't have to keep hearing about the same crap over and over again. I'm sorry if that sounds insensitive, but like others have said here, the media just keeps ramming this down our throats.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Godfather View Post
    Saw a witness on CNN saying her friend was running the marathon and got hurt a couple of miles from the finish line...no injury and she would have been right at the blast site.

    Made me wonder about another possibility--was a specific person the intended target and the bomb was a cover to make it look like a terror attack?
    a mafia hit?



    but if you really want to speculate - how about this - forget tax day



    April 15th = African Liberation Day


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Liberation_Day


    Since it happened over an hour AFTER the world class runners from Ethiopia had already crossed the finishing line there was nobody but your average white runners left....in a big white city.

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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    Quote Originally Posted by 43Hitman View Post
    Even the NFLN is getting in on the action, I turned it there so I wouldn't have to keep hearing about the same crap over and over again. I'm sorry if that sounds insensitive, but like others have said here, the media just keeps ramming this down our throats.
    Again, you have nothing to apologize for. Objecting to the media peddling horror- porn is supporting the victims and families. They certainly don't want their tragedy exploited like this.
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    odds are unless someone claims responsibility there is a very good chance we will never know who did this IF , it was set off via cell phone as I have heard suggested ... if planted 2-3 hours prior to detonation the person responsible could have been in NY City having lunch with the Mayor at the time of detonation ( in other words damn near anyplace but Boston ) .....


    when attacks go to random people never met by the attacker it is a whole other level of crazy you are dealing with ....

    sadly this is the world we live in today

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    Quote Originally Posted by GBMelBlount View Post
    The journalist says "of course we don't want to speculate" and then they spend the next two minutes talking about why it is so likely a "white wing extremist" group.

    Imagine how disappointed they will be if it ends up being the Saudi "freedom fighter."
    they have their agenda - but it could be anyone - and speculation is our job, not theirs, just report the news


    Pressure cooker bombs are favorites of the Paki's - maybe retribution for Bin Laden?


    The 2006 Mumbai train bombing which killed over 200 and injured over 700 was also done with pressure cooker bombs.

    Doesn't mean that the Boston attack isn't homegrown but it's nothing that would indicate that it is.


    Terrorists trained in making pressure cooker bombs

    NEW DELHI: Terrorists in camps purportedly operating along the Baluchistan border between Pakistan and Afghanistan are being trained in making and exploding pressure cooker bombs, which were used in the Delhi blasts last year and at least in two explosions in Varanasi this past Tuesday.

    If you Google "pressure cooker bomb" you will find there's a huge number of attacks carried out using this type of device.

    http://nfttu.blogspot.com/2006/03/pr...ker-bombs.html

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    http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/u-s-was-w...error-attacks/
    U.S. was warned of terror attacks
    Source: Look for trail through Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
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    Although it is not known yet who is responsible for Monday’s heinous bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed three and injured more than 100 people, a source within Iranian intelligence services told WND the Islamic regime was behind them and to look for trails through Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

    The source said the bombs were planted near the end of the race so that the horrific images of the blasts would be captured by all the media there and be replayed over and over throughout the world.

    A senior commander of the Islamic regime had warned less than two months ago that terrorism was coming to America.

    “If the people of America and Europe do not confront the aggressive policies of their governments, they cannot then remain far from the possible future events (terror attacks),” the regime’s armed forces deputy chief of staff, Brig. Gen. Masoud Jazayeri, said in a Feb. 23 interview with Fars News Agency, a media outlet run by the Revolutionary Guards. “Al-Qaida groups and other services which operate for the interests of America (in Syria) will soon change the region of their operations and thereafter create new problems for America and Europe.”

    Jazayeri, objecting to U.S. involvement in the Syrian civil war, warned that explosions similar to those in Syria would take place in other countries.

    With information from a source in the supreme leader’s office, WND reported exclusively on Dec. 11, 2012, that a team of Quds Force terrorist leaders had infiltrated the United States to attack from within in 2013. The source said the team is to create instability in America through terrorism should the U.S. fail to accept the regime’s illicit nuclear program or increase sanctions, confront Iran militarily or intervene in the Syrian civil war.

    In a WND exclusive report on Feb. 28, the source said that a six-member team, including an explosives specialist, was to join 10 Quds Force commanders who already have a cell of 50 terrorists in the U.S. The source added that Iran is working with al-Qaida factions because al-Qaida attacks would not leave behind a link to Tehran.

    The source for today’s information blamed the Islamic regime for the Boston attack and pointed to the collaboration of the regime’s Quds Forces with Hezbollah and elements of al-Qaida with links to individuals in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He said that under Quds Force guidance, Hezbollah recruited Sunni terrorists allied with al-Qaida factions in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, who then entered the U.S. for terrorist activities.

    The information has been shared with U.S. officials.

    But until the FBI and other U.S. agencies complete their investigations, all information regarding the bombings must be considered with great caution and any conclusions would be premature.

    If the source is correct, however, then three individuals will likely have had a hand in planning and preparing for the attack:

    • Mustafa Badr Al Din, the brother-in-law and cousin of the dead terrorist Imad Mugniyah, who now serves as Mugnyiah’s replacement as the military leader of Hezbollah and who also serves as the deputy of Qasem Soliemani, the head of the Islamic regime’s Quds Forces.
    • Mohammad Ali Hamadei, on the FBI’s most-wanted list, a Hezbollah operator responsible for operation and infiltration of forces into America who was based in New Mexico with a Latin American passport and who was also seen last year in England.
    • Talal Hamieh, the head of Hezbollah’s External Security Organization responsible for operations outside of Lebanon. He has been in Mexico collaborating with drug cartels to raise funds for Hezbollah cells and facilitates the transfer of arms and terrorists into the U.S.

    Both Badr Al Din and Hamieh were designated for sanctions by the U.S. Treasury Department last year for their involvement in terrorist activities throughout the world.

    In the aftermath of the Boston bombings, Fars News Agency put out a piece headlined, “Obama in deep trouble if Boston bombing was by Salafis (ultraconservative Sunni Muslims).”

    Fars said one reason that Obama has not linked the Boston bombing to al-Qaida is that his administration wants to show it has defeated al-Qaida and any mention of the terrorist group would undermine his position.

    It ominously mentioned that America is now allied with the Salafis and al-Qaida in confronting Syria’s Bashar Assad and that if it’s proven that the same elements were responsible for the bombings in Boston, then Obama would be severely criticized by the American public.

    Fars, as with the earlier warning by Jazayeri, denounced Obama’s decision to help the opposition in Syria and hinted that the Boston attack is related to al-Qaida and the hardcore Sunnis. It concluded that Obama would likely not name them as the guilty party to save face.

    Although the Islamic regime has long warned that America will not be safe from its reach and that it must not only accept Iran’s nuclear program but also end its support for the opposition in Syria, there is no proven link yet between Boston and Tehran.

    Meanwhile, back home the hunt for angry white guys will continue until a "culprit" can be blamed.
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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    ^ "WND"??
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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    I would think if it was an international terrorist group they would take credit for the attack.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steeldawg View Post
    I would think if it was an international terrorist group they would take credit for the attack.

    same here , unless they first wanted to get the operatives out of the country before laying claims to the act ?

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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    Quote Originally Posted by GoSlash27 View Post
    ^ "WND"??
    Yeah, I find it hard to believe that the U.S. would align themselves with a group that's responsible for the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil and whose leader is now a pile of shark shit at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

    WND should come with a disclaimer that it's to be read for entertainment purposes only.








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    Quote Originally Posted by GoSlash27 View Post
    ^ "WND"??
    If you knew anything about Kahlili you wouldn't scoff.

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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    WND is as bad as Debka - - I write better stuff - - they are the PFT of rumor news


    meanwhile

    I still like my Bin Laden retribution by the Paki's....two weeks away from his anniversary double-tap

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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    Quote Originally Posted by Vincent View Post
    If you knew anything about Kahlili you wouldn't scoff.
    I know he's writing for WND. Scoff, scoff, scoff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dwinsgames View Post
    odds are unless someone claims responsibility there is a very good chance we will never know who did this
    There is no way that should be the case. As long as the bombs were physically planted by someone on foot (not distributed through the mail and remained inside buildings to detonate) they should absolutely be able to pinpoint exactly who left them behind. In fact, I'd be surprised if they don't already have a face. The feds have tools most citizens don't even know about and most PD's can only dream of. Trust me on that. As long as they have put the man hours in, they should absolutely have images of the perp right now. Hopefully those pieces are enough to form some sort of suspect identification, but there is no way this act was committed without a very findable trail being left behind. This investigation really shouldn't be that complex at this point. Like I said, all it takes is man hours. If they don't find anything it'll be a bigger upset than this nation will realize, and I'll be very concerned.

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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    While we're still guessing and throwing out conspiracy theories. This came across facebook.




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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mach1 View Post
    While we're still guessing and throwing out conspiracy theories. This came across facebook.
    Not any crazier than most conspiracy theories. But hopefully, and probably, it's totally inaccurate.

    It looks like the bombs were carried in backpacks and abandoned. Like I said, they'll find who carried them in. It really shouldn't be difficult at all. My guess is they've indentified a clear suspect at this point and are most likely trying to gather additional information without spooking him.

    This should remind us all, something I truly think about often in public places, if you see an abandoned bag or backpack laying around get yourself and everyone who will listen away from it and notify the authorities in the area immediately. Nothing good ever comes from an abandoned bag/purse/backpack/package.

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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    I thought I heard something on Monday that the feds were doing drills on this type of event that morning.


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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    Pakistani Taliban Denies Involvement in Boston Bombing

    "Wherever we find Americans we will kill them, but we don't have any connection with the Boston Explosions," - head of Pakistani Taliban

    http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/16/wo...html?hpt=hp_t1

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    well there goes my theory

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    Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon finish.

    Here is a link about it. Not sure how credible this site is, as I've never used it before. But there is video on there from local news outlets talking about drills, and some witnesses as well stating they were told not to be alarmed that all the dogs and feds were there for a drill.

    http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/04...es-terminator/


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