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Colinjb

Colinjb

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One of:

 

a) Gas explosion (it was a hotel)

b) a Tim McVeigh nutter type

c) Al Qaeda

d) NK (they have bombed planes in the past)

e) Iran

 

at a guess. Bomb forensics will go a long way to helping identify it. if it's c) they'll take the credit (and they might anyway). Having lived in Boston, thankfully my mates there are ok (and their sons and daughters who had decided to go to watch the finish - phew).

 

cowards and arseholes if it's not a

 

If the reports of ball bearing type cluster bombs are true, we can discount a)

The Kraken

The Kraken

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Depends how desperate they are.... who knows the true internal situation there?

Agree. I reckon its unlikely to be NK. But you've got to be some sort of special nutcase to plan something like this so, until we hear otherwise, I wouldn't rule anyone or anything out. It could even be domestic and/or anti-government, as its Patriots Day in the US today and Boston is a historic city.

buctootim

buctootim

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If the reports of ball bearing type cluster bombs are true, we can discount a)

 

and C, D and E imo. If reports are accurate lots of small bombs, several of which dont go off and using ball bearings arent the work of an organised group or state. Domestic imo.

Colinjb

Colinjb

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The ones at the top don't give a **** and the ones who are desperate have no power to do anything.

 

Unless they are under pressure from the populace.....

 

A new inexperienced dictator comes to power. They all of a sudden get feisty..... If a starving population has turned on the state they will be desperate.

SNSUN

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Terrible news - can I follow it on Sky? No, Eastenders is on. :rolleyes: TF for tinternet.

 

...and now the wife gets "bored" of the BBC News coverage and turns on Mike and Molly. I swear if the UK received the 4 minute warning, we'd be dead because there'd be an episode of The Following on or some sh*t and we wouldn't know about it...:rolleyes:

Saintandy666

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My feeling is that it will be homegrown. Al Qaeda have taken a large hit in the last decade, and similar groups are embroiled in the Arab Spring and so I don't think they will have the resources or the time to carry off something like this. And at the same time, it doesn't have to be extremist Islam based. Norway wasn't. Norway turned out to be an extreme right wing christian fundamentalist.

Smirking_Saint

Smirking_Saint

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Al Quaeda inspired US based Muslim terrorists - McVeigh nutters wouldn't target Boston Marathon.

 

This

 

Though to get away with multiple bombs, three of which detonated makes me wonder what sort of security they had

ToreSF

ToreSF

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Doubt it's al queada. Most likely it's in house. My guess is on right, or left wing radicals. Most likely the first.

 

Three, small homemade bombs. It's patriots day today. Might be solo terrorism as well.

Smirking_Saint

Smirking_Saint

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Alarming photo taken at the time of the blast, with someone on a nearby roof-top.

 

It could be absolutely anyone though, but looking at hit he does seem a bit calm, or as calm as you can see from a still

Hatch

Hatch

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the person on the roof shows nothing, however in the foreground, person in white with a detonator in their hand.

 

 

 

 

 

What I'm saying is, you can find anything if you look hard enough.

SNSUN

SNSUN

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Boston police confirm 3rd explosion at JFK Library in Boston

 

 

Public relations person says that JFK library incident is "fire-related". Not sure if that means it's a coincidence and terrible timing or...

Smirking_Saint

Smirking_Saint

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Seems very odd that they'd be up there all by themselves though.

 

Not really it could be anyone, doing anything

 

What gets me is its just gone boom below him and he doesnt look like he is running or anything anatomy wise

SNSUN

SNSUN

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Seems very odd that they'd be up there all by themselves though.

 

If I was about to detonate two bombs, the last place I'd want to be is right next to the explosions, I'd be at least a block away, at least. Little escape from up there too...

Saint Garrett

Saint Garrett

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They are quite a way away though aren't they. Not like they're on the roof of the building being blown up.

 

As I said, surely worth persuing, might be totally innocent but surely the question should be asked?!?

Monk

Monk

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Heartbreaking images coming out of Boston, especially a lad cradling what appears to be a deceased loved one. Also some graphic images, which really shouldn't be trending on twitter of what appears to be remains.

Saint Garrett

Saint Garrett

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Heartbreaking images coming out of Boston, especially a lad cradling what appears to be a deceased loved one. Also some graphic images, which really shouldn't be trending on twitter of what appears to be remains.

 

How do you see these photos?! I've not seen many.

SuperMikey

SuperMikey

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While it's absolutely horrible what's happened in Boston, I hate to think of the disproportionate amount of press this incident will receive compared to the dozens of terrorist bombings across the world on a daily basis which go pretty much unnoticed by mainstream media. Understandably this is a slightly different scenario given that this is an attack on American soil, but bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan etc are almost like white noise to people now.

hypochondriac

hypochondriac

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While it's absolutely horrible what's happened in Boston, I hate to think of the disproportionate amount of press this incident will receive compared to the dozens of terrorist bombings across the world on a daily basis which go pretty much unnoticed by mainstream media. Understandably this is a slightly different scenario given that this is an attack on American soil, but bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan etc are almost like white noise to people now.

 

It really is a totally different scenario tbh.

Smirking_Saint

Smirking_Saint

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While it's absolutely horrible what's happened in Boston, I hate to think of the disproportionate amount of press this incident will receive compared to the dozens of terrorist bombings across the world on a daily basis which go pretty much unnoticed by mainstream media. Understandably this is a slightly different scenario given that this is an attack on American soil, but bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan etc are almost like white noise to people now.

 

 

Its not really difficult to understand that a terrorist attack in a country that is much more mirrored to our own culture will get more air time then one that is in the middle east etc

 

Not that it makes the human tragedy in any place any more.... Tragic

 

But Afghan etc is a war zone, weapons are more readily available and security more lax.

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