Explosion at Boston Marathon!

[Ray McKigney]

Bombs timed to maximize casulaties:

 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/04/16/boston_bombs_timing_were_the_marathon_attacks_timed_to_maximize_casualties.html

[Brandon]

Yeah, all those links and references are just made up. Nice call.

If I have some free time I'll do some edits on there.

[Lhalo]

Images of what's left of the bomb.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/21996004/exclusive-photos-boston-marathon-bomb

[AngelsLongBall]

and here we go:

 

Reid: Letter with ricin or poison sent to senator

 

http://news.yahoo.com/reid-letter-ricin-poison-sent-senator-225306226--politics.html

[RallyMo]

How do you think this bombing is not about ideology, Rally? What do you think the motive is, then?

I think you need to read through this again.

[RallyMo]

How do you think this bombing is not about ideology, Rally? What do you think the motive is, then?

I think you need to read through this again.

[Tank]

was thinking about the timing of this event and realized that this week has been, for the last 20 years, a pretty horrific week in the u.s.

 

apr 19, '93 - ATF and FBI lower the boom on the branch dividians in waco, tx.

apr 19, '95 - timothy mcveigh sets off massive bomb outside federal building in okc, killing 168

apr 20, 99 - columbine shootings

apr 15, '03 - boston marathon bombing

 

i'm thinking the chances of this being an attack from a domestic group is pretty high.

[Jay]

Maybe but the OKC bombing target was a federal building.  What was the target here?  Some runners?

[mtangelsfan]

Good grief, this thing should bring us together, not become another reason to fight.  We have no information, even speculating on what happened is stupid and completely based off of one's politics.  

 

I love a good fight in the spin forum, or any forum for that matter, but it sure seems like some people care more about their ideology than, well, other people.

[katie]

There were people from 96 countries running this race.

[fan_since79]

I just want them to catch the bastards that did this, and fry them.

 

Don't care about their ideology, or their religion, or anything. 

[gotbeer]

The third person who died was from China.  Think the news said they were going to college in Boston.

 

*edit here is a link.  http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/16/boston-marathon-scene-healing/2087583/

[Eric]

You know, we may have to look at banning pressure cookers.  Then again, if we ban pressure cookers, only bad guys will have pressure cookers, and the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a pressure cooker is a good guy with a pressure cooker... or KFC.

[Rochambeau]

I am so disappointed with where this thread has gone.

[RallyMo]

I am using the word "fortunate" in a very relative sense, but it would seem to me that it was fortunate that the bomb(s) were located rather close to the medical tent(s) and that this (these?) deranged individual(s) did not destroy that tent as well.

 

I can't imagine what some people are going through. This whole thing has been terrible.

[fan_since79]

There is at least one report that the Saudi national under guard at the hospital (he was injured in the blast) has ties to al Qaeda, although the police are now saying he is no longer a person of interest.

 

Five of his relatives have spent time at Gitmo, according to this blogger:

 

http://shoebat.com/2013/04/17/innocent-saudi-spotted-with-two-other-saudis-at-marathon/

[RallyMo]

There is at least one report that the Saudi national under guard at the hospital (he was injured in the blast) has ties to al Qaeda, although the police are now saying he is no longer a person of interest.

 

Five of his relatives have spent time at Gitmo, according to this blogger:

 

http://shoebat.com/2013/04/17/innocent-saudi-spotted-with-two-other-saudis-at-marathon/

 

Maybe he's not a "person of interest."

 

Maybe they're playing semantics games while they try and round up other possible accomplices?

 

Who knows, but I doubt there will be an effort to cover anything up here with the intent of not actually solving the crime.

[fan_since79]

Found these at another site, looking over photos of people in the crowd:

 

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/904465_10151867826754966_100942296_o.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/eePetDUh.jpg

[TobiasFunke]

That guy definitely looks like a sketchy white dude.

 

Imagine though if you were at the Boston Marathon, and a few days later you went online and saw that picture of yourself. I'd freak the F out.

[fan_since79]

Another interesting pic:

 

http://i.imgur.com/Jn82qarh.jpg

 

Could mean something, could mean nothing. There are several forums out there exploring/discussing photos from the crowd. 

 

edit: had the wrong link at first.

[gotbeer]

So the lesson is.  If you ever wear a backback to a popular place.  Make sure you never take it off.  

[RallyMo]

We now have more bombers than backpacks.

 

I know one thing is for sure: I'm not going to solve this by looking at pictures, so I'm not going to waste my time investigating.

[fan_since79]

Like I said, it could mean nothing.

[RallyMo]

It all means nothing as far as our speculation is concerned: we're not going to notice something here that the FBI won't pick up on.

[fan_since79]

We now have more bombers than backpacks.

 

I know one thing is for sure: I'm not going to solve this by looking at pictures, so I'm not going to waste my time investigating.

Admit it, this entire forum is kind of a waste of time. It's cutting into my work something fierce, but I just can't help it.