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Yeah watching it live.
Local LE reports at least 3 dead with others losing limbs.
The aerial footage is terrible. So much blood. No casualties reported yet. So sad. [correction - casualties now being reported]
Yeah, if the body count is 0, save that shit cuz no one is gonna care. Sad.
Live stream http://abcnews.go.com/live
wtf?Quote:
Originally Posted by littletwink
Patriot's Day in Boston today.
Patriots' Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaQuote:
The Boston Marathon is run on Patriots' Day every year, so many Bostonians know the holiday as "Marathon Monday".
2 confirmed dead.
Crazy, 2 bombs are usually tactical to inflict more casualties and I read that they are finding more "devices".
wow guess a total of 3 explosions....they showed the first explosions and seeing that runner go down...wow. They just mentioned the past bombings or incidents...Oklahoma City was 4/17, the Columbine was 4/20...
Totally nuts....
I heard on CNN the anniversary of Waco is coming up too.
I hope all the other casualties pull through.
Boston police still not calling it act of terror. doubt this was gas line explosion
As is "usual" in these situations here in the United States, the media covers these things really well and try to keep us informed. Some see it as over coverage some times (not my opinion).
Here's what I've gathered so far from reading multiple sites and more or less I'm writing the stuff they DO agree on:
2 Bombs did go off One right at the finish line, and the second about 15 feet away
3rd Bomb has been found and detonated by police. 4th and 5th bomb status unknown. Making a total of 5 known bombs.
JFK airport incident , ruled out as "fire" and NOT related to the bombings
Confirmed Dead 2 (many sites are reporting 3 Dead)
Wounded: 55+ seems to be the common figure now
Other Interesting Data:
In Boston , April 15th is "Patriot Day" , and the official day for the Boston Marathon
In the United States , April 15th is generally considered "Tax Day"
Now the speculation is very widespread.
on separate forums, people are blaming arabs, Muslims, white militias, North Koreans, Al Qaeda , anti Tax nuts, NRA nuts, racists, and others.
Boston Police Commissioner denies person in custody not commenting on deaths either.
Two dead and no arrests police confirm. JFK library NOT a bomb but a fire
Obama addressing nation shortly
https://twitter.com/AP
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BREAKING: Boston police commissioner says no suspect is in custody in marathon explosions
Is there an online stream of that?Quote:
Originally Posted by flabbybody
This is a bit odd ?
http://www.local15tv.com/mostpopular...8z6eSDJEA.cspx
Friend of mine was at the explosion site 5 minutes before it happened. Until we find out who did this, I'm going to withhold saying anything else other than this - enough is enough, an example must be made when the police/FBI etc catch who did this. Foreign or domestic, it does not matter. I do not know what that would be at all at this point, however something must be done to make anyone think twice before trying to mass murder people again. I realize that is easier said than done and anyone with a "cause" probably cares less about what happens to themselves than everyone else, but enough is enough
delete
This is just in case people have not seen the video of the actual bombs going off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ael-VoMURGA
This is what the UK experienced at the height of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland with IRA bombings not uncommon on the UK mainland and even more regular in NI itself. You can imagine our reaction when we heard the IRA was drawing funding from NORAID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediain the US.
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. At least that's how NORAID supporters justified their stance.
Terrible to see my favourite, and, in my experience, the most civilised city in America attacked and hurt in this awful way. The humanity and generosity of spirit that characterise Bostonians will ensure that it recovers in time. Right now, however, our thoughts need to be with the injured and grieving.
Meanwhile, those lovable folks down in Greenboro Tn are blaming the tragedy on gay marriage. FFS.
Here is the sad fact nothing can be done to stop the violent behavior. If and when they catch this douchebag or the group of douchebags someone will find them to be heroes, we can execute them for treason or whatever the crime will be - they become martyrs. Leave them to rot in jail...but due to the high profile of the case might be stuck in solitary confinement and not with general population where these people could(should?) be someone's bitch! People will decide what they did was good but not good enough and start to do a copycat bombing. I wish there was another answer but there isn't...Quote:
Originally Posted by Idt20082008"
The only way to deal with them is to ensure that they undergo the full due process of law and sentence them accordingly. Civilised behaviour is what separates us from those who randomly seek to murder and destroy.
I actually agree with you, as well as with what nightmare said, and I am NOT suggesting we hurt innocent people, start bombing faraway lands, perform public beheadings or anything else that is really beyond the scope of the law. What I am suggesting or hoping is another way be found to deal with the cowards who do something like this, whatever it might be. I don't have any answers or ideas what this could be at all without going outside the boundaries of the law, all I do know is I'm tired of seeing what happened today being repeated over and over here and abroad. What can be done? Maybe nothing because anyone who would do this clearly doesn't fear for their own life, but some deterrent needs to be found before another 9/11 happens or worse....Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
Summed up perfectly.Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
Meanwhile, the usual conspiracy theoridiots are out in force, and, on Facebook, some twisted bastards are even trying to turn the whole horror into a pro-gun argument. Beyond sick.
Well bombs don't kill people.... so the logic is constant
Authorities ID person of interest as Saudi national in marathon bombings, under guard at Boston hospital
Police clear the area at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.
Investigators have a suspect — a Saudi Arabian national — in the horrific Boston Marathon bombings, The Post has learned.
Law enforcement sources said the 20-year-old suspect was under guard at an undisclosed Boston hospital.
Fox News reported that the suspect suffered severe burns.
It was not immediately clear why the man was hospitalized and whether he was injured in the attack or in his apprehension.
The man was caught less than two hours after the 2:50 p.m. bombing on the finish line of the race, in the heart of Boston.
In addition, Boston police have surveillance video of someone bringing multiple backpacks to the blast site, according to CBS News.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...9uC2PDGIjYBalO
It is interesting how the advent of social media brings all manner of distortions to the public perception of events such as yesterday's bombings - with natina's posts a perfect example.
I was first alerted to this when i had a newsflash mid evening yesterday from the NYTimes on my Ipad - mere minutes after the blast. On twitter pictures and claims - and counterclaims - were flowing fast. For instance, the "additional bombing" - later proven to be nothing more than a fire. The erroneous claims of a Saudi arrested. Police later confirmed no one was in custody. And then of course jerk-off fools like a Fox comentator demanding that "all Muslims be killed' as a response to what remains an attack without any clear indications of a culprit. Twitter is terrific - if taken with a large pinch of salt. The actual "citizen journalism" it offers - feeds from people at the scene, footage, photographs - is remarkable.
But the distortions it produces, aided and abetted by the yellow press (The New York Post - a Murdoch owned gutter newspaper rather like his Fox operation) is harmful and repulsive.
Let the police find out who did this. let due processes of law run their course. All else is hysteria.
I and mine are all OK, thankfully. I did know some people who went to watch the marathon today but thankfully they weren't at the finish line.
I remember traveling in Boston in the late 80's and early 90's - it's a great city and great people marred by one fact that sticks in my head (I saw the same at the St.Paddy's Day parade in NYC). People openly collecting money to support the IRA.
I truly hope that in the aftermath of 9/11 and other terrorists attacks and what we've came to know about how these organizations work, that things have changed in both those cities and that all civilized people condemn terrorism no matter where sympathies may lie.
Changes happen through social pressure on politics - not on bombing civilians and especially not children.
Then we have THIS asshole...
in a nutshell: Everybody.Quote:
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