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Explosions reported near finish line at Boston Marathon [W:162, 896, 911]]

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Higgins86 said:
all my wifes family were at the marathon today, still trying to get hold of them. Keep your fingers crossed for us.
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As another poster has said - cell phone / mobile phone networks have been closed down as trigger signals to any devices cannot now use the network to detonate any device. It's still early - the police reports I saw did not use the word "bomb."

Wish you all and your American family all the best, but I also wish the best for the innocents who were out innocently enjoying a sporting festival.
 
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Jango said:
I really hope this is international and not domestic, and that if it is domestic, that it isn't a conservative white gun-owner.
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It won't be, but it might be labeled that way !!

Gotta protect the children dontcha know !!
 
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The hockey game in Boston has been official cancelled now too.
 
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LaMidRighter said:
Upon the latest I'm hearing 12 dead and 50 injured, but yeah, I hope that at it stays as low as possible obviously and it could have been even more horrific.
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I hope the number of killed is lower but I fear it is closer to the truth considering the reports of how badly those injuries were.
 
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penn1954 said:
It won't be, but it might be labeled that way !!

Gotta protect the children dontcha know !!
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Don't get ahead of yourself, we don't know who's responsible.
 
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NY Post is reporting a Saudi national is in custody, but I haven't seen that anywhere else.
 
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Fenton said:
They use cordite in building demolition right ?
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Cordite is rarely used today. Cordite was the first smokeless gun powder that was manufactured in the late 1800's. Unlike black powder which is an explosive, cordite and today's smokeless powders are propellants. Both today's smokeless powders and cordite smell almost the same but they do smell different.

You have to be a grumpy old geaser to recognise the smell of cordite compared to today's gun powders. You can still find old ammunition around that used cordite. Has to be pretty old and have a corrosive primer for it to still be able to be used in a firearm.
 
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LaMidRighter said:
Upon the latest I'm hearing 12 dead and 50 injured, but yeah, I hope that at it stays as low as possible obviously and it could have been even more horrific.
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Blitzer is saying over hundred injured and that there is No Suspect in Custody.....Police state they have no suspects anywhere like the NY Post reported.
 
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APACHERAT said:
Cordite is rarely used today. Cordite was the first smokeless gun powder that was manufactured in the late 1800's. Unlike black powder which is an explosive, cordite and today's smokeless powders are propellants. Both today's smokeless powders and cordite smell almost the same but they do smell different.

You have to be a grumpy old geaser to recognise the smell of cordite compared to today's gun powders. You can still find old ammunition around that used cordite. Has to be pretty old and have a corrosive primer for it to still be able to be used in a firearm.
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Old, maybe, but not grumpy, and certainly not a geaser.
 
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MMC said:
Blitzer is saying over hundred injured and that there is No Suspect in Custody.....Police state they have no suspects anywhere like the NY Post reported.
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Reports are going to be all over the place right now. I don't think we'll get accuracy for a few days minimum, this is a terrible thing.
 
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Going to be a while for information to occur. I am going to shut the news off for a bit. They won't have any new relevant information for the next 12-24 hours unless something ELSE occurs.
 
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Jerry said:
That's basic counter-IED 101 right there.
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That happened with Columbine, right? Fertilizer bombs that didn't go off or exploded at the wrong time?
 
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Erod said:
NY Post is reporting a Saudi national is in custody, but I haven't seen that anywhere else.
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NBCNews reported that on its official Twitter feed as well.
 
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Goshin said:
At the moment we don't know, could be Smurfs for all we can say. Now IF the media is correct that they have a Saudi in custody as a suspect, that tends to suggest Middle-eastern based terrorism... but the news media is so nortorious for UTTERLY wrong early reports that I'm hesistant to take that at face value.
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Boston Bombing Culprit:



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This may become a push for true mental health reform...if anything can good can come out of this.
 
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APACHERAT said:
Cordite is rarely used today. Cordite was the first smokeless gun powder that was manufactured in the late 1800's. Unlike black powder which is an explosive, cordite and today's smokeless powders are propellants. Both today's smokeless powders and cordite smell almost the same but they do smell different.

You have to be a grumpy old geaser to recognise the smell of cordite compared to today's gun powders. You can still find old ammunition around that used cordite. Has to be pretty old and have a corrosive primer for it to still be able to be used in a firearm.
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Yeah that is odd. He may have been mistaken tho, or it could have been used as an igniter for a more prosaic explosive mixture.
 
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stonewall50 said:
Going to be a while for information to occur. I am going to shut the news off for a bit. They won't have any new relevant information for the next 12-24 hours unless something ELSE occurs.
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I'm with you on that. Looks like a lot of jaw flapping without any content for the time being. Events are still unfolding, so it's probably best to wait and see.
 
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MadLib said:
That happened with Columbine, right? Fertilizer bombs that didn't go off or exploded at the wrong time?
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True. With Columbine they tried to use a variety of bombs. Iirc their fertilizer bombs weren't of the correct mixture and the fuses on their propane bombs completely failed.
 
Re: Explosions reported near finish line at Boston Marathon

Obama to give a speech in 30 mins or so to Address the Nation.
 
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Goshin said:
Yeah that is odd. He may have been mistaken tho, or it could have been used as an igniter for a more prosaic explosive mixture.
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Yeah, it's hard to say. They were trash cans, too, so who knows what else may have been in them besides explosives to add to the smell.
 
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Look what I found...

 
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MMC said:
Obama to give a speech in 30 mins or so to Address the Nation.
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..and here I am without a single **** to give about anything that asshole has to say....unless he's resigning...
 
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