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

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LaMidRighter said:
Marathons aren't really my thing but I love tradition and it means a lot to people.
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Who? This ain't exactly a kick in the nuts. Foreigners mostly win this crap. I'd care less if it was nascar or baseball but that's about it.
 
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apdst said:
Cow poop is fertilizer. Anhydrous ammonia is fertilizer.
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Cow poop isn't noted for it's explosive properties. You are still wrong.
 
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ecofarm said:
Who? This ain't exactly a kick in the nuts. Foreigners mostly win this crap. I'd care less if it was nascar or baseball but that's about it.
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Meh, I've known a lot of marathon runners who were training to attempt a run at the Boston Marathon. Most of the runners I knew were fanatics.
 
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Manc Skipper said:
Cow poop isn't noted for it's explosive properties. You are still wrong.
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So, McVeigh didn't use just any fertilizer. yes? Thank you!
 
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solletica said:
OK, time for logic.

Islamic terrorism? Unlikely, or else some jihadist would've claimed responsibility by now. Furthermore, the area struck had no military/strategic significance (Boston marathon finish line? ?)

Paleo-right wing terrorism? Possibly. The bombing was in Boston, a liberal town, so it would make it a potential target.

Neo-conservative terrorism? Unlikely. The GOP establishment (or their sponsors) is certainly able and willing to launch domestic terrorist attacks (and has the big $$ to do so) to try to scare the public into voting for more neocon pols. But Boston--a mecca of liberalism--doesn't seem like an ideal target. Disneyland/Disneyworld would've been better.

CONCLUSION: Most likely paleo-conservative terrorist attack. Probably some right-wingers who decided to blame "librelism" for all their woes and attacked what they thought was the center of it
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This is possibly one of the most idiotic posts I've ever read
 
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ecofarm said:
Who? This ain't exactly a kick in the nuts. Foreigners mostly win this crap. I'd care less if it was nascar or baseball but that's about it.
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marathon is pure sport. no real judgment calls by refs, no outspending the opposition (equestrian, motor sports)


I note the bomb was set to avoid hitting the elite (which is mainly foreigners-most people don't travel 4000 miles to run a 5 hour marathon) but to hit the fair to middling runners-who tend to be mainly AMERICANS

if they set the bomb for 2.10 or 2.30 they'd run the risk of killing some other country's olympians
 
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Maybe it was someone who hated the Patriots.
 
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ecofarm said:
Like math is pure science, booring.
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that's the great thing about a free country

enjoy the sport you like
 
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TurtleDude said:
that's the great thing about a free country

enjoy the sport you like
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Or not...
 
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TurtleDude said:
WHY don't the hacks stop speculating as to who did this crime until the facts become known. I remember when the Murrow Building was bombed and the rumors were Islamists. Lets not jump to silly conclusions or use this to bash a group since there apparently is no hints yet as to who could have done this?

the Marathon isn't exactly something that attracts only liberals or conservatives, democrats or Republicans.
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I believe that you just hit the nail on the head.
 
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ecofarm said:
who? This ain't exactly a kick in the nuts. Foreigners mostly win this crap. I'd care less if it was nascar or baseball but that's about it.
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take it back!!!!!!
 
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UM Coach: Bomb Sniffing Dogs, Spotters on Roofs Before Explosions


University of Mobile’s Cross Country Coach, who was near the finish line of the Boston Marathon when a series of explosions went off, said he thought it was odd there were bomb sniffing dogs at the start and finish lines.
　
"They kept making announcements to the participants do not worry, it's just a training exercise," Coach Ali Stevenson told Local 15.

Stevenson said he saw law enforcement spotters on the roofs at the start of the race. He's been in plenty of marathons in Chicago, D.C., Chicago, London and other major metropolitan areas but has never seen that level of security before.
　
"Evidently, I don't believe they were just having a training exercise," Stevenson said. "I think they must have had some sort of threat or suspicion called in."
Stevenson had just finished the marathon before the explosions. Stevenson said his wife had been sitting in one of the seating sections where an explosion went off, but thankfully she left her seat and was walking to meet up with him.
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UM Coach: Bomb Sniffing Dogs, Spotters on Roofs Before Explosions | Mobile AL, Pensacola FL News, Weather, Sports | WPMI-TV | Local15TV.com
 
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polgara said:
Bonz, what is the purpose of this, IYV? They are obviously making a statement...is it to scare people; is it to let us know they can if they want to; is it to show how much they despise us;...what? WHAT do they hope to gain? :shock:
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Not sure what to think yet...............Can't imagine Boston being on anyone's hitlist......................
 
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TurtleDude said:
WHY don't the hacks stop speculating as to who did this crime until the facts become known. I remember when the Murrow Building was bombed and the rumors were Islamists. Lets not jump to silly conclusions or use this to bash a group since there apparently is no hints yet as to who could have done this?

the Marathon isn't exactly something that attracts only liberals or conservatives, democrats or Republicans.
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I'm trying to wage a simple guess just from where the targets were picked but honestly there isn't enough out there to even give a strong guess decent odds.
 
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apdst said:
Hell, 9/11 could have been worse!

Tell the folks who got injured and killed that, "It coulda been worse".
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That about sums it up.
 
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Apparently most of the injuries are lower extremity injuries so I assume the bombs were placed on the ground. Losing a foot is likely a quicker recovery than having a major torso injury I would think generically speaking.
 
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soccerboy22 said:
As if this story is close enough to my heart, a fellow BU student is one of the one's who is critical injured.
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Although I do tend to deal with these situations with humor, I am genuinely sorry if anything I have said has caused you grief in your loss.
 
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head of joaquin said:
Pretty hard to bomb the IRS building. Indeed, all but impossible. The marathon, however . . .
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LOL.. it sits on main street in downtown Boston.. it's just like the Murrow building, bud. To say it's impossible doesn't understand the laws of probabilities.
 
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shrubnose said:
Whoever made the bombs knew something. Look at the horrific results.
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They certainly know what they were doing. There were bomb dogs right there shortly before the blast, and they detected nothing. I'm inclined to believe that's the result of proper planning and counter-detection measures than untrained dogs.
apdst said:
"poor"? No. Not as well planned as it could have been. Yeah, sure.

IED bombers in Iraq would call this a success. They NEVER scored 130+ hits with one attack.
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Even the worst hit any of our convoys took in Afghan only took 8 casualties.
Ikari said:
Certainly not something thrown together some morning. Yet just because it wasn't last minute does not mean that it was well thought out.
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I'm inclined to believe this was a structured assault not only because of the time and place, but that the bombs were deployed under elevated security.
BretJ said:
Not enough law enforcement exists to stop someone from making a bomb....it would be easier to censor the internet. Everything you need to know is online and freely available. One of our courses used to involve being given a shopping list, purchasing the materials and making the bang. It is very simple and impossible to contain.
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Oh god please don't give the "we need to do something" bandwagon any ideas about revisiting net neutrality.
 
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Bonzai said:
Not sure what to think yet...............Can't imagine Boston being on anyone's hitlist......................
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Anywhere and everywhere there is lots of news coverage is on someones hit list....Cause a lot of death and mayhem, make the news, make a statement.
 
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I am fairly sure that inside the next day, or at most, week, we'll hear someone suggesting some new law or rule as a result of this.
 
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