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

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soccerboy22 said:
I've talked to some, not all, but so far only one person is going to the hospital. It sounds like her parents want her to go because she is pretty cut up, but nothing overly serious. She and her boyfriend are going to a hospital outside the city because all the ones in the city are packed.
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Good luck man. The friend definitely needs to be checked out because if she suffered any of the concussion from the blast she could have trauma that isn't presenting yet. Hope nothing worse comes from the news though that is usually not the case. Sorry man, hope you keep getting good news on the friend side.
 
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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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Fenton said:
They use cordite in building demolition right ?
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Think smokeless powder. Not hard to come by, and used in a wide array of explosives and propellants.
 
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A sad event. Thoughts are with those who lost loved ones and those injured. It will probably be a while until the 'real' story of who, what and why comes out. Best to ignore the media for now, as the media has proven time and time again it is untrustworthy, unethical, and can't get crap right.
 
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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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Fenton said:
They use cordite in building demolition right ?
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No Hydrogen Peroxide for the Homemade device they found.....which would make it less likely that it is AQ.
 
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sharon said:
There is a third event at the FJK Library.. They think its ongoing..

This is an act of terrorism.
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They're saying now that the JFK Library was an electrical fire and probably not related.
 
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Dirt Racer said:
Yeah I realize that but a marathon really doesn't make much sense. Maybe I am missing the point?
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Soft targets, innocents, lots of crowd to blend into, and nationally recognized event. Not condoning it but if one wanted to make a statement it makes sense.
 
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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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I'm right there with you Higgins. It has been a rough few hours.
 
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humbolt said:
There are more dead. I think we'll have to wait a while to get the final number. Some injuries were very serious.
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I'm hearing that every inch of the space was covered by cameras, especially near the finish line, so that's good news in finding out who might have done this! :shock:
 
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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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I wish you well. Keep in mind that cell phone traffic was shut down, so it could take a while to get in touch.
 
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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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Will do, best of luck.:peace
 
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LaMidRighter said:
Soft targets, innocents, lots of crowd to blend into, and nationally recognized event. Not condoning it but if one wanted to make a statement it makes sense.
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Yeah I did not have access to any pictures earlier, but now I see exactly how many people attend this event. I can not believe more were not killed that were standing along the road.
 
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LaMidRighter said:
Soft targets, innocents, lots of crowd to blend into, and nationally recognized event. Not condoning it but if one wanted to make a statement it makes sense.
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Good news was it was not at Rush Hour.....despite the crowd.
 
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polgara said:
I'm hearing that every inch of the space was covered by cameras, especially near the finish line, so that's good news in finding out who might have done this! :shock:
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Hopefully. We don't know when the devices were placed, though.
 
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mtm1963 said:
if there is ANY speculation or any question about this, yes it is terrorism.

but, from who??
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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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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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I hope that they're all ok.
 
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Saudi National under arrest suspect in bombings. Just heard it on the radio at work.
 
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MMC said:
Good news was it was not at Rush Hour.....despite the crowd.
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No the good news is it wasn't during the Sox game. Fenway is a very very crowded area and it could have been really bad because a major T stop is there, a big MBTA bus stop, Fenway obviously, BU, numerous restaurants and bars.
 
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RabidAlpaca said:
Yeah, I always wondered about that. It seems like over the past 12 years the terrorists have either been extremely incompetent or extremely lazy. Doing what happened today is not an all too difficult task.
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The War on Terror has been run a lot like the FBI take down of the Mafia in the 70s. The theory was that intelligent criminals are rare, and organized crime depended on intelligent criminals, so if you focus on the smart ones eventually the organization gets stupid.

I think what we have seen over the last 12 years is a gradual decline the aggregate intelligence of terrorists in general and Al Qaeda specifically as their brightest bulbs are now dead or in custody and their replacements are increasingly dimmer bulbs.
 
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rocket88 said:
They're saying now that the JFK Library was an electrical fire and probably not related.
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This is what happens with extraordinary events -- confirmation bias runs wild and suddenly accidents that happen everyday without people taking much notice suddenly are tentatively woven into the attack. Let's hope the scope of this attack is limited.
 
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They just did report people are locked down in hotels.....and that they may not have phone service. Also that the JFK incident was a Fire and not related.
 
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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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My prayers for them and for you. It is a hard thing to have such uncertainty.
 
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Dirt Racer said:
Yeah I did not have access to any pictures earlier, but now I see exactly how many people attend this event. I can not believe more were not killed that were standing along the road.
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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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