Okay...can we seriously stop the ridiculous speculating and just pray for the injured or deceased and their families until we have some actual facts?

Thanks.

Police getting ready to do a controlled explosion a few blocks away.

Now I just heard a report of a 3rd explosion...possibly a controlled explosion.

(04-15-2013 03:00 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  Now I just heard a report of a 3rd explosion...possibly a controlled explosion.

Apparently a bag or something of that sort was found and was detonated by the Boston PD bomb squad.

What the hell is wrong with people?

Death toll at 12.

(04-15-2013 02:59 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Okay...can we seriously stop the ridiculous speculating and just pray for the injured or deceased and their families until we have some actual facts?

Thanks.

It's not ridiculous to sepculate who did the crime.... it's still a free country.

(04-15-2013 02:57 PM)No Bull Wrote:  I wonder about the timing? Biggest emotional impact would have been a couple hours earlier when the serious marathon runners had come through... was the muderer aiming for casula runners or perhaps an individual runner...or was some Islamic terrorist not wanting to kill Ethiopeans (fellow muslims). The timing is key to this thing.

Ethiopia doesn't have a lot of muslims. It's only like 33%

(04-15-2013 03:03 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 02:59 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Okay...can we seriously stop the ridiculous speculating and just pray for the injured or deceased and their families until we have some actual facts?

Thanks.

It's not ridiculous to sepculate who did the crime.... it's still a free country.

I agree. There's just been a terrorist attack, of course you're gonna want to know who did it. 3 different law enforcement sources saying this was an IED (improvised explosive device) according to NBC News.

(04-15-2013 02:57 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  It has to be the "ultra right wing" Tea Party. This fits their M.O.

It IS tax day.

I don't think it's a Muslim group from across the water.

Wasn't big enough.. No suicide bombers..

Or a protest against the IRS. Today is Tax Day.

Some guy on Bloomberg TV stated..."This looks like a bomb" after showing the explosion on a loop for about a minute. No freakin Duh!

2 dead 22 injured. Confrimed by Boston PD.

(04-15-2013 03:02 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  Death toll at 12.

Source? I'm not seeing more than 2 or 3. Accurate details are hard to come by.

NY Post saying 12 confirmed dead. 50 injured. 3rd device detonated.

(04-15-2013 03:03 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 02:59 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Okay...can we seriously stop the ridiculous speculating and just pray for the injured or deceased and their families until we have some actual facts?

Thanks.

It's not ridiculous to sepculate who did the crime.... it's still a free country.

No, but this is ridiculous to speculate at this point.

No Bull Wrote:...kill Ethiopeans (fellow muslims).

(04-15-2013 03:20 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 03:03 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 02:59 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Okay...can we seriously stop the ridiculous speculating and just pray for the injured or deceased and their families until we have some actual facts?

Thanks.

It's not ridiculous to sepculate who did the crime.... it's still a free country.

No, but this is ridiculous to speculate at this point.

No Bull Wrote:...kill Ethiopeans (fellow muslims).

Your so PC.... It's a free country and i am free to wonder about the timing of the bombs. Ethiopiens and Kenyans dominate these marathons...it is not rascist to wonder if the bomber waited for them to pass from the area...

I also said it seemed to be domestic...does that make me anti american?

(04-15-2013 03:19 PM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 03:02 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  Death toll at 12.

Source? I'm not seeing more than 2 or 3. Accurate details are hard to come by.

I was listening to Bloomberg TV, and they mentioned the source, but I don't remember what it was. I personally have no idea.

If they haven't done so already, Al Qaeda and a bunch of spliter groups looking for street cred will probably claim responsibility (whether they did it or not).

I was also trying to think if 4-15 represented anything and immediately thought of Tax Day. For a second I thought it might've been Hitler's birthday - the same day of the Columbine massacre - but that's still a few days away.

But there's probably no connection to the date. It's an outdoor event, reasonably popular, plenty of people milling around, plenty of cameras on... perfect for a nutjob to get his claim to fame.