Colinjb Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 One of: a) Gas explosion (it was a hotel) b) a Tim McVeigh nutter type c) Al Qaeda d) NK (they have bombed planes in the past) e) Iran at a guess. Bomb forensics will go a long way to helping identify it. if it's c) they'll take the credit (and they might anyway). Having lived in Boston, thankfully my mates there are ok (and their sons and daughters who had decided to go to watch the finish - phew). cowards and arseholes if it's not a If the reports of ball bearing type cluster bombs are true, we can discount a) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Depends how desperate they are.... who knows the true internal situation there? Agree. I reckon its unlikely to be NK. But you've got to be some sort of special nutcase to plan something like this so, until we hear otherwise, I wouldn't rule anyone or anything out. It could even be domestic and/or anti-government, as its Patriots Day in the US today and Boston is a historic city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Well yes..... ....But still highly distasteful. I agree. Just speculating as to why the comments might be happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 If the reports of ball bearing type cluster bombs are true, we can discount a) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Depends how desperate they are.... who knows the true internal situation there? The ones at the top don't give a **** and the ones who are desperate have no power to do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 If the reports of ball bearing type cluster bombs are true, we can discount a) and C, D and E imo. If reports are accurate lots of small bombs, several of which dont go off and using ball bearings arent the work of an organised group or state. Domestic imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 The ones at the top don't give a **** and the ones who are desperate have no power to do anything. Unless they are under pressure from the populace..... A new inexperienced dictator comes to power. They all of a sudden get feisty..... If a starving population has turned on the state they will be desperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 It's not going to be North Korea is it. Probably not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Terrible news - can I follow it on Sky? No, Eastenders is on. TF for tinternet. ...and now the wife gets "bored" of the BBC News coverage and turns on Mike and Molly. I swear if the UK received the 4 minute warning, we'd be dead because there'd be an episode of The Following on or some sh*t and we wouldn't know about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 My feeling is that it will be homegrown. Al Qaeda have taken a large hit in the last decade, and similar groups are embroiled in the Arab Spring and so I don't think they will have the resources or the time to carry off something like this. And at the same time, it doesn't have to be extremist Islam based. Norway wasn't. Norway turned out to be an extreme right wing christian fundamentalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Al Quaeda inspired US based Muslim terrorists - McVeigh nutters wouldn't target Boston Marathon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Al Quaeda inspired US based Muslim terrorists - McVeigh nutters wouldn't target Boston Marathon. Yeah that's what I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Rumours of a third explosion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Al Quaeda inspired US based Muslim terrorists - McVeigh nutters wouldn't target Boston Marathon. This Though to get away with multiple bombs, three of which detonated makes me wonder what sort of security they had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Rumour is the explosion by the finish line was a Cordite bomb in a garbage can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Boston police confirm 3rd explosion at JFK Library in Boston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 This poor chap just enjoying watching then this life changing incident by some sick bastards http://twitpic.com/cjmo76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 This poor chap just enjoying watching then this life changing incident by some sick bastards http://twitpic.com/cjmo76 Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 This poor chap just enjoying watching then this life changing incident by some sick bastards http://twitpic.com/cjmo76 Yikes. There needs to be justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToreSF Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Doubt it's al queada. Most likely it's in house. My guess is on right, or left wing radicals. Most likely the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToreSF Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Doubt it's al queada. Most likely it's in house. My guess is on right, or left wing radicals. Most likely the first. Three, small homemade bombs. It's patriots day today. Might be solo terrorism as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 15 April, 2013 Author Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Fu.ck, How is that fella still conscious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Police identify a suspect who's a Saudi national apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 http://www.boston.com/video/viral_page/?%2Fservices%2Fplayer%2Fbcpid1367773107001&bckey=AQ~~%2CAAAAAA6piHY~%2CDqRT40XOAr9OWST-YiEQyzUCo3g3L-Af&bctid=2303076923001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 This poor chap just enjoying watching then this life changing incident by some sick bastards http://twitpic.com/cjmo76 You could atleast tell people not to click it I had already seen it BTW horrific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Alarming photo taken at the time of the blast, with someone on a nearby roof-top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Fu.ck, How is that fella still conscious. Adrenaline? Photoshop? Just many four letter words....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Alarming photo taken at the time of the blast, with someone on a nearby roof-top. Where is that then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Where is that then? It's on twitter. They've cut off mobile signal to stop any further remote detonations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Where is that then? https://twitter.com/frederickg_/status/323902690839126017/photo/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 https://twitter.com/frederickg_/status/323902690839126017/photo/1 Looks very dodgy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Alarming photo taken at the time of the blast, with someone on a nearby roof-top. It could be absolutely anyone though, but looking at hit he does seem a bit calm, or as calm as you can see from a still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Could just be a spectator... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Could just be a spectator... Could be....certainly worth persuing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 15 April, 2013 Author Share Posted 15 April, 2013 the person on the roof shows nothing, however in the foreground, person in white with a detonator in their hand. What I'm saying is, you can find anything if you look hard enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Could just be a spectator... Seems very odd that they'd be up there all by themselves though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Boston police confirm 3rd explosion at JFK Library in Boston Public relations person says that JFK library incident is "fire-related". Not sure if that means it's a coincidence and terrible timing or... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Seems very odd that they'd be up there all by themselves though. Not really it could be anyone, doing anything What gets me is its just gone boom below him and he doesnt look like he is running or anything anatomy wise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Seems very odd that they'd be up there all by themselves though. If I was about to detonate two bombs, the last place I'd want to be is right next to the explosions, I'd be at least a block away, at least. Little escape from up there too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 They are quite a way away though aren't they. Not like they're on the roof of the building being blown up. As I said, surely worth persuing, might be totally innocent but surely the question should be asked?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Heartbreaking images coming out of Boston, especially a lad cradling what appears to be a deceased loved one. Also some graphic images, which really shouldn't be trending on twitter of what appears to be remains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Listening to the police, emergency and fire services on the scanner, they've got the FBI taking the suspect at the common away and they've now asked for a bomb squad here... http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=250+longwood+boston&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89e3798c13f57e3f:0x83e2809dce13aa72,250+Longwood+Ave,+Boston,+MA+02115,+USA&gl=uk&sa=X&ei=Vn9sUYC4OYKbPcPCgPgG&ved=0CDAQ8gEwAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Heartbreaking images coming out of Boston, especially a lad cradling what appears to be a deceased loved one. Also some graphic images, which really shouldn't be trending on twitter of what appears to be remains. How do you see these photos?! I've not seen many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 While it's absolutely horrible what's happened in Boston, I hate to think of the disproportionate amount of press this incident will receive compared to the dozens of terrorist bombings across the world on a daily basis which go pretty much unnoticed by mainstream media. Understandably this is a slightly different scenario given that this is an attack on American soil, but bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan etc are almost like white noise to people now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 While it's absolutely horrible what's happened in Boston, I hate to think of the disproportionate amount of press this incident will receive compared to the dozens of terrorist bombings across the world on a daily basis which go pretty much unnoticed by mainstream media. Understandably this is a slightly different scenario given that this is an attack on American soil, but bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan etc are almost like white noise to people now. It really is a totally different scenario tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 While it's absolutely horrible what's happened in Boston, I hate to think of the disproportionate amount of press this incident will receive compared to the dozens of terrorist bombings across the world on a daily basis which go pretty much unnoticed by mainstream media. Understandably this is a slightly different scenario given that this is an attack on American soil, but bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan etc are almost like white noise to people now. Its not really difficult to understand that a terrorist attack in a country that is much more mirrored to our own culture will get more air time then one that is in the middle east etc Not that it makes the human tragedy in any place any more.... Tragic But Afghan etc is a war zone, weapons are more readily available and security more lax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 How do you see these photos?! I've not seen many. Discover icon on twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 It really is a totally different scenario tbh. How can innocent being blown up and maimed anywhere be a totally different scenario? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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