Two explosions at US marathon
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Police say two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon have resulted in injuries.
Bloody spectators were being carried on Monday to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners.
Police wove through competitors as they ran back towards the course.
"There are a lot of people down,'' said one man, whose bib No 17528 identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina.
He was not injured, but marathon workers were carrying one woman, who did not appear to be a runner, to the medical area as blood gushed from her leg.
A Boston police officer was wheeled from the course with a leg injury that was bleeding.
About three hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that marks the finish line.
Another explosion could be heard a few seconds later.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americ...144419266.html
Looks like a possible terrorist attack. Two explosions at the finish line doesn't make it look like an accidental explosion.
I hope this wasn't a leftist being stupid
Yeah, I just saw this now, I'm watching BBC News on their website. I hope injuries are kept to a minimum.
They're saying multiple people are dead. I'll repeat the "I hope this wasn't a leftist being stupid" post.
Here is how the blame will go down:
First it will be blamed on Muslims then left wingers and then Right wingers and then towards a lone wolf. I can see this happening within twenty four hours.
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Here is how the blame will go down:
First it will be blamed on Muslims then left wingers and then Right wingers and then towards a lone wolf. I can see this happening within twenty four hours.
I remember watching the news when Breivik's attacks occurred and almost as soon as the news of the Oslo bomb broke, there was a woman who specialises in terrorism analysis or something going on about Islamic terrorists.
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Here is how the blame will go down:
First it will be blamed on Muslims then left wingers and then Right wingers and then towards a lone wolf. I can see this happening within twenty four hours.
And new laws will be pushed making it illegal to do, say, think or act like this or that. More cameras will go up everywhere and you'll have to be searched at every stop light before you cross the street. Whichever cause the bomber had will be forgotten in a couple weeks, if not the same day, and people will go on buying stuff. Fuck this sounds nihilistic.
Explosion was caught on camera
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They're saying multiple people are dead. I'll repeat the "I hope this wasn't a leftist being stupid" post.
From what I heard that it is only FOX NEWS is carrying the report of deaths. All other outlets report no deaths. I would wait to more confirmation.
An excuse for increased state repression and crackdown.Keep left protest movements off balanced, keep the population in fear.
Conspiracy theories are over indulged and are generally harmful. However, the FBI does have a well earned rep for entrapment. We don't know what happened yet
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From what I heard that it is only FOX NEWS is carrying the report of deaths. All other outlets report no deaths. I would wait to more confirmation.
ThinkProgress has reported a couple people died...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/20...ston-marathon/Why would someone bomb a marathon? :confused:
Nice to see the gut-reaction on hearing that people have been injured, perhaps even killed, is 'maaaaan I hope this doesn't make the Left look bad!'
Real classy.
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Why would someone bomb a marathon? :confused:
Plenty of people to kill, I would guess. Tends of thousands of spectators and runners.
i've not seen reports of deaths from the local media here, but have seen 'some people have lost limbs'
gonna get dressed and head downtown to see whats up
USA was using Fox News as a source.
Damn the bomb was brutal:
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i've not seen reports of deaths from the local media here, but have seen 'some people have lost limbs'
gonna get dressed and head downtown to see whats up
Be careful, according to BBC they may have found another device in another hotel and have evacuated Boston's second biggest building.
http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/6254/web - sounds like there may be a controlled explosion of that third device.
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Plenty of people to kill, I would guess. Tends of thousands of spectators and runners.
I heard though that the bombs detonated three hours after the runners crossed the finish line. What gets me is why the culprits didn't have the bombs explode immediately
after the runners had crossed. Now I have never been to this event so I do not know the amount of people at any given time but it just seems like the most "opportune time" would be when people are packed anticipating the finale. The time in-between is a bit odd.
At any rate I think the culprits are likely to be Right-Wingers (if it was a terrorist act). The conservative realm has been increasingly fired up over Obama's policies and I am sure the recent debate on marriage equality isn't helping their reactionary mind-set. I could be wrong but I have my bets hedged on them.