Who said "bring the war home" ?
Looks like you got your wish.
Will your guns protect you now?
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11 years ago
I hear the Boston Marathon ended with a bang...
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11 years ago
As of 3pm CST, 2 dead, 23 wounded, most US major cities are on alert in case it was a coordinated attack. Taking away guns would not have prevented a thing......
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11 years ago
Nah - it couldn't be anyone from Saudi Arabia.
They're your friends.
George Bush walks hand-in-hand with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. They are good people - no?
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Authorities ID suspect as Saudi national in marathon bombings, under guard at Boston hospital
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Investigators have a suspect ? a Saudi Arabian national ? in the horrific Boston Marathon bombings, The Post has learned.
Law enforcement sources said the 20-year-old suspect was under guard at an undisclosed Boston hospital.
It was not immediately clear why the man was hospitalized and whether he was injured in the attack or in his apprehension.
The man was caught less than two hours after the 2:50 p.m. bombing on the finish line of the race, in the heart of Boston.
In addition, Boston police have has surveillance video of someone bringing multiple backpacks to blast site, according to CBS News.
Police also confirmed that there was a third explosion, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. It was not immediately clear how much damage was done or whether it was related to the bombings at the marathon finish line.
The library bombing occurred about 4:30 p.m. and more than a mile from the marathon.
A law enforcement source confirmed to The Post that 12 people were killed and nearly 50 were injured in today's blast.
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11 years ago
But, why the marathon?
I expect they targeted the finish line of the marathon because they knew that it would be televised and that lots of spectators would congregate near that finish line.
Luckily, one of the three bombs that were planted didn't go off and will hopefully provide the evidence needed to track down who did this.
A fire in the John F. Kennedy library in Boston occurred at about the same time, but has since been determined to be completely unrelated. That was just a coincidence.
I kinda doubt this would be an international terrorist attack. Even international terrorists would be asking themselves "But, why the marathon?" since there's absolutely no political, economic or military significance associated with it. It's just an easy target because it stretches along a 26 mile route, and so it's not plausible to guard all
26 miles. Still, the finish line should have been recognized as a potential target because of the television cameras that would be located there.- Vote on answer
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11 years ago
As per usual, something bad happens and the Usenet idiots come out of the woodwork.
What are you doing to make the world better, ITG?
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11 years ago
So your military-surveilence complex can sell more
- body scanners
- biometrics monitors/software
- metal detectors
- drones
So they can be employed at more
- public events / gatherings
- your front door
So they can mine, store, record, analyze
- more of your electronic data
- more of your purchases
- more of your travel by any means (foot, car, plane, train, etc)
So they can enact
- more laws that strip away any sense that you could conduct any form of communication, travel or commerce with anonymity
For the real purpose
- as make-work projects, to hire people to perform mindless jobs
- to provide data to the IRS so they can discover unrepored income
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11 years ago
You should wait a while before quoting anything from the NY Post. And then wait some more.
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11 years ago
Homegrown nut-case, 99 chances out of 100 - looking for his 15 minutes of fame.
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11 years ago
If so, I bet he's also a gun nut with an arsenal in his house. Probably a tea leaf too.
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11 years ago
Revising security at the London Marathon and also Maggies funeral tomorrow.
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11 years ago
They're your friends.
George Bush walks hand-in-hand with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. They are good people - no?
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Authorities ID suspect as Saudi national in marathon bombings, under guard at Boston hospital
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Investigators have a suspect - a Saudi Arabian national - in the horrific Boston Marathon bombings, The Post has learned.
Law enforcement sources said the 20-year-old suspect was under guard at an undisclosed Boston hospital.
It was not immediately clear why the man was hospitalized and whether he was injured in the attack or in his apprehension.
The man was caught less than two hours after the 2:50 p.m. bombing on the finish line of the race, in the heart of Boston.
In addition, Boston police have has surveillance video of someone bringing multiple backpacks to blast site, according to CBS News.
Police also confirmed that there was a third explosion, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. It was not immediately clear how much damage was done or whether it was related to the bombings at the marathon finish line.
The library bombing occurred about 4:30 p.m. and more than a mile from the marathon.
A law enforcement source confirmed to The Post that 12 people were killed and nearly 50 were injured in today's blast.
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11 years ago
Looks like you got your wish.
Will your guns protect you now?
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11 years ago
No, three confirmed deaths.
The Saudi guy is a "person of interest' not yet an official suspect.
Where are you reading your news? That "journalism" is completely inaccurate.
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11 years ago
No shit, was there anything accurate in that blurb?
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11 years ago
They did say that it happened in Boston.
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11 years ago
But why the marathon? There isn't any "political, economic or military significance" associated with many targets of international terrorists. When they blow up a hotel that foreigners tend to stay at, for example, how is that any different than what happened yesterday? Or when they leave a car bomb at a crowded market? Or when they blow up a subway or train? The intent is to kill as many as possible in a dramatic way. We don't know who did it, but to say it doesn't fit the pattern of international terrorists is to deny or cover up the obvious.
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11 years ago
Actually, I ran Boston last year. The route starts 26 miles away. (It is a point to point course). But, It starts in the middle of no where. You reall y are not in a large populated area until you get toward the end of the cou rse downtown. Obviously, the finish line is the most populated area. Just b eyond the finish line are thousands of people who just finished the race in line to get their medal, warming blanket and bananna and to re unite with friends and family.
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11 years ago
" snipped-for-privacy@optonline.net" wrote in news:06f76e83- snipped-for-privacy@c7g2000vbe.googlegroups.com:
Terror. It's about instilling terror into ordinary daily activities.
Not difficult to do in contemporary American society considering that Americans are now terrified of riding their bicycles without a helmet or living in a house that may have some radon in the basement.
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11 years ago
Naw......just a sign that we like being Americans and want to live longer. Why blow yourself up to prove a point? If you live with anger and hatred, you just aren't living.
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11 years ago
You know, I must be starting to slip up. I kind of swallowed the "international terrorist" label. The more accurate label is "muslim terrorists", because that is what they actually are in the vast majority of cases. And their terrorist acts more often than not don't span borders. In other words, they spend more time blowing up their fellow citizens than they do killing outside the country. So, why would you call them "international terrorists"?