BOMBING AT BOSTON MARATHON-GRAPHIC PHOTOS

[ramseycat]

Has anyone taken credit for this yet?

Unfortunately, no but I fully expect the criminal(s) to turn themselves in any moment.

Well that's a relief.

[username]

I'm sure all kinds of towel heads will attempt to take credit. Doesn't make it so. For some reason this strikes me as home grown a la' McVeigh style.

[username]

WTF? I think it's the chairman of Homeland Security on CNN right now and he's totally contradicting other reports. He said 2 dead, 22 injured (last report I heard was 110 injured). He also said they are questioning a person of interest which was denied earlier.

[ramseycat]

It's probably an earlier report. Dumbasses.

[Sphincter Cop]

CNN just reported that a "saudi" national is under guard at a hospital and is a person of interest. Might be a little too early for this, but hey; its CNN.

[Duchess]

We've seen this before in regards to the misinformation that first comes out in times of crisis.

I'm glad that the twelve deaths I posted about earlier wasn't able to be verified. There was so much blood :(

[Maggot]

Crispus Attucks would be proud. I bet his name is mentioned within a week. Most of the people I knew there were not near the bombs. Private cell phone activity was nullified for at least an hr. The trash cans exploded around 3. Everyone I knew is fine.

[aussiefriend]

Hey, I woke up to this shit. You people have some real marathon fanatics over there.

[ramseycat]

Not funny Aussie.

8 year old boy dead. I can't stop watching the news even though it's breaking my heart.

[Maggot]

Who won?

[Duchess]

Who won?

Lelisa Desisa won the men’s race at the 117^th Boston Marathon Monday, winning in a time of 2 hours 10 minutes 22 seconds.

...and Rita Jeptoo won the women's.

[username]

The news has been reporting about the 78 year old man who got knocked down by the blast and then finished the race. Part of me says "good for you" and the other part of me finds it incredibly shallow.

[Duchess]

I saw him interviewed last night. I'm not so sure he would have had the wherewithal to finish had a race organizer not helped him up & encouraged him to finish, it was only a matter of feet at that point. He still seemed somewhat shell shocked when I saw him and he totally didn't get the media's interest in him given all that was going on.

[Duchess]

The two bombs that killed three people and injured at least 176 at the Boston Marathon on Monday were made from six-liter pressure cookers crammed with shards of metal, nails and ball bearings and stashed in black backpacks, police sources revealed today.

The cruelly-designed bombs have 'frequently' been used in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, according to a 2010 Homeland Security Department pamphlet - hinting at the origins of the bombers behind the worst terrorist atrocity in the U.S. since 9/11.

When the devices exploded near the crowded Boston Marathon finish line around 2.50pm on Monday, victims suffered as many as 40 shrapnel wounds each and at least 10 people needed amputations. Witnesses described seeing body parts flying through the air and shoes that 'still had flesh in them'.

Sources added to CNN that a timer was likely used to activate one of the bombs. They are believed to have contained black powder or gunpowder as the explosive, and information on how to make such a bomb is available on the internet, experts said.

Although no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, similar devices were used in the failed 2010 attempt to bomb Times Square by Faisal Shahzad, who admitted he had undergone bomb-making training at a militant Islamist faction camp in Pakistan.

A pressure-cooker bomb is also a preferred weapon of al-Qaeda and listed as the 'most effective' weapon of jihad, according to an English-language terror magazine called Inspire.

Another article in Inspire last year listed 'the most important enemy targets' for jihadists in America - and included sporting events, CNSNews noted.

This is Martin & his family, he was killed and his little sister lost a leg. Their Dad was running yesterday.



...and this is Krystle, she died too.

[aussiefriend]

Not funny Aussie.

8 year old boy dead. I can't stop watching the news even though it's breaking my heart.

Oh fuck Ramsbreath, I fucking know it's not funny. It was 5.30 in the morning here, I was on a day shift, I barely heard anything about it. I am hardly dancing on their graves.

[ramseycat]

Go back to sleep Aussie. You clearly heard enough to comment. Instead of saying sorry i didnt mean to sound insensitive. You make an excuse. STFU.

[Duchess]

God I hope you two get into it.

Please.

[aussiefriend]

Go back to sleep Aussie. You clearly heard enough to comment. Instead of saying sorry i didnt mean to sound insensitive. You make an excuse. STFU.

Who died and made you head troll at Mock?

Sometimes humour is used to diffuse acutely stressful life events and situations.

As I said before my comment was hardly insensitive, some would argue not even humorous. Your response in contrast, was hilarious.

[username]

Insensitivity in Mock?

*applauds*

God probably killed those people because the SOTUS is considering cases related to homosexuality. It was a message.

[username]

Hey Ramsbreath!! Get back in here. Your turn!