Explosions at Boston Marathon

[JediJaida]

This is terrible! My mom is watching this on the news, and I can hear it in the background.

What kind of world are we living in now, that a certifiable whacko (and you know it's a whacko) will do something like this?

It's disgusting!

I'm really starting to get worried about the world, on account of all the crud that's happening.

[rche]

Double post -sorry - typing with angry fingers

[rche]

Really sucks. A marathon is a very personal challange. To endure the race and then run thru that at the finish, whether you were one of the injured or not, is just plain horrid. There is no statement profound enough to warrant that type of action. Very sorry for the runners and families affected by this cowardly act.

[MIB41]

No words can express my anger. Find them. Get them. And proceed with justice.

[megomania]

Sounds like they have a "person of interest" in custody at a hospital - 20 year old Saudi Arabian.

[Figuremod73]

So far: 2 dead 100 plus injured. A fire (?) at JFK Library.
Another terrible event.

[Figuremod73]

Getting alot of conflicting reports on the number injured. CBS is claiming 50 plus.

[MegoSteve]

Sounds like they have a "person of interest" in custody at a hospital - 20 year old Saudi Arabian.

This has not been confirmed by any legitimate news source. The NY Post reported it, though, but I'd sooner trust a report from the Weekly World News.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

My heart goes out to all of the people affected and hurt. Such a horrible act.

[Zemo]

All the signatures of foreign terrorism. I feel for the dead and injured, but doesn't surprise me at all. Israel lives with it everyday.

[ctc]

>All the signatures of foreign terrorism.

I dunno; it seems more like a local thing. It's not a very professional attack, it's not an attack on a target of tactical value, and overseas organizations would have been taking credit already. It seems like more of a showpiece: something you can clalm braging rights over amongst your small cadre of associates and like minded types.

'Course I'm only about 53% swayed that way, since we don't have a lot of info and I'm going off the little bits we've been shown.

Don C.

[Hector]

Bloody murdering cowards.

[Hector]

Domestic, foreign, they are all the same...scumbags.

[hedrap]

These were IED's. It follows the pattern of many of the thwarted attacks we've heard of over the past decade.

Waco and OKC were attacks directly involving the government. This was a hit on international civilians.

If he's a national, then it's going to be a Unabomber, but even he had a direct method to who he went after.

This is random terror. It's either an Eric Rudolph, or more likely, a sleeper.

[torgospizza]

Man, there are a lot of bad theories in this thread, when it's fairly obvious what happened. And just in the past couple weeks the States have approved a program allowing Saudis to bypass airport security. That's right--the TSA will be spending more time patting down old ladies, little kids in wheelchairs, and wounded Marines than citizens of a nation that sponsors anti-Western terrorism. Well done.