Two huge blasts rock Boston Marathon finish line

[Anonymous]

Even during the height of the "Troubles" the IRA never would have bombed Boston, where they had a fundraising network. That would have been like fouling their own pool.

The FBI has apparently ruled out the injured Saudi as a suspect. However his roommates apparently were caught on visa violations and detained by ICE (INS). They'll be deported.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was wondering what was up when they listed the 20 y/o Saudi national as "acting suspicious" because he was "running from the scene."

My thinking was, "Of course he'd be running from the scene."

Now if he were laughing maniacally, going "Allah-u-akbar", giving a terrorist fist bump to his wife, or whatever else terrorists do after a successful attack, we might be onto something. But running from a bomb blast?

In America, if you're brown and running from the scene of a crime - even if everyone else is running too - then you must have done it. I hope the asshole who attacked the 20 year old kid gets sued for assault at the very least.

Well , he'd be wise not to sue in Middlesex Cointy, Mass. Let's see, he has fur powder residue o. His hands and made statements like
Did the second bomb explode?" and "how many were killed?". I'd say they had enough to take him in.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was wondering what was up when they listed the 20 y/o Saudi national as "acting suspicious" because he was "running from the scene."

My thinking was, "Of course he'd be running from the scene."

Now if he were laughing maniacally, going "Allah-u-akbar", giving a terrorist fist bump to his wife, or whatever else terrorists do after a successful attack, we might be onto something. But running from a bomb blast?

In America, if you're brown and running from the scene of a crime - even if everyone else is running too - then you must have done it. I hope the asshole who attacked the 20 year old kid gets sued for assault at the very least.

Well , he'd be wise not to sue in Middlesex Cointy, Mass. Let's see, he has fur powder residue o. His hands and made statements like
Did the second bomb explode?" and "how many were killed?". I'd say they had enough to take him in.

What is your source for this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was wondering what was up when they listed the 20 y/o Saudi national as "acting suspicious" because he was "running from the scene."

My thinking was, "Of course he'd be running from the scene."

Now if he were laughing maniacally, going "Allah-u-akbar", giving a terrorist fist bump to his wife, or whatever else terrorists do after a successful attack, we might be onto something. But running from a bomb blast?

In America, if you're brown and running from the scene of a crime - even if everyone else is running too - then you must have done it. I hope the asshole who attacked the 20 year old kid gets sued for assault at the very least.

Well , he'd be wise not to sue in Middlesex Cointy, Mass. Let's see, he has fur powder residue o. His hands and made statements like
Did the second bomb explode?" and "how many were killed?". I'd say they had enough to take him in.

Citation? The only thing we know he was doing, was running away from the blast - which everyone else was doing, and is what anyone *should* be doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was wondering what was up when they listed the 20 y/o Saudi national as "acting suspicious" because he was "running from the scene."

My thinking was, "Of course he'd be running from the scene."

Now if he were laughing maniacally, going "Allah-u-akbar", giving a terrorist fist bump to his wife, or whatever else terrorists do after a successful attack, we might be onto something. But running from a bomb blast?

In America, if you're brown and running from the scene of a crime - even if everyone else is running too - then you must have done it. I hope the asshole who attacked the 20 year old kid gets sued for assault at the very least.

Well , he'd be wise not to sue in Middlesex Cointy, Mass. Let's see, he has fur powder residue o. His hands and made statements like
Did the second bomb explode?" and "how many were killed?". I'd say they had enough to take him in.

Apparently someone was not young enough to remember this man:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was wondering what was up when they listed the 20 y/o Saudi national as "acting suspicious" because he was "running from the scene."

My thinking was, "Of course he'd be running from the scene."

Now if he were laughing maniacally, going "Allah-u-akbar", giving a terrorist fist bump to his wife, or whatever else terrorists do after a successful attack, we might be onto something. But running from a bomb blast?

In America, if you're brown and running from the scene of a crime - even if everyone else is running too - then you must have done it. I hope the asshole who attacked the 20 year old kid gets sued for assault at the very least.

Well , he'd be wise not to sue in Middlesex Cointy, Mass. Let's see, he has fur powder residue o. His hands and made statements like
Did the second bomb explode?" and "how many were killed?". I'd say they had enough to take him in.

Apparently someone was not young enough to remember this man:



All of that is explained by him being close to the blast. He was close enough to be injured because he was treated at the hospital. If he touched his leg or touched anything at the site, he would get explosive residue on his hands. Everyone at the site would hear the second explosion. Asking if it was a second bomb is a normal reaction. Asking how many were killed is a normal reaction.

Try again, troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was wondering what was up when they listed the 20 y/o Saudi national as "acting suspicious" because he was "running from the scene."

My thinking was, "Of course he'd be running from the scene."

Now if he were laughing maniacally, going "Allah-u-akbar", giving a terrorist fist bump to his wife, or whatever else terrorists do after a successful attack, we might be onto something. But running from a bomb blast?

In America, if you're brown and running from the scene of a crime - even if everyone else is running too - then you must have done it. I hope the asshole who attacked the 20 year old kid gets sued for assault at the very least.

Well , he'd be wise not to sue in Middlesex Cointy, Mass. Let's see, he has fur powder residue o. His hands and made statements like
Did the second bomb explode?" and "how many were killed?". I'd say they had enough to take him in.

Citation? The only thing we know he was doing, was running away from the blast - which everyone else was doing, and is what anyone *should* be doing.

Gosh, so weird that this person hasn't updated with their rock-solid sources for this information!

[Anonymous]

I dub this Saudi Richard al-Jewell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It could be a man mad at an ex girlfriend. It could be a terror network. Who knows?

Anyone in law enforcement or with an undergraduate degree in any of the social sciences can tell you that just from the information we have some of these scenarios are far less likely than others. It is not someone targeting an individual, those people go to their homes or workplaces and shoot them. It is very unlikely to be a group from abroad, as it does not fit the pattern of any known groups. Just because we don't have someone arrested does not mean we have no information, even from what's in the press and what we know from the scene.

Stop acting like all things are equally plausible and try to wrap your head around the idea that the white right has gone so far off the deep end that they would do something like this. Again, since we know they've done it to clinics, at the Olympics, in mosques or temples, and in Oklahoma City. The more we keep treating all of this like "isolated incidents" the more power we give for these things to happen over and over again. Denial is our best gift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No to sidetrack this and if anyone wants to start a spin off thread I'm happy to contribute more. But the "IRA" is hardly disarmed. The Provisional IRA (Provos), which was the main branch of the IRA at the time - think Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness - did turn in casts amounts of weapons and explosives. However, there are several other splinter IRA groups still active. The Real IRA and the Conintuity IRA. Neither group supported the GFA or disarment. There is good evidence that Provos turned some of their weapons over to the RIRA. And they have been several attacks by them over recent years. Morta attacks, pipe bombs, and the murder of 2 off duty Britisg soldiers a couple of years ago.

There are also several other Republican groups still active. INLA, RAAD, etc.

Technically I think the RIRA is calling itself the New IRA now.

Sorry, that turned out longer than I planned and I certainly don't want to make it seem I believe any faction of the IRA was involved with this. Just wanted to clear up some misconceptions.

The various Loyalist groups have their parallel but smaller splinter groups ... many of the groups on both sides are just drug running gangs, comparable to a Mafia family. The only color both sides care about now is green.

[Anonymous]

Stop acting like all things are equally plausible and try to wrap your head around the idea that the white right has gone so far off the deep end that they would do something like this. Again, since we know they've done it to clinics, at the Olympics, in mosques or temples, and in Oklahoma City. The more we keep treating all of this like "isolated incidents" the more power we give for these things to happen over and over again. Denial is our best gift.

Your statement is as bigoted and asinine as the posters who automatically assume that any terrorist action must be the result of Islamic fundamentalists because they have committed acts of terror in the past. Wild and unfounded speculations at this point are harmful to everyone no matter which group you chose to signal out. For Pete's sake, let law enforcement do their jobs and stop (everyone) fueling the flames of hatred. It is counterproductive, not only in the short run, but in the long run, also.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was wondering what was up when they listed the 20 y/o Saudi national as "acting suspicious" because he was "running from the scene."

My thinking was, "Of course he'd be running from the scene."

Now if he were laughing maniacally, going "Allah-u-akbar", giving a terrorist fist bump to his wife, or whatever else terrorists do after a successful attack, we might be onto something. But running from a bomb blast?

In America, if you're brown and running from the scene of a crime - even if everyone else is running too - then you must have done it. I hope the asshole who attacked the 20 year old kid gets sued for assault at the very least.

Well , he'd be wise not to sue in Middlesex Cointy, Mass. Let's see, he has fur powder residue o. His hands and made statements like
Did the second bomb explode?" and "how many were killed?". I'd say they had enough to take him in.

This is a good article that puts things in a much different perspective than you have:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/04/the-saudi-marathon-man.html

[Anonymous]

The media: Hmmm pressure cooker bombs, markings of al queda , let's blame the white guy, completely logical

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It could be a man mad at an ex girlfriend. It could be a terror network. Who knows?

Anyone in law enforcement or with an undergraduate degree in any of the social sciences can tell you that just from the information we have some of these scenarios are far less likely than others. It is not someone targeting an individual, those people go to their homes or workplaces and shoot them. It is very unlikely to be a group from abroad, as it does not fit the pattern of any known groups. Just because we don't have someone arrested does not mean we have no information, even from what's in the press and what we know from the scene.

Stop acting like all things are equally plausible and try to wrap your head around the idea that the white right has gone so far off the deep end that they would do something like this. Again, since we know they've done it to clinics, at the Olympics, in mosques or temples, and in Oklahoma City. The more we keep treating all of this like "isolated incidents" the more power we give for these things to happen over and over again. Denial is our best gift.

Right, because only far right wingers are the lone wolf or homegrown type of terrorists.

Jose Pimentel
Amine Ek Khalifi
Khalid Aldawsari
Nadal Hasan
Andrew Ibrahim

To name a few who were not part of the far right and were not part of any terrorist network

[Anonymous]

There are too many on this thread (and in the media) that are practically orgasmic at the possibility that this horrendous act was perpetrated by a home grown right wing terrorist. I find that incredibly sad--as sad as those who are foaming at the mouth to have it be an islamic fundamentalist. Bigotry and hatred abound.