Terrorist attack at Boston Marathon

[Mayerling]

My prayers and thoughts are with those killed and injured and their families and friends.

All of our prayers are with them.

Last I heard two adults and an eight year old child were dead, and over 100 casualties. The Saudi national was on a student visa. He was being questioned because he was seen running from the explosions. They interviewed one of the heads of the Kennedy Library, and she said it was not an explosion but just a fire...but (my opinion) she seemed to be pushing aside any other suggestion of a bombing too quickly. Actually the building was fairly empty and nobody was hurt (about 21 people left it - mostly students).

Cannot really find much reassurance of anything. These damn incidents just strike out of the blue. In fact, while Oklahoma City, and that school shooting both happened in Aprils around the same week, the bombing that first came to mind was at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, where a bomb killed two people. I can't recall if they caught that bomber (I recall they fingered the wrong person at one point).

Jeff

[RivkahChaya]

I thought (one theory?) they chose April 20 due to it being Hitler's birthday?

JM

Is it? You'd think I'd remember that, considering that twice at synagogues I belonged to in New York, and once at my college Hillel, then, IIRC, again after I had graduated, people left cakes on Hitler's birthday that said "Happy Birthday Adolf." They turned out to be ordinary pranks in every case, but we always had to be cautious and call the police, who had the cakes removed by the bomb squad.

I'll bet everyone who did that thought they were coming up with a really original prank. Shmucks.

[Limehouse]

My prayers and thoughts are with those killed and injured and their families and friends.

[j.r-ahde]

Hello you all!

I am wondering, if acts like these will ever end!

I wish, they will catch the one behind these acts as soon as possible.

Most of all; I wish all the possible strength for all the victims and their families!

All the best
Jukka

[Fleetwood Mac]

Absolute despicable, cowardly act.

Shocking.

[jmenges]

Why the Columbine shooting was the day it was, I don't know, but supposedly the original plan was for bombs inside to require evacuation, and for the shooters to snipe people from the roof, so you can see why they'd wait for good weather.

I thought (one theory?) they chose April 20 due to it being Hitler's birthday?

JM

[Beowulf]

The Oklahoma City bombing was, in fact, on the anniversary of the Waco siege
by design, and we have Timothy McVeigh's word on that, but that does not mean that any of the conspiracy theories McVeigh believed about the siege were true.

The attack today was because the Boston Marathon was today. That simple. Why the Columbine shooting was the day it was, I don't know, but supposedly the original plan was for bombs inside to require evacuation, and for the shooters to snipe people from the roof, so you can see why they'd wait for good weather.

I was merely pointing out the strange coincidence of the dates. Not thinking conspiracy.

[Beowulf]

"Counterterrorism officials found what they believe to be five additional, undetonated explosive devices around the Boston area, according to two people briefed on the rapidly moving investigation."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323346304578424950102614148.html

[RivkahChaya]

Read this: Waco Seige was 4/19/93. Oklahoma City Bombing was 4/19/95. Columbine High School Shooting was 4/20/99. Boston Bombing was 4/15/2013.

The Oklahoma City bombing was, in fact, on the anniversary of the Waco siege
by design, and we have Timothy McVeigh's word on that, but that does not mean that any of the conspiracy theories McVeigh believed about the siege were true.

The attack today was because the Boston Marathon was today. That simple. Why the Columbine shooting was the day it was, I don't know, but supposedly the original plan was for bombs inside to require evacuation, and for the shooters to snipe people from the roof, so you can see why they'd wait for good weather.

[Simon Wood]

LA Times [on-line]—

A federal law enforcement official said authorities were questioning a Saudi national who was taken to a Boston hospital with injuries. The person was not identified as a suspect.

[Robert]

It's frightening. Bewildering.

[Chris Scott]

I know early reports have to be treated cautiously but networks now reporting a suspect is in custody in Boston Hospital and has been identified as a Saudi national...

[Beowulf]

This is the most vivid, chaotic and frightening video so far of the Boston explosion, as it happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=046MuD1pYJg&feature=player_embedded

One thing, they have said not just one guy could've set those bombs.

[Bridewell]

Do these people think that the world will change to suit their needs simply because they kill a load of people at random?

[Beowulf]

Just seen report that there has also been an explosion at the JFK library...

For some reason now they're saying that was a fire in the JFK library. ?

Read this: Waco Seige was 4/19/93. Oklahoma City Bombing was 4/19/95. Columbine High School Shooting was 4/20/99. Boston Bombing was 4/15/2013.

Depressing that we can amass such facts, though.