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Post by Moose on Apr 15, 2013 21:39:04 GMT
I just caught a bit of this on the ten o clock news as I was leaving my parents'. Saw some footage but no-one seemed to be entirely sure what had happened..?
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Post by Shake on Apr 15, 2013 23:03:08 GMT
2 explosions reported near the finish of the Boston Marathon. You could see in the footage, one gentleman runner suddenly get all wobbly and fall to the ground. There was a report of a 3rd blast at JFK library, but that was unrelated. Here is what I know right now: they are reporting 2 dead, one of which was an 8 year-old child, and over 110 injured (that number keeps rising), 8 critically so. No one is as yet in custody AFAIK, and no person or group has claimed responsibility, though they did come on about an hour ago and said it is confirmed to be a terrorist activity. Two unexploded bombs have been found and are being analyzed.
My own raw thoughts: despite the fact that the crawl on CNN is calling this "well-planned", it certainly could have been much worse. The paper said there were some 27,000 people running today. I'd think if it were "well-planned" they'd have hit the starting line for maximum carnage. They were also saying on CNN that one "good side" to the location is that there were lots of medical personnel on hand (as there always is at large races), and that Boston is home to some top hospitals. The President came on and said those responsible will "feel the full weight of justice" and that we don't know yet whether this was domestic or international.
I've only looked at CNN.com, but I'm sure any of the other major media sites will be sure to have coverage. (ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, FOX, etc.)
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Post by madmadeline on Apr 15, 2013 23:11:32 GMT
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Post by Moose on Apr 16, 2013 16:05:00 GMT
Horrible  |
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Post by Mari on Apr 16, 2013 21:31:30 GMT
Bad things Also was very annoyed by how people immediately assumed the Arabic-looking witness questioned was actually a suspect. Understandable I suppose, but annoying nonetheless. |
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Post by deej on Apr 16, 2013 23:10:58 GMT
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Post by Moose on Apr 17, 2013 1:06:14 GMT
Mari I was annoyed too at the assumption that the Arabic bloke - who was apparently seriously injured - was automatically guilty. It can't be much fun to live with that kind of suspicion over you all the time. There are plenty of home grown terrorists .. think Tim McVeigh, for instance, or the Norwegian bloke. It does not HAVE to be Muslims and assuming that it is isn't helping relations at all.
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Post by Kye on Apr 17, 2013 2:17:41 GMT
Absolutely!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 13:09:13 GMT
I agree. Afte 9/11, my aunt who was married to a man from Iran (the got divorced a few years ago) told us that he was often checked by the police and that suddenly, he seemed "suspicious" to many people just because of the way he looks.
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Post by tangent on Apr 17, 2013 13:19:15 GMT
I have been told I look a bit Iranian - though I can't see it myself - so I'd better not go to the States.
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Post by deej on Apr 17, 2013 13:20:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 14:44:18 GMT
I have been told I look a bit Iranian - though I can't see it myself - so I'd better not go to the States. You? Not to me. |
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Post by tangent on Apr 17, 2013 16:20:21 GMT
I can't remember who told me.
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Post by charliebrown on Apr 17, 2013 16:59:57 GMT
Steve, the statement puzzles me. You don't look a bit Iranian to me.
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Post by Moose on Apr 17, 2013 17:05:14 GMT
Nor to me..
*waves to deej and says thanks for articles*
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Post by tangent on Apr 17, 2013 17:45:30 GMT
Well, no, I thought not.
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Post by Mari on Apr 17, 2013 19:12:17 GMT
Might be your beard? Though I wouldn't say it's typically Iranian. But then, I've been asked if I'm half Chinese, so... *shrugs*
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Post by charliebrown on Apr 17, 2013 19:27:50 GMT
Mari, half Chinese?! I don't see it.
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Post by JoeP on Apr 17, 2013 20:12:08 GMT
Not sure if it's too early to start speculating, but my instinct is this is a home-grown American terrorist thing, like Oklahoma etc.
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Post by Miisa on Apr 17, 2013 20:18:51 GMT
Our one major bombing was by a teeneager out of the blue, who built a bomb from Internet instructions. No terrorist group, no conspiracy, just a sad, deluded child.
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Post by Moose on Apr 17, 2013 20:31:30 GMT
hehe I have never seen anyone who looks less half Chinese than Mari  |
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Post by Mari on Apr 17, 2013 20:38:24 GMT
It was some African guy who asked me that. It was a very bad pick up line.
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Post by charliebrown on Apr 19, 2013 9:16:40 GMT
My niece is in MIT. Their dorms are all locked up but she is fine.
Hope this whole thing ends without further bloodshed.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 19, 2013 9:23:32 GMT
At the moment one cop dead and another seriously injured from what I hear today. I'm glad your niece is fine CB. And one suspect dead and other other on the loose.
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Post by charliebrown on Apr 19, 2013 12:18:18 GMT
Thank you RB. As long as the 2nd suspect is at large, I don't feel relieved. Boston is apparently in lockdown |
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Post by Kye on Apr 19, 2013 13:39:56 GMT
Plus, he has nothing to lose now... |
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Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 19, 2013 14:21:52 GMT
Two brothers it appears. 26 and 19. So young.
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Post by Yuki on Apr 19, 2013 15:59:25 GMT
hmmm... someone shared this on facebook.. Sulahaddin Barhoum, 17, moved to the US with his family four years agoHe said: 'I worry that someone, a mad person, might come after me and my family'
The teenager is a keen runner who one day hopes to run in the Olympics
A teenage boy wrongly identified as a Boston bombing suspect fought back tears as he told how he begged police to help him clear his name.
Sulahaddin Barhoum clutched a handful of his own running medals on a red, white and blue ribbon as he told MailOnline of his terror at being falsely accused.
The 17-year-old Moroccan, who moved to the U.S. with his family four years ago, said: 'Late last night friends started calling and emailing me – they said my photo was all over the internet, that I was a suspect in the Boston bombing.
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Post by charliebrown on Apr 19, 2013 17:41:25 GMT
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Post by charliebrown on Apr 20, 2013 6:14:58 GMT
Great sigh of relief...
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