leicsmac Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 You would think so, but the training must have been damaged by US and British operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan. If of course this is al-Qaeda, which is unclear. The frightening thing is that anybody with a GCSE in Chemistry could potentially put a bomb together capable of maiming dozens of people, but in this case the organisation was crude. I actually wonder whether this was al-Qaeda or any other Islamist group at all, leaving bags in bins doesn't seem to fit the Islamist modus operandi of turning themselves into the bomb. You need only look at Oklahoma City to realise that America has its share of enemies within. True, but this doesn't seem to fit their M.O. either. As I said earlier, the homegrown nutjobs in the US tend either to shoot/blow up schools or universities with which they are intimately linked, or go after a target with a clear political objective (Government building/abortion clinic). So this one is strange either way.
Deucalion Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 Didn't the London Tube bomber use home made explosives? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12337575 Yes, but more effective than these bombs. BTW - phone networks taken down in Boston...very late if you ask me! Were they set off by phone?
Wycombe Fox Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 I hate horses and heights, Mr media lover After the incident with the aerial?
StanSP Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12337575 Yes, but more effective than these bombs. BTW - phone networks taken down in Boston...very late if you ask me! Were they set off by phone? Not known, but possibly. If phone networks are down, how are people meant to contact families or friends who were part of the marathon or vice versa?!
Deucalion Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 Not known, but possibly. If phone networks are down, how are people meant to contact families or friends who were part of the marathon or vice versa?! It's very upsetting for people, but mobile networks go down in the UK the moment there is a terrorist attack. They went down for around four hours in London in 2005, even though the attack was by suicide bombers. Another thought, they haven't found any heads, so probably not suicide bombers. If someone of Arabic appearance, in the US, had left a rucksack somewhere, I find it very hard to believe someone wouldn't have reported it.
Tielemans63 Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 Guy on BBC news just made a good point in that Al Qaieda's attacks are almost exclusively suicide bombs and this does not look like their work. As others have said, this looks like an attack by the enemy within. Also, to get away with planting bombs in such a heavily policed area - the perpetrators must have blended in pretty easily.
kingfox Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 The World is mad. With Families of the Newtown tragedy sitting in VIP seats near the explosions is one of the most sickening things about it. Boston is one of the most famous Marathons and the World's oldest Marathon, so you can see why some mad sick people would use it as a target.
Deucalion Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 A person of interest is being guarded by security forces in a Boston hospital. Suffering from burns.
Danno Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 A person of interest is being guarded by security forces in a Boston hospital. Suffering from burns. ?
Tielemans63 Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 A person of interest is being guarded by security forces in a Boston hospital. Suffering from burns. Where's that being reported?
StanSP Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 Where's that being reported? I think RTE and NBC did.
Tielemans63 Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 I think RTE and NBC did. Cheers Stan. BBC 30 mins behind as usual.
Deucalion Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 Where's that being reported? Don't judge me...Fox News.
anotherharboroughfox Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 http://rt.com/news/iraq-election-attack-killed-876/ jesus christ, it's a bad day.
StanSP Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 NBC also reported that marathon runners who finished the race are going to hospitals to give blood for any survivors who were injured. Fair play. Humanity restored a bit.
Tielemans63 Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 Don't judge me...Fox News. Wasn't judging you mate! Genuine question!
Bellend Sebastian Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 I was thinking this was one of the most depressing news days for ages even before I heard about this
Deucalion Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 Wasn't judging you mate! Genuine question! Fox News gets a bad rep.
Guest MattP Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 The last week really hasnt been a good one for the human race. Hope the Bostonians who donated to 'the cause' take a long look in the mirror tonight. Sympathy to all the innocents killed.
Deucalion Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 http://rt.com/news/i...ack-killed-876/ jesus christ, it's a bad day. Terrible.
Tielemans63 Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 Fox News gets a bad rep. Sorry that was me being dense - I misread your post
StanSP Posted 15 April 2013 Posted 15 April 2013 I was thinking this was one of the most depressing news days for ages even before I heard about this Titanic sinking. Hillsborough tragedy. Lincoln assassinated. Today...
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