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Breaking:Large explosion at public event in Boston***Mod warning in OP**

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  • #1472
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    smurgen wrote: »
    Everyone know the effects of a bomb,no need to describe it to us.
    How do you know the effects of a bomb?

    I expect it is from it being described to you in a new report previously.


  • #1473
    elaney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 324 ✭✭elaney


    Just read a truly inspirational story about the man in the cowboy hat. His name is Carlos Arrendondo he pinched closed an artery on a victims leg. This poor guy has been through so much in his life . I don't want to post a link because the picture is graphic.


  • #1474
    Zyzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    Imagine what had happened if those bombs had went off at the start line where everyone is stationed until the race is started!


  • #1475
    JJayoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    Zyzz wrote: »
    Imagine what had happened if those bombs had went off at the start line where everyone is stationed until the race is started!

    That is a scary thought.


  • #1476
    Dublin Red Devil
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭Dublin Red Devil


    I think this is too small time to be any major terrorist organisation. They would be embarrassed by how weak this was.
    It's probably a Timothy McVeigh style domestic nut who is angry at the government


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  • #1477
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Zyzz wrote: »
    Imagine what had happened if those bombs had went off at the start line where everyone is stationed until the race is started!

    I wonder why they weren't. Is there tighter security at the start line?

    Fox News are still confirming a twenty year old Saudi is being guarded in a hospital, they've even gone so far as to name him.
    A source close to the investigation confirms to FoxNews.com the man whose apartment was searched is considered a person of interest in the case, and is the same person of interest Fox News confirmed earlier authorities are guarding at a local hospital.

    The source confirmed to FoxNews.com that the person of interest is Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, a 20-year-old Saudi. His Facebook page identifies him as a current or former student at the New England School of English. He is believed to have entered the country on a student visa.

    The source stressed that Alharbi is a person of interest, not a suspect, and said he suffered serious injuries in the explosion.
    - Source


  • #1478
    clairefontaine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭clairefontaine


    Seachmall wrote: »
    I wonder why they weren't. Is there tighter security at the start line?

    Fox News are still confirming a twenty year old Saudi is being guarded in a hospital, they've even gone so far as to name him.

    http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/why-was-new-york-post-such-outlier-boston-marathon-coverage/64256/

    It was also reported by CBS and LA Times that it was Saudi national. But nothing really confirmed.

    I assume if it were Al Q, AL Q would have taken public credit for it.

    If it were a right wing militia they would usually take it out on a the government not a public marathon.


  • #1479
    Dodd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Dodd


    elaney wrote: »
    Just read a truly inspirational story about the man in the cowboy hat. His name is Carlos Arrendondo he pinched closed an artery on a victims leg. This poor guy has been through so much in his life . I don't want to post a link because the picture is graphic.

    This is him.

    The poor guy should have been seen by a doctor as he seems to be in shock.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pWHHWB3Jr60


  • #1480
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,247 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    Saw somewhere that Pakistan taliban came out to say no involvement in it - was on my phone going through twitter this morning, can't remember the link


  • #1481
    Zyzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    Dublin Red Devil wrote: »
    I think this is too small time to be any major terrorist organisation. They would be embarrassed by how weak this was.
    It's probably a Timothy McVeigh style domestic nut who is angry at the government

    I'd agree with you. I would imagine the devastation/death toll would have been much greater if it had been a major terrorist organisation.

    Put that bomb into an area with an amount of people like this..

    http://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/galleryformatter_slide/14653119542626414.JPEG


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  • #1482
    robinph
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    Seachmall wrote: »
    I wonder why they weren't. Is there tighter security at the start line?

    No security at the start line of marathons, or anywhere really on the course that anyone would be aware of. They are just interested in getting the people with the right race numbers into the right starting areas so the start goes smoothly. But then the search required can be done by a visual glance as all anyone is wearing is a tshirt or vest and shorts, and all that is in their bags that they drop at the start to be driven to the finish will be a banana or two, a couple of energy gels and then a light running jacket and jogging bottoms to put on at the end to keep warm.


  • #1483
    donvito99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    It will be interesting to see what extra security arrangements will be put in place for Sunday's London Marathon.


  • #1484
    BASHIR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 553 ✭✭✭BASHIR


    rebel girl 15 wrote: »
    Saw somewhere that Pakistan taliban came out to say no involvement in it - was on my phone going through twitter this morning, can't remember the link

    Also saw this, Was from the journal.ie twitter feed


  • #1485
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    donvito99 wrote: »
    It will be interesting to see what extra security arrangements will be put in place for Sunday's London Marathon.

    Not much they can do without cancelling it other than have more visible cops/ etc out on the street. London is already being under higher security due to the Thatcher funeral tomorrow anyway.

    No changes notified yet from the organisers anyway, but I'll be making my way to the start a little bit earlier than I had previously planned just to account for slight extra delays in getting through train stations and into the start zones.


  • #1486
    sentient_6
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    donvito99 wrote: »
    It will be interesting to see what extra security arrangements will be put in place for Sunday's London Marathon.

    Why? Its totally ridiculous that they are making a connection. There was a headline on bbc about security in general at marathons & i couldn't help but think of the whistle theft episode of ted where the paper has a pull out special on whistles.


  • #1487
    RebelSoul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭RebelSoul


    I just heard on radio that the Saudi suspect was apprehended by members of the public after the explosion because he was acting suspicious.


  • #1488
    miller82
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    RebelSoul wrote: »
    I just heard on radio that the Saudi suspect was apprehended by members of the public after the explosion because he was acting suspicious.

    jesus. theres racisim for ya


  • #1489
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,007 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    RebelSoul wrote: »
    I just heard on radio that the Saudi suspect was apprehended by members of the public after the explosion because he was acting suspicious.

    Yeah suspicious of being different....


  • #1490
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Dublin Red Devil wrote: »
    I think this is too small time to be any major terrorist organisation. They would be embarrassed by how weak this was.

    It's not too small time.

    Islamic terrorists aren't flown to Arab countries anymore to train. They're recruited by a (presumably) trained individual and left to their own devices.

    Communication is minimal and so is any training they receive in bomb making. It's too risky to do it the old fashioned way. With limitations on purchasing large amounts of bomb making equipment since 9/11 this is more-or-less the style and size of attack to be expected from homegrown cells.

    They're no longer the highly trained bomb manufacturers they used to be. They're about as skilled as anyone with an internet connection and access to basic materials.

    At this stage you can't identify what type of attack it was (i.e. whether it's a lone-nut or something more sinister) based solely on the bombing itself.


  • #1491
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,247 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    donvito99 wrote: »
    It will be interesting to see what extra security arrangements will be put in place for Sunday's London Marathon.

    Security measures are being reviewed, but it is definitely going ahead


    Decent report from the guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/16/boston-marathon-explosions-investigation?CMP=twt_gu


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  • #1492
    RebelSoul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭RebelSoul


    miller82 wrote: »
    jesus. theres racisim for ya

    It could go both ways.
    1. They've been brainwashed through American media into making a kneejerk reaction based upon ethnicity.

    2. The suspect was genuinely acting in a suspicious manner and they performed their civic duty.


  • #1493
    Kold
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    RebelSoul wrote: »
    It could go both ways.
    1. They've been brainwashed through American media into making a kneejerk reaction based upon ethnicity.

    2. The suspect was genuinely acting in a suspicious manner and they performed their civic duty.

    That first one is still racism.


  • #1494
    justsomebloke
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    RebelSoul wrote: »
    2. The suspect was genuinely acting in a suspicious manner

    If I was a Saudi in america in the vicinity of a bombing I'd be acting 'suspiciously' as well, thinking "ah crap they are all going to think it was me"


  • #1495
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Kold wrote: »
    That first one is still racism.

    It's racial profiling, which isn't the same as racism.


  • #1496
    becost
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 328 ✭✭becost


    justsomebloke wrote: »
    If I was a Saudi in america in the vicinity of a bombing I'd be acting 'suspiciously' as well, thinking "ah crap they are all going to think it was me"

    Exactly what I was thinking. The guy was probably bricking it whether he's involved or not.


  • #1497
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,007 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    Seachmall wrote: »
    It's racial profiling, which isn't the same as racism.

    Thats a point of view imo it is just "legal racism"


  • #1498
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Seachmall wrote: »
    It's racial profiling, which isn't the same as racism.

    Yes it is.


  • #1499
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    VinLieger wrote: »
    Thats a point of view imo it is just "legal racism"

    It's not legal.


  • #1500
    smurgen
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    robinph wrote: »
    How do you know the effects of a bomb?

    I expect it is from it being described to you in a new report previously.


    watching documantaries. Actively seeing out information is one thing, putting pictues of bodies and injured people on the front of papers and websites is another.


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  • #1501
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,858 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    Its multicultural Boston, not Hicksville USA; it's a smorgasboard of white, black, brown, yellow, African, European, Asian, mixtures of them all.

    I doubt the crowd picked on the guy purely cause of his colour.


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