Curt 1 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 My cousin was planning on running the race. Some grim scenes there this morning. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Seems to be talk of some other explosion in Boston now? Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Awful. often thought that sports events would be a relatively soft target for terrorists. Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Bastards whoever did that Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Bastards whoever did that Sums it up well. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Seems that third incident at the library was unrelated. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 a friend of mines had just finished the race when the bomb went off.....thankfully he is ok. Disgraceful act of terrorism.....is there any news on who's responsible? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Not heard any claims of responsibility as yet. Doubtless there will be some, and they may well not be related to the real perps. Link to post Share on other sites
norcal 5 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 With all that has happened in the states in the past few years, I wouldn't be surprised if it was another fellow American that did this. That said, I'm not counting out 'terrorist' either, but not pointing fingers at anyone. What urks me the most, is that if it is an American, he has the right to claim 'insanity'. And they probably will. I have no idea what is happening to my country, but I suggest it pull head from ass and get it together. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 looking at the blast footage, although it did produce a big fireball and many people were hurt and some killed, it seemed that it was very localised and that the explosive wasn't a strong one....you'd assume a larger explosive to be used by a sophisticated terrorist group IMO. In such a crowded area, I'd expected a lot more deaths TBH. Horrible, horrible people for doing such a thing, you wonder what the f##k goes thru peoples head at times Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 You certainly would/ Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Agreed there. they're not saying anything yet Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 This certainly has a home grown feel to it for sure. Like a pipe bomb or something. edit...They're saying pressure cooker bombs... oh my! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Fwiw, this sounds like its taken its design from an anti-personnel mine. Something that fires lots of shards of metal over a wide area to injure as many as possible. From what I remember, the campaign to ban this kind of mine never succeeded. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 The Convention (The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction) was signed 15 years ago, and some 161 countries are "parties" to the convention. From the website of the Convention ... 1 March 2013 Fourteenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention. and 3-4 December 2013 Sixteenth anniversary of the signing of the Convention. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Wiki says the USA, Russia, China, India, and Pakistan haven't signed up though. They're the world's biggest armies. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Army size has little to do with it, though! The Convention site lists the following countries as not having ratified the convention, and not having signed it. (the 2 are somewhat different, in law). Marshall Islands have signed but not ratified. Some wakko countries in there (North Korea, for one, stands out!) and the fact that they have not determined to stop using AP mines is a bloody disgrace! To date the following States have not formally agreed to be bound by the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti‐Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction. Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain China Cuba Egypt Georgia India Iran Israel Kazakhstan Korea, DPR of Korea, Republic of Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Libya Marshall Islands* Micronesia, Fed. States of Mongolia Morocco Myanmar (Burma) Nepal Oman Pakistan Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syrian Arab Republic Tonga United Arab Emirates United States of America Uzbekistan Vietnam Link to post Share on other sites
Saitaman 1 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Lots of that looks like the list of countries Japan football team always seems to play! Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 They got the dude. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 There's something very fishy about all this. But I hope it's finished. Closed case n all. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I hope he survives to answer questions. Hard to make sense of it all from what is known currently. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Yeah sure is a strange one.....mum and dad saying they can't believe they did it...nice boys etc etc, uncle calls them losers......nice family Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Most families are strange if you analyse. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 There are just so many stories now that it seems journalists are just making things up to fill the space. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I simply can't accept that journalists would do such a thing! Link to post Share on other sites
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