Boston Bombing

right-track · 04-15-2013, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Weird. I'm watching like 3 different live feeds and there was speculation early on that the bomb could have been in a trash bin and that people found shrapnel in their pockets, but that's as far as it went. No official statements have gone out, to my knowledge, that confirm or even mention ball bearings. The trash bin thing was speculation early on, but just news folks talking about the possibility.

Seems like we'd have some sort of confirmation of ball bearings.

Maybe we're getting information your press aren't releasing just yet. Dunno.
Wouldn't surprise me though. It's not unusual for certain bits of info to be held back.
If anyone claims responsibility it's the small details that will make the claims genuine?

Freebase Dali · 04-15-2013, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

Maybe we're getting information your press aren't releasing just yet. Dunno.
Wouldn't surprise me though. It's not unusual for certain bits of info to be held back.
If anyone claims responsibility it's the small details that will make the claims genuine?

As I posted right before you replied here, I think certain press are reporting based off of initial, unverified comments. I'm not saying that there definitely wasn't ball bearings, I'm just saying that most of our press won't say there definitely was until it's verified. So far, that hasn't happened.

PoorOldPo · 04-15-2013, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens

I didn't know this (the Boston bit.)

Agree with you then.

The IRA got most of their funding from Irish Americans during the troubles( who some had left Ireland because of the very grievances the IRA were claiming against the British), as did the old IRA during and before the War of Independence.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 04-15-2013, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Watch out, the conspiracy theorists are coming out of the woodwork now.

There's always one! I think it's a pretty brain-dead move to say that.

I'm not sure about the Irish links, but honestly I don't think anyone deserves to be bombed no matter what happened in the past.

And notice that there's bombings in Syria everyday and no one blinks an eye lid.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-15-2013, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by PoorOldPo

Oh **** off. Really? Not surprised you said something like this to be honest. The IRA(thugs) have nothing to do with this. And although the IRA did some ****ing awful things, their circumstances were pretty dire prior and during the troubles. That doesn't justify what they did though, nor does anything justify what the British did in the North either. And it has nothing to do with this event. These were innocent people running a marathon. Mostly Irish Americans, some Irish people who recently emigrated, some actual Irish citizens over for the week. Don't pin the(modern) IRA on the entire Irish diaspora. On either side of the sea.

I'm not pinning anything on anybody apart from those that donated money. I just wonder now that innocents have been killed on their own doorstep if they feel any conscience for what they did.

I've been to Boston, it's a lovely city the people were lovely and they don't deserve to have a tragedy like this happen to them. Just like the people who were shopping in the Arndale centre that day didn't either.

right-track · 04-15-2013, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

I'm not sure about the Irish links, but honestly I don't think anyone deserves to be bombed no matter what happened in the past.

And notice that there's bombings in Syria everyday and no one blinks an eye lid.

I don't think anyone is suggesting there's a link to past troubles in Northern Ireland, Vanilla. Certainly not in the sense of some kind of reprisal attack.

right-track · 04-15-2013, 06:22 PM

I think the longer it goes without someone claiming responsibility the more I'm inclined to think this is a domestic attack, as opposed to an international terrorist attack.
Not every attack in the UK was the sole responsibility of the IRA either.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 04-15-2013, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

I don't think anyone is suggesting there's a link to past troubles in Northern Ireland, Vanilla. Certainly not in the sense of some kind of reprisal attack.

Oh no I realise that!

hip hop bunny hop · 04-15-2013, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens

Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

Nope.

Burning Down · 04-15-2013, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

I think the longer it goes without someone claiming responsibility the more I'm inclined to think this is a domestic attack, as opposed to an international terrorist attack.

Homegrown terrorism is probably more likely, yes.

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	I think the longer it goes without someone claiming responsibility the more I'm inclined to think this is a domestic attack, as opposed to an international terrorist attack. Not every attack in the UK was the sole responsibility of the IRA either.