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Explosion in Boston. Details to come. UPDATE: PICS OF ABSOLUTELY NOBODY

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Explosion reported at Boston Marathon finish line
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An explosion has been reported near to the finish line of the Boston Marathon, a spokesman has told Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/20...ZF20130415
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(Reuters) - The hotel that serves as the headquarters for the Boston Marathon was locked down on Monday after a security incident near the finish line. Two blasts were heard by reporters in the media center.

A Boston Marathon spokesman told reporters that no one would be allowed in or out of the building.

(Reporting by Scott Malone and Tim McLaughlin; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)

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Freebie King
04-17-2013 at 08:29 PM.
04-17-2013 at 08:29 PM.
Quote from chewspam :
Pics of the suspects




It appears as these photos are the actual photos & suspects that the FBI is investigating.

According to CNN, the photos of the two suspects provided to them by the FBI (which they didn't show, so as to not jeopardize the investigation) depict one man carrying a black backpack and the other man carrying a duffle bag. One man is wearing a white baseball cap, and the other a track jacket.

These descriptions clearly match the photos here.
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04-17-2013 at 08:58 PM.
04-17-2013 at 08:58 PM.
Quote from Freebie King :
It appears as these photos are the actual photos & suspects that the FBI is investigating.

According to CNN, the photos of the two suspects provided to them by the FBI (which they didn't show, so as to not jeopardize the investigation) depict one man carrying a black backpack and the other man carrying a duffle bag. One man is wearing a white baseball cap, and the other a track jacket.

These descriptions clearly match the photos here.
Just watched that myself. But a simply orange bottle? And who carries bomb materials around right before the explosion? Did the bomber think he may have to add more juice to the bomb?
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04-18-2013 at 01:03 AM.
04-18-2013 at 01:03 AM.
There were many people on reddit that evening uploading all their photos and combing through the pictures...highlighting possibilities. A representative (supposedly) from the FBI posted to ask everyone to send their pics to the FBI to look at. Redditors spotted the guy in the blue pretty quickly. There were some others who looked suspicious, but I didn't keep following. It will be interesting to see if they were right.
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04-18-2013 at 04:18 AM.
04-18-2013 at 04:18 AM.
Quote from UncleJace :
Just watched that myself. But a simply orange bottle? And who carries bomb materials around right before the explosion? Did the bomber think he may have to add more juice to the bomb?

Nobody. Devo said earlier that nobody prepares a bomb on site. That is just a simply orange bottle. Someone has just doctored the photo to fit their conspiracy. Airsoft pellets aren't going to do a thing to any body when they are place in a bomb except melt.
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04-18-2013 at 06:37 AM.
04-18-2013 at 06:37 AM.
They look North Korean to me. Bowdown Bomb North Korea! Whee
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04-18-2013 at 06:41 AM.
04-18-2013 at 06:41 AM.
Quote from acesmuzic :
didn't watch your linly but i'm guessing it's the edit of the original footage and not sanctioned by mcfarlane
That doesn't make the altered clip any less funny!. McFarlane is a hypocrite since this is exactly the type of thing that he likes to do.
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04-18-2013 at 06:46 AM.
04-18-2013 at 06:46 AM.
Quote from Hawk2007 :
That's definitely an Orange Juice bottle. It doesn't even look like the alleged airsoft pellet canister.

Also, you have to be a pretty stupid terrorist if you're going to use Airsoft BB's in an attack.




What terrorist is going to have them proudly displayed for all to see?
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Link to a credible source? Or did you get that "info" from the conspiracy theorists too?
Quote from OhNoItsDEVO :
Is that a bottle of orange juice in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

And nobody loads a bomb on site.
Quote from Freebie King :
It appears as these photos are the actual photos & suspects that the FBI is investigating.

According to CNN, the photos of the two suspects provided to them by the FBI (which they didn't show, so as to not jeopardize the investigation) depict one man carrying a black backpack and the other man carrying a duffle bag. One man is wearing a white baseball cap, and the other a track jacket.

These descriptions clearly match the photos here.
Oh look . . .. The press is now releasing the photos: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nati...wmysU42scJ
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04-18-2013 at 07:05 AM.
04-18-2013 at 07:05 AM.
Quote from chewspam :
Oh look . . .. The press is now releasing the photos: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nati...wmysU42scJ


Plus, I was reading the sister thread in TP and accidentally posted how Alex Jones is reporting that the Saudi student questioned and released by the FBI is being deported.

Yesterday, Obama had an unscheduled meeting with the Saudi Foreign Ministers. John Kerry was supposed to meet with the Saudi official, but cancelled at the last minute because of a really weak excuse (even the press realized this and called him out on it.)

Alex Jones may be a kook at times, but if the guy he sourced is correct in saying the Saudi student is being deported, I think it's clear what's going on here. We do everything we can to keep the Kingdom happy because yes, they have a lot of oil, but they're also one of the few level-headed countries in that turbulent region and sometimes you have to make the best of a crap-sandwich.
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04-18-2013 at 07:13 AM.
04-18-2013 at 07:13 AM.
Quote from Hawk2007 :
Plus, I was reading the sister thread in TP and accidentally posted how Alex Jones is reporting that the Saudi student questioned and released by the FBI is being deported.

Yesterday, Obama had an unscheduled meeting with the Saudi Foreign Ministers. John Kerry was supposed to meet with the Saudi official, but cancelled at the last minute because of a really weak excuse (even the press realized this and called him out on it.)

Alex Jones may be a kook at times, but if the guy he sourced is correct in saying the Saudi student is being deported, I think it's clear what's going on here. We do everything we can to keep the Kingdom happy because yes, they have a lot of oil, but they're also one of the few level-headed countries in that turbulent region and sometimes you have to make the best of a crap-sandwich.
Alex Jones is a blind squirrel that finds a nut every so often IMO. However, when he finds that nut, he's right on. The student is being deported. I get sick of this "credible source" crap, though. What is a credible source?
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04-18-2013 at 07:14 AM.
04-18-2013 at 07:14 AM.
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"The attached photos are being circulated in an attempt to identify the individuals highlighted therein," said an e-mail obtained by The Post.

....

Authorities know the names of the two men
What?
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04-18-2013 at 09:05 AM.
04-18-2013 at 09:05 AM.
Quote from Hawk2007 :
Plus, I was reading the sister thread in TP and accidentally posted how Alex Jones is reporting that the Saudi student questioned and released by the FBI is being deported.

Yesterday, Obama had an unscheduled meeting with the Saudi Foreign Ministers. John Kerry was supposed to meet with the Saudi official, but cancelled at the last minute because of a really weak excuse (even the press realized this and called him out on it.)

Alex Jones may be a kook at times, but if the guy he sourced is correct in saying the Saudi student is being deported, I think it's clear what's going on here. We do everything we can to keep the Kingdom happy because yes, they have a lot of oil, but they're also one of the few level-headed countries in that turbulent region and sometimes you have to make the best of a crap-sandwich.
If the deal with the Saudis is true, and that's a big if, do you think the plan here is to let that guy guy go and pin this on someone else?
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04-18-2013 at 09:17 AM.
04-18-2013 at 09:17 AM.
Quote from OhNoItsDEVO :
If the deal with the Saudis is true, and that's a big if, do you think the plan here is to let that guy guy go and pin this on someone else?

I'm getting a bad feeling that nobody is going to be found and prosecuted.
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04-18-2013 at 09:39 AM.
04-18-2013 at 09:39 AM.
According to CBS News, a possible suspect the FBI is trying to identify on surveillance video:
  • A young white male
  • Approx. 6 feet tall
  • Was wearing a black jacket, gray hoodie, and a backwards white baseball cap.
  • Spotted carrying a backpack and talking on a cell phone.
  • "Appeared to be alone"
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04-18-2013 at 09:55 AM.
04-18-2013 at 09:55 AM.
Quote from chewspam :
Oh look . . .. The press is now releasing the photos: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/feds_have_men_in_sights_j43UJwXZncr0wmysU42scJ
Facepalm Let me know when a real news agency shows actual photos of the true suspects.

BTW...

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Authorities have clear video images of two separate suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings carrying black bags at each explosion site and are planning to release the images today in an appeal for the public's help in identifying the men, according to an official briefed on the case.


The official said that the two suspects were seen separately on videotape — one at each of the two bombing sites, which are located about a block apart.

She said there were "individuals" the FBI would like to speak to. "I wouldn't characterize them as 'suspects' under the technical term. But we need the public's help in locating these individuals," she said.



"The investigation is proceeding apace. This is not an NCIS episode. Sometimes you have to take time to properly put the chain together to identify the perpetrators, but everybody's committed to seeing that that gets done in the right way," she told Representative Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican, at the Homeland Security Committee.
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2...story.html
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04-18-2013 at 10:32 AM.
04-18-2013 at 10:32 AM.
The newsreaders here are still speculating about the speculations. At this point the only reason I have the news on is to find out when the next press conference will be.
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