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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
Last updated Mon 15 Apr 2013

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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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Last Edited by LC2 April 15, 2013 at 01:43 PM
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Zoe Moon
04-18-2013 at 02:59 PM.
04-18-2013 at 02:59 PM.
The black and white cap on suspect number one looks very distinctive. Does anyone recognize that cap?
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Moot-N-Me
04-18-2013 at 03:10 PM.
04-18-2013 at 03:10 PM.
Quote from Zoe Moon :
The black and white cap on suspect number one looks very distinctive. Does anyone recognize that cap?

NVM.....blurry pic looked odd.
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04-18-2013 at 03:16 PM.
04-18-2013 at 03:16 PM.
Quote from pointbob :
white cap looks white and like he's got a fake mustache; dark cap looks possibly middle eastern.
Ah ha! That was one of my first thoughts. White guy with fake mustache in at least 2 photos but in the close-up side view no stache.

Also, wouldn't be surprised to learn that these are teenagers. They act like how to make those things is new information. How to make a homemade bomb [not Googling it] was probably in the Anarchist's Cookbook and was probably available on Usenet ages ago.

They just seem awfully young.
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pointbob
04-18-2013 at 03:22 PM.
04-18-2013 at 03:22 PM.
Quote from LC2 :
Ah ha! That was one of my first thoughts. White guy with fake mustache in at least 2 photos but in the close-up side view no stache.

Also, wouldn't be surprised to learn that these are teenagers. They act like how to make those things is new information. How to make a homemade bomb [not Googling it] was probably in the Anarchist's Cookbook and was probably available on Usenet ages ago.

They just seem awfully young.

As crazy as that sounds I agree with you. I was thinking of a lethal beavis and butthead - just idiots who want to see things go boom.
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Freebie King
04-18-2013 at 03:25 PM.
04-18-2013 at 03:25 PM.
Quote from Zoe Moon :
The black and white cap on suspect number one looks very distinctive. Does anyone recognize that cap?
Someone on a different site suggested it might be this hat: http://www.amazon.co.uk/2012-BRID...B003EUUK26

Also, perhaps the white hat: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v2pWjco...CAPRL3.PNG
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dzap
04-18-2013 at 03:32 PM.
04-18-2013 at 03:32 PM.
Hmm..


...well let's see what happens tomorrow then. Seems a little too close for comfort considering the photos they released.
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04-18-2013 at 03:37 PM.
04-18-2013 at 03:37 PM.
Quote from dzap :
Hmm..


...well let's see what happens tomorrow then. Seems a little too close for comfort considering the photos they released.
Is this going to be Alex Jones' latest "theory"?
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04-18-2013 at 03:39 PM.
04-18-2013 at 03:39 PM.
Quote from dzap :
Hmm..


...well let's see what happens tomorrow then. Seems a little too close for comfort considering the photos they released.

Laws are generally written to screw us over.
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Zoe Moon
04-18-2013 at 03:42 PM.
04-18-2013 at 03:42 PM.
Quote from dzap :
Hmm..


...well let's see what happens tomorrow then. Seems a little too close for comfort considering the photos they released.
Facepalm

At the time this was posted, it was already going around the interwebz and on news speculation that it would likely be a homegrown terrorist(s) who was young. From the type of blast it was, the smell and the smoke, they also knew that it was black powder, not complex explosives. This guy is using information and speculation to feed the paranoia of the public (especially right wing extremists) to try and stir something up and/or make it look like he "knows things" that the 'ordinary public' doesn't.
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Zoe Moon
04-18-2013 at 03:48 PM.
04-18-2013 at 03:48 PM.
Quote from Freebie King :
Someone on a different site suggested it might be this hat: http://www.amazon.co.uk/2012-BRIDGESTONE-B330-RX-BLACK-WHITE/dp/B003EUUK26

Also, perhaps the white hat: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v2pWjcoLGBU/TM0yX8rBpOI/AAAAAAAABCE/CQrKdQpLR6s/s1600/CAPRL3.PNG
I agree, that looks exactly like the cap on suspect 1. However the white cap, to me it looks like a 7 on the side of the cap, not a 3. Dontknow
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04-18-2013 at 03:55 PM.
04-18-2013 at 03:55 PM.
Quote from dzap :
Hmm..


...well let's see what happens tomorrow then. Seems a little too close for comfort considering the photos they released.

There isn't a facepalm smiley big enough for this nonsense.
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04-18-2013 at 03:57 PM.
04-18-2013 at 03:57 PM.
Quote from bridgeburner :
There isn't a facepalm smiley big enough for this nonsense.
kind of interesting to witness the birth of a conspiracy theory though
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hawaiiandawn
04-18-2013 at 04:00 PM.
04-18-2013 at 04:00 PM.
Quote from stealth :
They look North Korean to me. Bowdown Bomb North Korea! Whee
Ohhh wee ohhh! Oh wee oh!
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dzap
04-18-2013 at 04:12 PM.
04-18-2013 at 04:12 PM.
Quote from bridgeburner :
There isn't a facepalm smiley big enough for this nonsense.
I always love a good conspiracy theory. bounce Makes life more interesting.


Just something I saw on reddit the other day..and it is from 4chan, so you know...huge grain of salt, considering...it's 4chan.

Quote from Landers :
Is this going to be Alex Jones' latest "theory"?
Sure, why not? LMAO
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04-18-2013 at 04:37 PM.
04-18-2013 at 04:37 PM.
Quote from bridgeburner :
There isn't a facepalm smiley big enough for this nonsense.
Iagree

This is like all of those insane conspiracy theories that Glenn Beck throws out there that make him sound like such a nutjob. Until they end up really happening and then suddenly nobody remembers that Beck ever mentioned them.
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