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    Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube View Post
    My suspicion is that it is domestic.
    Reasons to think it's domestic:

    • Tax day
    • Patriot day
    • Obama derangement syndrome

    Reasons to think it's foreign:

    • East coast (urban) target
    • Synchronized bombs

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
    Reasons to think it's domestic:

    • Tax day
    • Patriot day
    • Obama derangement syndrome

    Reasons to think it's foreign:

    • East coast (urban) target
    • Synchronized bombs
    My bet is on domestic, Breivik type. Noticed all the international flags where the first explosions went off
    Last edited by Fragony; 04-17-2013 at 12:26.

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    ....at the finish line of an international race (the Boston having been one of the marquee events in its genre for some time).

    Not a key factor. Location was chosen for maximum casualtiess and likelihood of cameras at finish of race.

    I favor the idea of a foreign operative/source because the target was NOT connected to the USG (which makes me think the domestic points noted by Lemur are less likely to apply in this case) and because they were smaller, anti-personnel explosions. The USA mentality is usually "Bigger is Better" with things that go boom -- hence Oklahoma.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
    ....at the finish line of an international race (the Boston having been one of the marquee events in its genre for some time).

    Not a key factor. Location was chosen for maximum casualtiess and likelihood of cameras at finish of race.

    I favor the idea of a foreign operative/source because the target was NOT connected to the USG (which makes me think the domestic points noted by Lemur are less likely to apply in this case) and because they were smaller, anti-personnel explosions. The USA mentality is usually "Bigger is Better" with things that go boom -- hence Oklahoma.
    US domestic mentality is also small, in the form of poisoned letters, for example.

    I'm leaning towards a random loonie right now, kind of like that Batman cinema shooter.
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    And now there has been a blast in Bangalore. Luckily no one was injured.
    All this is really depressing.
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    Looks like there's a suspect. Good.

    [V]ideo footage from the Lord and Taylor department store and from a local Boston television station has led investigators to believe that they have "clearly identified" the individual who placed one of the explosive devices at the site of the second explosion. The department store on Boylston Street is located near the site of the second explosion. [...]

    A separate report by the Boston Globe indicated that authorities have an image showing a suspect "carrying, and perhaps dropping, a black bag at the second bombing scene on Boylston Street." The Globe quoted a source who said authorities are "very close" in the investigation.


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    There's a ton of stuff going on the 4chan boards about this. Apparently there's been a number of pretty damn good "dissections" of all the "evidence" and they seem to have identified upwards of two people that seem to have been potential bombers. Someone's also posted an analysis of the bombing materials found and it looks like really common stuff, a low-expertise build, and the bomber may have had to have been within several hundred feet when it went off. Some of the stuff makes sense, it's amazing what the Internet enables folks to do these days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    US domestic mentality is also small, in the form of poisoned letters, for example.

    I'm leaning towards a random loonie right now, kind of like that Batman cinema shooter.
    Apparently we have that running at the moment too; risin laced letters sent to D.C.
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    I wonder why someone would think a poisoned letter would be a good method to kill the president with.
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