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bombs in Boston ... and now in Texas???

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Message 15 of 152 (696441)
04-16-2013 3:59 AM

Reply to: Message 13 by Dr Adequate
04-16-2013 1:25 AM

Re: Calculated terror or Domestic Insanity?

2 bombs x 1 person?
1 bomb x 2 people?

Edited by Tangle, : No reason given.

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Message 18 of 152 (696457)
04-16-2013 10:42 AM

Reply to: Message 17 by Dr Adequate
04-16-2013 10:27 AM

Re: Calculated terror or Domestic Insanity?

Dr writes:

"Hey, I was thinking, why don't we bomb the Boston marathon?"

"Why don't we what?"

"It's just an idea I've been kicking around. Or we could go bowling. In fact, forget I said anything about the marathon. Silly idea, really."

You've been watching Four Lions haven't you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAGO_l_YTbk
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I'm not sure - one commentator was saying that the marathon was a classic terrorist target - lots of innocent people, he seemed to think that a solo loony is more likely to have a personal target - tax office, teacher, local car wash that damaged his car, president.

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Message 22 of 152 (696473)
04-16-2013 11:51 AM

Reply to: Message 20 by NoNukes
04-16-2013 11:25 AM

Re: Calculated terror or Domestic Insanity?

NoNukes writes:

Perhaps the commentator has forgotten about (or perhaps never heard of, it was 17 years ago) Eric Rudolph, the man who plead guilty to bombing the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and who hid out in the North Carolina mountains.

Sure, he was just guessing from what he thought was the balance of probabilities.

There was also talk of the difficulty in setting two bombs (and there's talk of more) and that the target was also in a pretty secure location (the end of the marathon which was well policed and searched.)

But everyone is still speculating.

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