Multiple Large Explosions at Boston Marathon

jcarlilesiu · Apr 15, 2013

Details very sketchy

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/1...r-finish-line-boston-marathon-spokesman-says/

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-boston-marathon-explosion-20130415,0,641755.story

Appears to be multiple explosions

waltky · Apr 16, 2013

3 dead, 130 injured in marathon explosion...

At least three dead, 130 injured after bombs explode at Boston Marathon
15 Apr.`13 - At least 130 people are injured and three dead after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon. The injuries include dismemberment, witnesses said, and local hospitals say they are treating shrapnel wounds, open fractures and limb injuries. An eight-year-old boy is one of the three known dead, multiple news outlets reported, and several of the injured are also children.

At a Monday night press conference, Gov. Deval Patrick urged Bostonians to be vigilant on their morning commute Tuesday, and to report any suspicious packages to the police. The FBI has officially taken over the investigation, and is treating it as a potential terrorist attack. Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis stressed that the police had no suspect in custody yet. "I'm not prepared to say we are at ease at this time," Davis said, when asked if the area was safe. Authorities found and dismantled five more more explosive devices in the area, according to The Wall Street Journal. "This cowardly act will not be taken in stride," Davis said. "We will turn over every rock to find out who is responsible.''

Davis said Boston police were not aware of any specific threat to the marathon before it began. Police said they had no one in custody and no suspects, but the Boston Globe reported that a "person of interest" who was injured in the blast was being questioned at Brigham and Woman's Hospital Monday night. Two large explosions, just 50 yards apart, went off at 2:50 p.m. ET, more than four hours into the race. One of the explosions happened near the entrance of the Fairmont Copley Hotel in Copley Square. The blast scattered hundreds of onlookers and runners, and left a bloody scene of injured spectators, including children. Local news reporter Jackie Bruno wrote that she saw some people with their limbs blown off. The Boston Police Department said it is looking for video footage taken from the finish line as part of its investigation. Video footage shows first responders and bystanders rushing to the scene of the blast to help the wounded.

Boston Medical Center took in 20 patients, including two children, most of whom are being treated for "lower leg injuries," a spokeswoman said. A spokeswoman for Tufts Medical Center said the hospital is treating nine patients for conditions such as shrapnel wounds, ruptured ear drums, and "serious orthopedic and neuromuscular trauma to the lower legs." At least one patient was as young as three years old. President Barack Obama warned Americans in a brief statement Monday evening not to jump to conclusions before authorities find out who committed the crime. "We will find out who did this," Obama said in an appearance in the White House briefing room. "Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice." A White House official said the incident is being treated as an act of terror.

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Al-Qaeda Propagandist Called for Attacks on Sports Events
April 16, 2013 – Although no group has claimed responsibility for Monday’s deadly bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon, a leading al-Qaeda ideologue last year recommended that jihadists in America include sporting events in their list of prospective terror targets.

Writing in the online magazine of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Inspire, the terrorist known as Abu Musab al-Suri listed what he called “the most important enemy targets.” Al-Suri contended that civilians should be targeted “when responding to a brutal practice carried out by America and her allied forces.” “This is done by targeting human crowds in order to inflict maximum human losses,” he wrote. “This is very easy since there are numerous such targets such as crowded sports arenas, annual social events, large international exhibitions, crowded market-places, skyscrapers, crowded buildings … etc.” “It is possible for ordinary Resistance fighters among the Muslims residing in America and the allied Western countries to target them, in order to participate in the jihad and the Resistance, and to stretch out a helping hand to the mujahidun [Islamic warriors].”

Abu Musab al-Suri, a leading al-Qaeda propagandist whose real name is Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, is wanted by Spain in connection with the 2004 Madrid bombings.

Any short list of terrorist groups dedicated to carrying out attacks against U.S. targets would include AQAP, the al-Qaeda affiliate active in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. It claimed responsibility for the failed attempt by Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to bomb a Detroit-bound aircraft on Christmas Day 2009; and for an attempt in Oct. 2010 to mail parcel bombs to the U.S., succeeding in getting them commercial cargo planes bound for the U.S. before they were discovered. In his Inspire article, al-Suri wrote that “the goal of the operations of the Resistance and the Individual Terrorism Jihad is to inflict as many human and material losses as possible upon the interests of America and her allies, and to make them feel that the Resistance has transformed into a phenomenon of popular uprising against them.”

Al-Suri, a Syrian-born jihadist whose proper name is Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, is credited with authoring a 1,600-page online propaganda treatise entitled “Call for Global Islamic Resistance.” He was captured in Pakistan in late 2005 and turned over to the U.S. Wanted for plotting jihad against Syria’s Assad regime, he was then handed over to the Syrians. But Syria reportedly released him in late 2011, a step experts speculated at the time was a signal to the U.S. government that Damascus’ counterterror cooperation was over because of its support for the anti-Assad opposition.

Al-Suri, who holds joint Syrian and Spanish citizenship, is wanted by Spain for alleged involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people, and is the subject of an Interpol red notice. His article on “the most important enemy targets” appeared in the ninth edition of Inspire, an AQAP publication which terrorism experts say has played an important role in cultivating and inciting English-speaking jihadists to plot attacks against Western targets. The ninth edition came out in May 2012, and was the first to have been produced after Inspire editor Samir Khan was killed in a U.S. drone strike along with Anwar al-Awlaki, the Yemeni-American cleric and top al-Qaeda propagandist, who also played a leading role in the magazine.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/al-qaeda-propagandist-called-attacks-sports-events
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trucker · Apr 16, 2013

waltky said: ↑

3 dead, 130 injured in marathon explosion...

At least three dead, 130 injured after bombs explode at Boston Marathon
15 Apr.`13 - At least 130 people are injured and three dead after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon. The injuries include dismemberment, witnesses said, and local hospitals say they are treating shrapnel wounds, open fractures and limb injuries. An eight-year-old boy is one of the three known dead, multiple news outlets reported, and several of the injured are also children.
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bankers? running it..

http://www.johnhancock.com/bostonmarathon/
http://www.johnhancock.com/about/

trucker · Apr 16, 2013

something about this johnhancock ELITE group i just can't put my NWO finger on about them and what are they teaching the youths here in the usa about globalism

waltky · Apr 16, 2013

Saudis - again...

Authorities ID person of interest as Saudi national in marathon bombings, under guard at Boston hospital
April 15, 2013 - Investigators have a suspect a Saudi Arabian national in the horrific Boston Marathon bombings, The Post has learned.

Law enforcement sources said the 20-year-old suspect was under guard at an undisclosed Boston hospital. Fox News reported that the suspect suffered severe burns.

It was not immediately clear why the man was hospitalized and whether he was injured in the attack or in his apprehension. The man was caught less than two hours after the 2:50 p.m. bombing on the finish line of the race, in the heart of Boston.

Police clear the area at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.

In addition, Boston police have surveillance video of someone bringing multiple backpacks to the blast site, according to CBS News. Police also confirmed that there was a third explosion, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. It was not immediately clear how much damage was done or whether it was related to the bombings at the marathon finish line.

The library bombing occurred about 4:30 p.m. and more than a mile from the marathon. A law enforcement source confirmed to The Post that 12 people were killed and nearly 50 were injured in today's blast.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/authorities_under_suspect_guard_y2m8cJO29uC2PDGIjYBalO
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waltky · Apr 22, 2013

Boston bombing amputees face a tough road...

Boston Marathon bombing amputees face tough, costly recovery
April 21, 2013 — Army veteran Tammy Duckworth still remembers the anger she felt when well-wishers offered encouragement after she lost both legs when her helicopter was shot down over Iraq in 2004.

“I thought, how the heck is my life ever going to get back to normal?” she recalled. Duckworth spent a year recovering and many more adapting to her new life. “Recovery is not a smooth process,” she said. “You are trying to process what happened. Your family is going through shock. ... You have to find a new normal.” But Duckworth did, thanks in part to major medical and therapeutic advances. She has run in three marathons, earned a new pilot’s license and, last year, won a seat representing Illinois in Congress. “I have done things I never dreamed of doing,” she said.

The victims of Monday’s Boston bombings now face similar challenges; at least 13 confront futures with lost or maimed limbs. Their recoveries will be long and arduous, experts say. For many of the injured, even those who have health insurance, the process may also be costly. Health insurance plans often restrict coverage for therapy and prosthetics. But a decade of wars has helped fuel breakthroughs that could help many Boston victims — including those with amputated limbs — live full, active lives. “The world becomes a very different place when you lose a limb,” said Karen Mattie, rehabilitation director at Boston Medical Center, one of several hospitals caring for people injured in the bombings. “But the beautiful thing is that prosthetics can help people regain an amazing amount of function.”

Emergency personnel assist the victims at the scene of a bomb blast during the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts

At the end of the week, several dozen bomb victims remained in hospitals, including two who lost more than one limb. Those with missing or damaged limbs could face more surgeries in the coming days and weeks as doctors clean wounds to prevent infection and repair damaged muscles, blood vessels and other tissue. “It’s not as simple as just sewing up a wound,” said Dr. Carl J. Hauser, a trauma surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He also noted that many of the injured experienced shock and lost significant amounts of blood, which can complicate recovery.

Once rehabilitation begins, many patients will confront the frustrations of adapting to life without a foot or a leg. Depression is common. “They also have to try to process what their life is going to be like now,” said Dr. Paul F. Pasquina, who headed the rehabilitation program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for much of the last decade. “That can weigh greatly on one’s emotional well-being.” About a third of adults who have traumatic injuries will suffer from some form of prolonged stress disorder, according to Dr. David X. Cifu, director of the Veterans Health Administration’s physical medicine and rehabilitation program, which has dealt extensively with the long-term effects of trauma. Paying for care can add to the strain.

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Feds ask to interview wife of suspected bomber
Apr 22,`13 -- Federal authorities have asked to speak with the wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and her lawyer said Sunday he is discussing with them how to proceed.

Amato DeLuca told The Associated Press that Katherine Russell Tsarnaev did not speak to federal officials who came to her parents' home in North Kingstown, R.I., Sunday evening, where she has been staying since her husband was killed during a getaway attempt early Friday. Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother, Dzhokhar, 19, two ethnic Chechen brothers from southern Russia, are accused of planting two explosives near the marathon finish line Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 180. A motive remains unclear.

DeLuca said he spoke with the officials instead, but would not offer further details. "I spoke to them, and that's all I can say right now," he said. "We're deciding what we want to do and how we want to approach this." DeLuca also offered new details on Tamerlan Tsarnaev's movements in the days after the bombings, saying the last day he was alive that "he was home" when his wife left for work. When asked whether anything seemed amiss to his wife following the bombings, DeLuca responded, "Not as far as I know." He said she learned her husband was a suspect in the bombings by seeing it on TV. He would not elaborate.

DeLuca said his client did not suspect her husband of anything, and that there was no reason for her to have suspected him. He said she had been working 70 to 80 hours, seven days a week as a home health care aide. While she was at work, her husband cared for their toddler daughter, DeLuca said. "When this allegedly was going on, she was working, and had been working all week to support her family," he told the AP. He said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was off at college and she saw him "not at all" at the apartment they shared with her mother-in-law.

Katherine Russell Tsarnaev was attending Suffolk University in Boston when friends introduced her to her future husband at a nightclub, DeLuca said. They dated on and off, then married in 2009 or 2010, he said. She was raised Christian, but at some point after meeting Tamerlan Tsarnaev, she converted to Islam, he said. When asked why she converted, he replied: "She believes in the tenets of Islam and of the Koran. She believes in God."

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