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Breaking
Weve just confirmed with the Boston Police Department that there was a third explosion this afternoon at the JFK Library in Boston. But there were reportedly no injuries from this incident.
Josh Marshall
http://editors.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/04/breaking_3.php?ref=fpblg
BeyondGeography
(39,370 posts)Bucky
(53,998 posts)Shit, we'll never get rid of these bastards.
FreeState
(10,572 posts)JHB
(37,159 posts)Immediately following the Oklahoma City bombing, talking heads were quick to call it "Middle Eastern style", right up until sketches of McVeigh came out.
It's not a very hard "signature" to copy. Wait for more details to come out.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)JFK is ancient history to AQ while RWers would be more inclined to have a hardon against JFK.
Glitterati
(3,182 posts)This sounds much more like homegrown on Tax Day.
Bucky
(53,998 posts)Despite it not being a hard M.O. to copy, pretty much only al-Qaeda has ever used this gimmick--which is not me saying it's them for sure, just saying it's a bad omen. Not that a Tax Day bombing doesn't raise an eyebrow, either. But, yes it's better to let the facts flow in before drawing conclusions.
bunnies
(15,859 posts)odd.
edit: guess they were wrong. Not the first time.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)They are saying it's related.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)...nobody knows what's going on.
It still could be mechanical, as was indicated earlier.
PB
elleng
(130,895 posts)and NOT related. More later, I guess.
Police chief @ press conference: Studying whether JFK Library incident related.
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)EDIT: Boston PD in presser is saying they are treating it as a possibly related incident...
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)FreeState
(10,572 posts)per the press conference
BeyondGeography
(39,370 posts)They don't know that it is, but he called it an explosion, not a fire.
Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)x
Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)Update Edit - news is wrong on JFK Library bombing. It was a mechanical room fire.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)I hope they catch the murderous shitheads behind this.
Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)x
ChangeUp106
(549 posts)JFK was closed today for Patriot's Day