It Is Hard To Believe That There Are Just Two Of Them. Has To Be A Cell In The Area.

[TheMastersNemesis]

These two bombers could not do all this mayhem alone. What else could be lurking in the country?

[Lex]

1. These 2 were caught on video, were still together in the area, and robbed a 7/11

so I'm thinking it's not a very smart cell if there is a cell.

[itsrobert]

7. Correct. A cell would already have gotten out of the state, at least.

They would not be robbing 7-11s.

[FarPoint]

20. Maybe a start-up cell.

The young ages....grew-up in social conflict ... acting out now.

[ChangeUp106]

2. Agree

There's so many packages being left around the area. How the hell could one guy carry them all?

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Nope. There were only two bombs. Everything else was a false alarm.

[ChangeUp106]

5. Not at the Race

All the packages being left in Watertown and elsewhere this morning

[Warren Stupidity]

12. There have been no other bombs besides the explosions at the shoot out last night.

There appear to have been two people only. One is dead. One will be killed or captured soon.

[morningfog]

9. That is true for the marathonbut, (unconfimed) reports are saying that

there have been other bombs placed in Watertown. Remains to be seen if true. I still think it is just the two.

[cali]

3. Ugh. More fucking speculation based on shit.

[theglammistress]

6. Via NPR - accomplice arrested

@nprnews: Third man has been arrested. He's being called an accomplice, not yet called a suspect, reports NPR's Dina Temple-Raston.

[Earth_First]

8. You should call the CNN tipline...

They'll run with this one.

Don't expect a citation on your investogative conclusions...

[justiceischeap]

10. I'm sure lots of scary stuff is lurking in this country

that doesn't preclude the fact that two guys, who may have had prior military training, could do this on their own. It depends on how long they've been planning this.

[JustJoe]

11. "Listen to the scanner."

[Raven]

13. I was wondering how they could afford

to live in Cambridge without some support.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. And still we can't escape the rank speculation.

SMH.

[avebury]

15. They need to find out who supplied

them with the materials, particularly the grenades that it has been reported they used last night. I really want Suspect No. 2 to be taken alive so that we can find out about their motivation and who might have provided assistance to them.

[ChangeUp106]

16. What a Change

Board has really taken a turn in the past 20 minutes. People just waking up or something?

[bklyncowgirl]

17. The smaller more closely knit the group the less likely they are to avoid attention.

Two brothers sounds about right.

[TheMastersNemesis]

18. There Is A Difference Between Speculation And A Question.

Obviously some people do not know the difference.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

23. Your post was not a question.

Fail.

[SummerSnow]

19. They said the one who is still at large has been here several years.

Very scary.These terrorist blend in with us go to school with our children , live on our blocks, work with us too.They stay here for years just waiting to strike at us.

[HappyMe]

24. I think they (ABC) said that he has been

here since he was 7.
They also said that they appear to have para-military training. So they either traveled back and forth a lot, or they got trained here. I kind of think that there are a few more people involved.

[reformist2]

21. Speculation, but this sentiment will move our politics.

[arely staircase]

22. one bomber could have pulled it off

why would you need a cast of thousands to build two simple devices and put them somewhere?

[Codeine]

25. Considering "all this mayhem" was TWO bombs and a shootout with TWO guys

I think it's quite possible that TWO bombers could do it all alone.

[ChangeUp106]

26. Taxi Cab pulled over *potenetial pipebomb* pulled out and detonated

but no suspect in the cab. what was the taxi doing with the bomb?

[Yo_Mama]

27. I think it looks more like a couple of aspiring martyrs

There are lots of indications that these two weren't that good at what they were doing.

A cell would be more likely to have gotten them undercover or out of the country.

Robbing the convenience store looks like they were trying to get funds to run, so it makes it more likely that they were acting alone.

[TheMastersNemesis]

28. It Sure Looks That Way - However

at least the authorities are looking around to make sure no one else was involved.

[Yo_Mama]

32. Well, of course!

I hope they catch one of them alive, but realistically the mop-up investigation will consume months. These people had days to get away, though, and the fact that they didn't surely means something. If you are part of an organized group and you are into this sort of tactic, you'd want to be free to keep the manhunt going and possibly have the scope to launch further attacks. Also other people in the group would want you to escape because they wouldn't want to be implicated.

It's also important to note that if they do catch one of them alive, whatever he says about motivation has to be taken with a big grain of salt.

[BumRushDaShow]

29. They are brothers, which does not necessarily = a "cell". nt

[Recovered Repug]

30. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were just people.

I remember that they were able to call a bit of a stir.

[LisaLynne]

31. Yep.

Or any single serial killer. Unfortunately, a couple of people who are willing to kill can cause a lot of mayhem and horror.