Boom goes Beantown!

[Taro Toporific]

CNN Breaking News ‏
Officials investigating Boston Marathon explosions report finding what they believe are unexploded devices: http://on.cnn.com/YXVW3Y

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[Russell]

Why do I think there is a North-Korean hand in this?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Why do I think there is a North-Korean hand in this?

You're deluded?

[Coligny]

Why do I think there is a North-Korean hand in this?

doubtfull...

[Russell]

Why do I think there is a North-Korean hand in this?

You're deluded?

Maybe...

But it fits some pattern.

Celebration of the founder's birthday.

And they have done it before.

And they have a motive.

And they also had a marathon in their own country at around the same time, which did not experience such problems...

[Yokohammer]

Why do I think there is a North-Korean hand in this?

You're deluded?

Maybe...

But it fits some pattern.

Celebration of the founder's birthday.

And they have done it before.

And they have a motive...

If that turns out to be true, the reaction in the US will be about the same as if they'd fired a missile at the Empire State Building. In short, they'd be fucked.

But I kinda doubt it, primarily because I think the DPRK would do more damage if they'd planned something like this.

[Russell]

They would be fucked if found out, maybe.

But this is just small enough to cause some doubt in the US on whether military action should be taken, yet big enough to have a huge psychological impact.

[Yokohammer]

They would be fucked if found out, maybe.

But this is just small enough to cause some doubt in the US on whether military action should be taken, yet big enough to have a huge psychological impact.

What's the point in doing it if they're not "found out"?
The idea of NK not taking credit for something doesn't fit the pattern.

[Coligny]

Why do I think there is a North-Korean hand in this?

You're deluded?

Maybe...

But it fits some pattern.

Celebration of the founder's birthday.

And they have done it before.

That seems to be a gigantic stretch...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Russ,
There's some logic behind your assumption, though it completely ignores the DPRK's brinksmanship, which aims only at the regime's survival. As others have already pointed out, an act of this magnitude would be guaranteed to attract some sort of U.S. reprisal, which is the last thing either North Korea or the U.S. wants.
Incidentally, those who believe the U.S. would unilaterally attack North Korea are also deluded...the only time the U.S. will go to war with the DPRK is if North Korea attacks the South, which aint gonna happen. The Untied States, however, has its own form of brinksmanship made necessary to keep afloat its military industrial complex.
We're seeing it here, too....as many people have noted, military activity within Japan has also been buzzing in recent times. Apt timing considering the ultra-nationalist Cabinet and moves to revoke the Constitution's Article 9 (which the Japanese have never really protected anyway).

Rant over

[Russell]

They would be fucked if found out, maybe.

But this is just small enough to cause some doubt in the US on whether military action should be taken, yet big enough to have a huge psychological impact.

What's the point in doing it if they're not "found out"?
The idea of NK not taking credit for something doesn't fit the pattern.

Self-satisfaction.

And "honoring" their founder...

[Coligny]

They would be fucked if found out, maybe.

But this is just small enough to cause some doubt in the US on whether military action should be taken, yet big enough to have a huge psychological impact.

What's the point in doing it if they're not "found out"?
The idea of NK not taking credit for something doesn't fit the pattern.

Sidenote... Been Ladun denied involvment in 911... it was drown in the "OMFG Saddam Hussein is hazing baybees with All Kaeda" derping... it could be a post sequestration/budget cut/discount false flag...
Or just your usual prepper/domestic terruristz using up their fertilizer bomb stockpile before expiry date...

[Russell]

Russ,
There's some logic behind your assumption, though it completely ignores the DPRK's brinksmanship, which aims only at the regime's survival. As others have already pointed out, an act of this magnitude would be guaranteed to attract some sort of U.S. reprisal, which is the last thing either North Korea or the U.S. wants.
Incidentally, those who believe the U.S. would unilaterally attack North Korea are also deluded...the only time the U.S. will go to war with the DPRK is if North Korea attacks the South, which aint gonna happen. The Untied States, however, has its own form of brinksmanship made necessary to keep afloat its military industrial complex.
We're seeing it here, too....as many people have noted, military activity within Japan has also been buzzing in recent times. Apt timing considering the ultra-nationalist Cabinet and moves to revoke the Constitution's Article 9 (which the Japanese have never really protected anyway).

Rant over

This bombing is the kind of action they expected.

Rather than some grand attack, North-Korea had been expected to do something local in South-Korea: some kind of incident that is under the threshold of justifying a military response. There was speculation in the media about such an attack.

[Coligny]

Self-satisfaction.

And "honoring" their founder...

"yay, we killed 2 peeps and screwed the marathon finish line !!"

talk about low standards...

meanwhile, just wait for the DHS going full retard and pushing for a patriot act 2 electric boogaloo..

[Russell]

They would be fucked if found out, maybe.

But this is just small enough to cause some doubt in the US on whether military action should be taken, yet big enough to have a huge psychological impact.

What's the point in doing it if they're not "found out"?
The idea of NK not taking credit for something doesn't fit the pattern.

Sidenote... Been Ladun denied involvment in 911... it was drown in the "OMFG Saddam Hussein is hazing baybees with All Kaeda" derping... it could be a post sequestration/budget cut/discount false flag...
Or just your usual prepper/domestic terruristz using up their fertilizer bomb stockpile before expiry date...

It is unlikely to be a false flag, because of the absence of any psychological operations. Almost immediately after the events of 9/11 there was a huge effort to direct the attention to Afghanistan.

On the other hand, it seems that the bombs contained no shrapnel, meaning they were meant to minimize casualties. It could also mean that it was an act of an amateur, which kind of disproves the NK connection.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

There was speculation in the media about such an attack.

Oh, shit. You must be right, then.

[yanpa]

J-TV is talking about a 20(?) year old Saudi Arabian man being arrested, but I haven't seen anything about that in English-language media...

[Coligny]

On the other hand, it seems that the bombs contained no shrapnel, meaning they were meant to minimize casualties.

no, just that they were not optimized for casualties...

It could also mean that it was an act of an amateur, which kind of disproves the NK connection.

once again... you don't 'disprove' dprk involvment. you prove that it exists. Being amateurish could just mean they subcontracted the wrong guy. But you need bigger link than great grandpa's death anniversary and a totally different in kind murder attempt. It you are to throw analytical shit against the wall to see which one sticks, dont forget anti gay marriage and anti medical marijuana, or obamacare...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Based on Russell's theory of timing, here are other factors that may have led to the attack on the Boston Marathon....
* On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died the next morning.

* On April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic sank, carrying 2,200 passengers. The ship had struck an iceberg just before midnight, on April 14.

* On April 19, 1993, events surrounding the siege in Waco, Texas, came to a point. On that day, the compound that housed religious leader David Koresh burned to the ground, 51 days after a shootout erupted when federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to arrest Koresh for stockpiling guns and explosives.

* On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a massive explosive in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. Hundreds of civilians were injured, and 168 people died.

* On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and one teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

* On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 students and himself at the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, West Virginia.

Except for the Titanic, using this theory there is plenty that points to Merkin involvement...fuck yeah!

BTW, no arrests made as yet (7:30 JPST)

[yanpa]

J-TV is talking about a 20(?) year old Saudi Arabian man being arrested, but I haven't seen anything about that in English-language media...

21:31 GMT: Boston police denied a claim by the New York Post that a 20-year-old Saudi Arabian national was in custody as a suspect in the blasts.

http://rt.com/usa/boston-marathon-explo ... dates-911/

(Not that I see RT as an entirely reliable news source or anything)

[yanpa]

J-TV is definitely behind on things, NHK is still reporting the JFK library incident as "possibly connected"

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Incidentally, last Friday there was a similar bombing in Baghdad with seven times more fatalities...just saying.

[Coligny]

but was it during the Bagdad marathon ?

[Russell]

OK, guys. Looks like I have a hard time convincing you.

Must have been the Titanic after all...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Don't forget it was tax day in the US.

[Coligny]

Don't forget it was tax day in the US.

AND Turbotax went down...

[Taro Toporific]

{Best Korea}

What's the point in doing it if they're not "found out"?
The idea of NK not taking credit for something doesn't fit the pattern.

Self-satisfaction.
And "honoring" their founder...

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[Coligny]

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[Coligny]

Yay, nutcase unite !

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/15/alex_jo ... alse_flag/

[sublight]

Don't forget it was tax day in the US.

Plus the observation of Patriot's Day in Massachusetts