Posted on 04/15/2013 5:49:19 PM PDT by kristinn
SNIP
Counterterrorism officials found what they believe to be five additional, undetonated explosive devices around the Boston area, according to two people briefed on the rapidly moving investigation.
The devices—which are in addition to the two that exploded near the finish line of the marathon—were discovered over the course of a frantic inspection of suspicious packages, many of them abandoned as pedestrians, runners, and others scrambled away from crowded public streets. Each had been rendered inoperative or was in the process of being rendered inoperative, the officials said.
But the officials also sounded a note of caution, saying they are moving quickly and each device they believe is a bomb hasn't been fully dissected or analyzed.
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Maybe we need a new legal classification of "Assault Bombs." I'm sure that would help, too.
;-\
Maybe this is what it will take for people to stop littering.
Hopefully they’ll find something in Chelsea.
Well I can’t imagine a “lone nut” doing seven.
Counterterrorism officials are idiots. They spend a dozen years groping U.S. citizens including little old ladies and babies at airports while the Islamic terrorists ignore them and continue plying their trade at will elsewhere.
"I want to bring to bear one of my female colleagues...."
"All our resources will be brought to bear..."
Force bomb makers to register their weapons.
I'm guessing 9 at this point in time - 2 groups of 4 and a bomb maker.
As horrific as this day was if those additional bombs had gone off this could have been even worse. Thank God they were found in time and detonated
I heard that DHS was there and has been setting up there for a few years now. Can’t help but wonder what they are tasked with...not prevention I guess. So far I haven’t heard what their contribution to safety or investigation has been.
The piece of chelief, Ed Davis,seems to be one of the grownups in response to this mess.
The Boston scanner’s been on here since this happened and have heard them dispatching crews to at least 6-8 separate ‘suspicious’ and/or ‘secondary devices’.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have given many Islamic terrorists ample opportunity to hone their IED making skills (at least those skilled enough to survive their own dangerous profession and also lucky enough to elude the US and Allied forces). It looks like they have decided to take advantage of the Liar-In-Chief’s gross ineptitude to once again bring the WOT to American soil.
Yes we need to profile anyone that we think looks are acts like they might be carrying Assult bombs.
Where should we start? I know anyone that looks like are shares same ideas as this one. That shouldnt be to hard.
Wow, it looks like the system worked. /sarc
I wouldn’t expect a president to say something like “I’m not spending a damned dime of federal money or wasting one federal resource to assist in this investigation. You idiots are on your own.”
Counterterrorism officials found five additional suspect devices, but a law-enforcement official said late Monday that investigators now doubt the devices were bombs.
Two people briefed on the investigation said officials initially believed that the five additional devices could be undetonated explosives. Later Monday, a law-enforcement official said subsequent closer examinations led investigators to doubt that they were bombs.
Probably Claymore’s.
Speculation due to type of injury and reported projectile.
3 killed, more than 130 hurt in Boston Marathon bombing
•Three killed – including 8-year-old boy – in bomb blasts near finish line of Boston Marathon, officials say. Area hospitals say at least 132 are injured, including eight children.
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