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Person Briefed on Probe: Bombs in Pressure Cookers (Boston)
AP via ABC News ^ | Tuesday, April 16, 2013 | Eileen Sullivan

Posted on 04/16/2013 9:33:09 AM PDT by kristinn

A person briefed on the Boston Marathon investigation says the explosives were in 6-liter pressure cookers and placed in black duffel bags.

The person says the explosives were placed on the ground and contained shards of metal, nails and ball bearings.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bostonmarathon; patriotsdaybombing
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To: Jane Long

Only if they can prove they never intend to use them as bombs - only for meal preparation or canning.


41 posted on 04/16/2013 10:00:40 AM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: jimbo123
Mom is going to be pissed to learn that her pressure cooker has gone missing.

Mine was pissed to find out I'd been using the oven to cure paint.

42 posted on 04/16/2013 10:01:00 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: jimbo123

Eric Holder: Say, you know who has a lot of pressure cookers? .............. CHICK-FIL-A!


43 posted on 04/16/2013 10:01:27 AM PDT by Carlucci
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To: kristinn

Unregistered used pressure cookers are found at thrift stores and garage sales all across the US! They can be purchased without a background check!

Presto, Mirro, All American? Does anyone really need one of these evil things?

Why would anyone need one in 6 liter size! Limit them to one liter! No one needs a larger one! Anyone with a larger one will be guilty of a FELONY!


44 posted on 04/16/2013 10:01:40 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Do we now register our pressure cookers?)
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To: jimbo123

Same MO. Thanks.


45 posted on 04/16/2013 10:06:24 AM PDT by kristinn (Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
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To: kristinn

While all eyes are on Boston, better watch out what Obama tries to slip through in DC!


46 posted on 04/16/2013 10:06:30 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Do we now register our pressure cookers?)
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To: MrB

Good choice. All American was the only one my mom would use. She trusted the seal. She was a bit jumpy around pressure cookers.


47 posted on 04/16/2013 10:09:50 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Obama is the Chicken Little of politics)
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To: jimbo123
Thanks for the links.
48 posted on 04/16/2013 10:11:03 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: jimbo123

Another device was reported under the grandstands but has since been scrubbed from what can tell. It had reached the point of beginning to smoke.


49 posted on 04/16/2013 10:12:56 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: kristinn

The possible device under the grandstands maybe is the one we originally heard was doused with water by Fire Department?


50 posted on 04/16/2013 10:16:03 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: kristinn
Read the freaking ABC News article:

President Barack Obama said called the explosions a terrorist attack and said law enforcement and intelligence officials were trying to determine who was responsible.

Never mind the grammar, Obumster never said "terrorist attack".

51 posted on 04/16/2013 10:16:27 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Oldexpat
They aren’t that popular in the US and sales should be easy to trace.

None of my three pressure cookers were bought retail. Sadly, they were lost last week in a boating accident.

52 posted on 04/16/2013 10:31:08 AM PDT by bgill
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To: kristinn

I also heard in the Boston press conference this morning that there was a bomb sweep early in the morning, and then another at about 11 a.m.


53 posted on 04/16/2013 10:32:57 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

Maybe the pressure cooker prevents the gunpowder scent form leaking out, so that it’s not detected by bomb-sniffing dogs.


54 posted on 04/16/2013 10:34:18 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

I suspect that both factors are at work - elimination of odor detection as well as a containment vessel for the explosion.


55 posted on 04/16/2013 10:38:42 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Pontiac

“If you found a pressure cooker in a backpack would you immediately think “It’s a Bomb”!!!”

Well, now we will. So, that trick only works once.


56 posted on 04/16/2013 10:43:42 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Billthedrill

Look out - I have an espresso machine and I know how to use it!

A veritable arsenal of household goods and appliances.


57 posted on 04/16/2013 10:49:53 AM PDT by Noumenon (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: kristinn

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/10/12/mideast.jihadi.magazine/index.html

From CNN 2 1/2 years ago - Regarding Jihadist instructions on homemade bombs


58 posted on 04/16/2013 10:51:24 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Colorado Doug
High capacity pressure cookers capable of holding more than one liter must be banned!

Very good! The standard capacity of a modern, magnetic stainless pressure cooker, is 6 liters. Various models are produced from 2L to 10L.

The magnetic stainless models are induction capable. When I read the article it seemed to dispel the notion of a cellphone activated ignition. Cell phone functionality is less than ideal here, with a typical low quality connection. I picked a 6L pressure cooker from the cooking school for a test & we were unable to get a ring from a disposable phone sealed inside. I suspect a clever person could design an alternative.

59 posted on 04/16/2013 11:07:50 AM PDT by kitchen (Make plans and prepare. You'll never have trouble if you're ready for it. - TR)
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To: jimbo123
Sugar with smokeless gunpowder trigger.

Sugar is not explosive by itself, needs an oxidizer like potassium (or sodium) nitrate. That's what the Palli's use in their "junkyard" rockets for fuel.

Regards,
GtG

60 posted on 04/16/2013 11:27:49 AM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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