The Boston Attacks
April 16, 2013
Martin Richard, the eight-year-old boy killed in the Boston attacks.
THE BOMBS used in the Boston Marathon attacks yesterday were probably made from pressure cookers filled with shrapnel, according to FoxNews. They may have been detonated by cellphone:
[A] source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said a pressure cooker was attached to a wooden board in at least one of the blasts. The pressure cooker acted as the timer, the source said, and attached to the board was a bottle filled with nails, ball bearings and BB’s. That device was placed inside a black nylon backpack and then dumped in a garbage can, according to the source.
The injuries are gruesome and devastating, better imagined than viewed in the graphic photos online. Many of those who were hurt will be deformed for life.
America has entered an era when public events such as marathons and parades will prompt increasing uneasiness and vigilance. Regardless of who the perpetrators of this particular attack are, the main threat of such bombings comes from Muslims. New York City has foiled more than a dozen such planned attacks. There will never be enough security to prevent them all. But we can possess the will to close down mosques and politely ask — and then demand — that Muslims leave.
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Perfesser Plum writes:
I used to live in Boston, and ran the marathon a bunch of times. The finish area was always jammed with police and spectators. And dozens of cameras. It is next to impossible for someone to carry a large bag with a pressure cooker through the crowd and stuff it into a trash can without arousing great suspicion and without being recorded. And by that time of day, trash cans are full. Nor is it likely that they did it the day before. Since 9/11/2001, that area was made clean before the race.
And even if it were possible, who would have tried it, given all the other nearby spots to place a bomb?
