[quote]jp_dubya wrote:
I don’t think it was state sponsored at all. First, the time is suspect. For HUGE impact, it would have been at the time of the first finishers. To occur that late, 4 hours after the start… Thankfully only 3 casualties. I haven’t heard how many hurt.
Not saying it was amateurish, but it doesn’t seem to be ultra high tech either. Not sure.
I am guessing it is a small group, like 2, young men, or one solo, mid 20’s, angry, attached to some fringe group, be it domestic terrorists, religious whack jobs… Don’t really accept that it was due to Israel independence day. More likely a tax day thing, an anniversary of all the other domestic crap like ruby ridge, waco, etc…or just because it was a big crowd.
I’m not hearing much, but that is probably by design.
Also, the statement that once placed under arrest, the medical expenses are incurred by the police…Is this true?[/quote]
I would disagree about you analysis on the timing.
Many of the elite runners who would have been at the front of the race are from other countries. Setting the explosion off then could have harmed them.
Setting it off at the 4 hour mark pretty much guaranteed you would be getting all Americans.
Also, why would a anti-tax group target the race? How does that prove their point?
Bombing the average American does not do anything towards protesting the government, and would turn people against the “populist” cause. I would understand if it was a government office building bombed, but logically, the race has no connection to anti-tax movements.
Think about why they would pick the race, and timing of the explosions.
o It is an internationally covered event.
o A successful attack would be shown everywhere by news coverage.
o The killed and wounded would be Americans.
Don’t forget there have been other attempts similar by foreign nationals, i.e. the car laced with explosives in Time Square. We got lucky that time.
This time, not so much.