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2 explosions at Boston marathon finish line; 3 dead
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Published: 16.04.13, 07:15
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31. I am incensed at the commotion in the press.
Harry Wright ,   UK   (04.16.13)
Two terror blasts in Boston and you can't get anything but that on the major channels. Ten years and ten thousand rockets on Israel and the most the news media give are two sentences without any condemnation of the perpetrators. Then that piece of s**t in the WH can't even bring himself to call it a "terrorist attack" in public. He is getting his WH lackeys to do that for him. Maybe there is another obscure video hiding somewhere that he can drag out and blame as the reason for the terrorist attack. I am waiting for another public apology from him to the muslim world for all the bad things the US has done to deserve this round of terror. A bow to the Iranian monkey will be quite in order too. And Americans can learn to quietly absorb terror if only the press would just cover the terror attacks in two sentences. Feeble, feeble, feeble! I cannot understand how Americans can't see he is bulls***ting them.. Oh, it is a disaster and they'll find out the "who" and the "why" - you know, the same way they are still investigating Benghazi and can't as yet state definitely the "who" and the "why". But they know a lot about the obscure video. Well, it is not al Qaida because he said they are virtually dead since he killed off bin Laden, never mind they are running all over Syria, Yemen and Africa. Eliminating one terrorist group sure is a big help.
32. Islamists are rejoicing on facebook!
Harry Wright ,   UK   (04.16.13)
Has Hamas passed out the sweets yet?
33. Bombs in library? - Lax security checks for race !
Barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (04.16.13)
America - get with it - terrorists are all over the place. You must have stringent security to protect the people. Even for something as common as a race. And now Obama says we will get those responsible for this travesty. What if, Obama, it was by a group inside a country - you'd bomb that country? Et tu, Brutus?
34. #30 Michael CA
Vlad   (04.16.13)
Please stop trolling here. Look, we all know your views, some agree, some don't, but to push them here in such a trollish manner is insensitive.
35. We, the people of Israel, while commemorating our dead, and
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (04.16.13)
celebrating the 65th birthday of the re-institution of our sovereignty in our homeland of Eretz Israel, also stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the people of Boston at this very difficult hour as sisters and brothers stand alongside their kins. Life, brothers and sisters of the US in general and Boston in particular, is stronger than death and destruction that some evil people are driven to bring upon us. Stand tall and strong and we shall overcome this one too. Jehudah Ben-Israel Qatzrin, Israel
36. Once again the statement is proven correct
A ,   Belgium   (04.16.13)
Not every moslem is a terrorist, but most terrorists are moslems. America pays the price for appeasement to islam, like building a mosque in the vicinity of "Ground Zero".
37. #1 - this goes on all the time in Israel
Barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (04.16.13)
attacking the defenseless in the name of what they believe. As you said - nothing justifies this.
38. # 32 Harry please do not play poliyics at
Ben   (04.16.13)
a time like this one could also point to the 5 dancing Israele's on 9-11
39. #9 & #16
Max ,   Indianapolis   (04.16.13)
So sad to see that the two of you are Americans. Does anyone even ever check these talk-backs before they are published or is #16 allowed to violate terms of use at her own will?
40. Maybe Biden should be arming people in Boston.
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (04.16.13)
Then they can at least shoot the idiot that is running around planting bombs. Disarm American citizens...open the borders to illegal aliens by the truckloads...who come in. While who knows where they are from....or their intentions. This is the plan.....the Obama plan. Since this great idea was hatched out....everyone now gets to suffer with no protection from illegal immigrants... or a weapon to protect themselves with. Remember...don't call them Muslim extremists...Obama will have none of that language.
41. #23:Harry, I'm sure that you're aware how close to the truth
tom ,   tel aviv   (04.16.13)
your seemingly ironic comment is. Obama's USA has supressed usage of most of the terms describing Islamic terrorism as... well: "Islamic terrorism". They have done it quietly and hassle free unlike good, old USSR that had to reach for more heavy-handed treatments like gulags, prison, shooting squad ect...That's because in general Americans are sheep: very obedient simpletons. It is a generalisation, of course: some a Leftist Liberals of Jewish persuasion- the worst kind there is, if one wants freedom to persevere! We can be certain had it been up to the White House (AD 2013) this would've been reported as: "Theree people drop dead at the finish line and some more are indisposed".
42. TRAGIC - When Terrosism Get to Stop?
Sam Sweiry ,   Eastbourne - UK   (04.16.13)
I was on Twitter when my friends in Boston updated me as events unfold - I immediatly switched TV News - But I got more informations on Twitter than TV Reporters - My Heart Sunk - I send Condolences to the families of Victimes and Refuah Shlemah to all those injured
43. To the good - GREAT people of Boston
Tim ,   Brighton   (04.16.13)
Sincere condolences and our thoughts and prayers are with you
44. So what!
Ali   (04.16.13)
American drones target innocent people in the Muslim world on a regular basis. Its about time the smug imperialist Yanks got a taste of their own medicine.
45. Unusual, nobody has blamed.....
Robert ,   Australia   (04.16.13)
....Obama yet.
46. Not a word about.....
Robert ,   Australia   (04.16.13)
....the latest daily carnage in Iraq where today 50 were killed and 300 maimed in a terrorist attack.
47. #44 You do have a point....
Robert ,   Australia   (04.16.13)
......and Israel complains about intermittent home made squibs mostly making holes in a desert.
48. The Americans cant accept the obvious
Al   (04.16.13)
They have become so PC, they are simply dumb. They cant call it for what it is. TERRORISM. Obama is a disaster for America and it clearly shows. Sad day for America.
49. To: Vlad at No. 22
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.16.13)
I hope you are right. But I don't think it was all that complex an operation. Just a bunch of whack jobs, is what I think happened. Despicable and disgusting -- but Americans nonetheless. I have to say -- I am not a big fan of the death penalty -- but in this instance, I'd be more than happy to serve as executioner.
50. To: No. 44
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.16.13)
Would you rather we drop a nuke on your head? We can do that, you know. Just say the word. You REALLY are one smug idiot ....
51. @50
Abigail Goldsmith ,   Provo,Utah   (04.16.13)
Now you are in control of the United States nuclear arsenal? All #44 has to do is say the word eh?
52. @49
Ernestine Johnson ,   Biloxi,U.S.A.   (04.16.13)
The person of interest is a Saudi. Wrong as usual you idiot.
53. pure humbug
ky   (04.16.13)
It is typical of modern government that it is unable to express the real feelings of ordinary people "Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups, will feel the full weight of justice.". What kind of justice will these child murderers and life wreckers get under modern day law? What people want is revenge give them worse then what they bargained for. Pure and simple.
54. Sarah B at No. 19
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (04.16.13)
I remember the news media describing the incident at Ruby Ridge. They said the guy was holed up in a mountain fortress. In fact it wasn't much more than a tar paper shack. His wife was standing in the door holding a baby and a govt. sniper shot and killed her. For some reason they were out to get him. He was set up. Government agents asked him to shorten a shotgun and told him where to make the cut. He did what they asked and it was a fraction of an inch shorter than legal. He was set up because somebody in the government was out to get him. Poor Mr. Weaver. He wasn't a problem until the govt. decided to make him one.
55. Alerican in Ameica # 27
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (04.16.13)
Oh? Tell us oh great one what type of Americans we need. Perhaps you prefer sheeple? People who say "yes master" and blindly swallow whatever is fed them?
56. Ky # 53
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (04.16.13)
Unfortunately modern government has little care for the feelings of ordinary people. The main interest of modern government is to get bigger and bigger and amass more and more power. Power and control is what interests them.
57. #27 - Sarah B could be correct
Christy ,   Boston, US   (04.16.13)
Given that this race is held on a day that is unique to this state - Patriot's Day - it's a perfect day for home grown nutz to use. Patriot's Day remembers the battles of Lexington and Concord that started the American Revolution. Many cities have parades with a patriotic theme and there's the annual re-enactment of the Battle of Lexington on Lexington Green. It's a perfect vehicle for an 'American Militia' type of crazy to make an anti-US Government statement. Many Bostonians have expressed the same thoughts as Sarah B - nobody has questioned their patriotism.
58. 38
(04.16.13)
a lie.
59. #47
Get Real ,   UK   (04.16.13)
And there have been no deaths and injuries amongst Israel's civil population from Palestinian terrorists' missle rocket fire?
60. #38. Not playing politics at all. Just putting things…
Harry Wright ,   UK   (04.16.13)
..in perspective. Don’t even try to compare 5 dancing Israelis with an entire Gaza population that flooded the streets, passed out candy and noisily and ecstatically celebrated 9/11. Yes, I am outraged at the leftist press that conditions the minds of the sheeple by hiding and/or distorting facts & issues as it leads them by the hand and delivers them to this leftist, deceitful and immoral president who cannot even bring himself to call this incident a terrorist attack. HIS policies have made the world a more dangerous place. The leftist press downplays terror attacks on Israel so they should do the same with terror attacks on Americans - that's consistency. Two terror attacks under his watch and more to come! The extremists gave him ENOUGH notice. But he wants to enjoy 4 more years in office in obscene LUXURY, at taxpayers’ expense, so shoo fly, don’t bother him. And Americans had better not give up their arms to protect themselves in the times ahead because HE is not going to protect them. Lame, lame, lame! Somebody interrupted his golf to make him address the nation? He should have stayed away from the microphone because Carney or Susan Rice could have done the same thing for him. I wonder who felt inspired and comforted by what he said??? Hm??? Cold as a fish on ice. He and his wife had better leave their luxuries for a minute and head to Boston to comfort the victims and their families – more useful than Hawaiian holidays.
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