Post date: Apr 20, 2013 7:14:37 PM
Writer Stephen Lendman breaks down the Boston Marathon bombing scenario for Veterans Today.
Was the event homegrown, imported or state-sponsored, he queries.
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Marathon Terror: Homegrown or State-Sponsored
by Stephen Lendman
Boston’s marathon is the modern world’s oldest. It’s the best known. It’s an annual tradition. It’s been held since 1897. It’s one of six World Marathon Majors.
Thousands of runners participate. Professionals and amateurs compete. Hundreds of thousands of spectators watch it. They do so throughout its 26.2 mile route.
In 1996, a 62-year old Swedish participant died of a heart attack. In 2002, a young woman runner succumbed to hyponatremia.
On Monday, April 15, two explosions killed three. Over 100 others were injured. Some lost limbs. The incident occurred near the event’s finish line. It’s in the heart of downtown Boston’s Copley Square.
Obama vowed to render “the full weight of justice” against those responsible. (M)ake no mistake,” he said. “We will get to the bottom of this. And we will find out who did this. We’ll find out why they did this.”
“We’re continuing to monitor and respond to the situation as it unfolds, and I’ve directed the full resources of the federal government to help state and local authorities protect our people, increase security around the United States as necessary, and investigate what happened.”
It’s official. On Tuesday, Obama called what happened “terrorism.”
An unnamed White House official called the incident “an act of terror.”
White House security was increased. Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said:
“Out of an abundance of caution, we have expanded our security perimeter at the White House complex. It is not unusual to expand or contract these security perimeters.”
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg tightened security. He said 1,000 NYPD employees have counterterrorism assignments.
Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and other major US cities initiated similar measures. They remain on high alert.
Boston’s Copley Square was evacuated. Public transportation was disrupted. Logan International Airport suspended flights for several hours.
A fire and possible explosion occurred at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. No injuries were reported.
Police Commissioner Edward Davis said a preliminary investigation indicated a mechanical fire. Minor damage was reported. A bomb squad was deployed as a precautionary measure.
The fire broke out around the same time as the marathon blasts. Both incidents appear unrelated.
Media scoundrels jumped to conclusions. They always do. The Washington Post was typical. It headlined “An act of terror.” An editorial said:
“The nation has seen its share of foreign terrorism and homegrown terrorism attacks alike (the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta come to mind).”
A New York Times editorial headlined “Bombs at the Marathon,” saying:
“It was clear this was not a random event but another concerted effort to kill and maim innocent Americans.”
The “marathon will be back next year….No act of terrorism is strong enough to shatter a tradition that belongs to American history.”
The Wall Street Journal said “once again (the incident) rais(ed) the specter of terrorism on American soil.”
“Bombs at the marathon show the need for antiterror vigilance.”
Other print and broadcast reports echoed similar sentiments. Conclusions are quickly reached. Feature stories headline “terrorism.” They’ll continue for days.
Media scoundrels decide straightaway. It’s standard practice. Doing so heightens fear. Reports suggested the FBI declared the bombings a terrorist act.
At issue was it homegrown, imported, or state-sponsored?
No one knows for sure. False flags are an American tradition. Wikipedia calls them “covert operations designed to deceive the public in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by other entities.”
Merriam-Webster says they’re “big lies.” They’re “deliberate gross distortion(s) of the truth used especially as a propaganda tactic.”
9/11′s the big lie of our time. So-called “crazed Arabs” had nothing to do with it.
Lendman's complete posting is here.
Here was the scene in Boston by the week's end, according to myway.com:
Manhunt in Boston after bombing suspect is killed
Apr 19, 3:32 PM (ET)
By EILEEN SULLIVAN, MEGHAN BARR and KATIE ZEZIMA
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) - With Boston virtually paralyzed, thousands of officers with rifles and armored vehicles swarmed the streets in and around the city on Friday, hunting for a 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombing after his older brother and alleged accomplice was killed in a furious getaway attempt overnight.
During the long night of violence, the brothers killed an MIT police officer, severely wounded another lawman and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle, authorities said.
The suspects were identified by law enforcement officials and family members as Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, ethnic Chechen brothers who had lived in Dagestan, which neighbors Chechnya in southern Russia. They had been in the U.S. for about a decade, an uncle said, and were believed to be living in Cambridge, Mass.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a 26-year-old who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 and was seen in surveillance footage of the marathon in a black baseball cap, was killed overnight, officials said. His younger brother, who had been dubbed Suspect No. 2 and was seen wearing a white, backward baseball cap in the images from Monday's deadly bombing - escaped and was on the run.
Their uncle in Maryland, Ruslan Tsarni, pleaded on live television: "Dzhokhar, if you are alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness."
Authorities in Boston suspended all mass transit and warned close to 1 million people in the entire city and some of its suburbs to stay indoors as the hunt for Suspect No. 2 went on. Businesses were asked not to open. People waiting at bus and subway stops were told to go home. The Red Sox and Bruins postponed their games.
From Watertown to Cambridge, police SWAT teams, sharpshooters and FBI agents surrounded various buildings as police helicopters buzzed overhead and armored vehicles rumbled through the streets. Authorities also searched trains.
"We believe this man to be a terrorist," said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis. "We believe this to be a man who's come here to kill people."
The bombings on Monday killed three people and wounded more than 180 others, tearing off limbs in a spray of shrapnel and instantly raising the specter of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
The full article is here.