Bomb Blasts at The Boston Marathon

[Thomas Promise]

I grew up in the USA were we where safe from the crazies out there. This never happened here until 9-11 Day. Now it seem it is a monthly thing now. Senseless violence.

 

http://www.allproudamericans.com/2-Explosions-Rock-Finish-of-Boston-Marathon.html

 

[Mick]

Now also reporting another blast at JFK Library in Boston.......stay tuned.

 

Report Update: As of 5:45 EST, they are saying the JFK incident was a fire, not related to the other bombings.

Edited April 15, 2013 by Mick (see edit history)

[Fu Lai]

Boston, 3 dead. 9/11, 3,000 dead. Nanking, 300,000 dead.

[Thomas Promise]

Boston, 3 dead. 9/11, 3,000 dead. Nanking, 300,000 dead.

The rape of Nanking 1937.

[Guest ExChinaExpat]

A female Chinese citizen died in the Boston Marathon bombings, China's consulate in New York says.

[Dennis143]

Boston, 3 dead. 9/11, 3,000 dead. Nanking, 300,000 dead.

What is the point of your post?

[Fu Lai]

Just people evoking 9/11 and waxing hyperbolic over this sad incident.

 

 

Boston, 3 dead. 9/11, 3,000 dead. Nanking, 300,000 dead.

What is the point of your post?

 

[tonado]

Boston is my home turf. Was planning to see the race but unable to get the day off. A lot of injured people. Very sad. Logan (where I work) is full of officers and canines and automatic rifles.

[Fu Lai]

Chinese national killed in BostonBy MICHAEL ASTOR

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - The Chinese Consulate in New York says a Chinese national was among those killed in the marathon bombings in Boston, but did not identify the person. Boston University said the victim was one of its graduate students.

 

The Consulate also said in a statement Tuesday that another Chinese citizen was wounded and was in stable condition following surgery.

 

Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings, a Hong Kong-based broadcaster with ties to the Chinese government, said the deceased was a woman from the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang who was a graduate student in statistics at Boston University.

 

A team led by Deputy Consul General Ruiming Zhong was in Boston to investigate the situation and assist relatives of the victims, the consulate's statement said.

The official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that relatives have requested that the deceased not be identified.

[Randy W]

An editorial from the Global Times

 

World must join hands against terrorism

 

The September 11 attack back in 2001 made anti-terrorism a priority of the US' national strategy and led to the country initiating two wars.

After Osama bin Laden was shot dead in 2011, US President Barack Obama declared victory in his country's anti-terrorism fight, and the pivot to Asia strategy became the priority.

 

. . .

 

Countries like the US, Russia, China and the UK have all been victims of terrorism.

However, world powers are not in a long-term alliance in their anti-terrorism efforts, allowing terrorism to linger on among these powers.

Even the definitions of terrorism in these countries differ greatly. The definitions set out by China and Russia are the most explicit.

The two define terrorism without regard to the reason behind the attacks, while Western countries such as the US and the UK attach importance to the "motives" of any attacks against civilians.

Some organizations and leaders, defined as terrorist groups by China and Russia, are publicly shielded by the West, which further harms prospects of anti-terrorism cooperation between countries.

Terrorist forces all over the world echo each others' views and support each other's actions. The double standard Western countries hold toward terrorism and the few political benefits they gain from playing with it cannot even match the cost these countries have to pay when they are struck by terrorism.

The vulnerable structure of modern society determines the long-term harm of terrorism. World powers should never allow terrorism to have even a tiny place in it.

Attacks on civilians are evil. This should become the highest common belief in the world. There should be no division in terms of the motives and target of a terrorist attack. World powers should not tear each other down over this matter.

We are here to condemn the organizers of the Boston attack.

We hope when similar attacks happen in China and Russia, the West will do the same.

 

[Fu Lai]

Who determined this was a terrorist (tightly defined) attack?

[Randy W]

Who determined this was a terrorist (tightly defined) attack?

 

The by-line is simply "By Global Times"

 

Even the definitions of terrorism in these countries differ greatly. The definitions set out by China and Russia are the most explicit.

 

The two define terrorism without regard to the reason behind the attacks, while Western countries such as the US and the UK attach importance to the "motives" of any attacks against civilians.

 

[Fu Lai]

As always, terrorism is often thrown around to rile people and raise military budgets.

[tsap seui]

Let me see.....crowd of happy folks attending an event that has been going on over 100 years. Two bombs strategically placed at and around the very crowded finish line of a race detonate within seconds of each other Bombs are loaded with lots of shrapnel designed to effectively maim and dismember as many victims as possible.

 

Terrorism comes in many forms. Doesn't matter the skin color, the religious belief, the politics. A terroristic act can also be called.....ummm.... a terrorist attack.

 

Loosely or tightly defined.....Somebody attacked a helluva lot of people with a very terroristic act.

 

Ya think?

 

tsap seui

[Randy W]

As always, terrorism is often thrown around to rile people and raise military budgets.

 

I'm not sure, but you seem to not realize that the Global Times is a publication of the Chinese Communist Party. I posted that as an indication of the thought from China.