Boston marathon bombings (was: Explosions at Boston marathon)

[turiya]

Posted by Amzer Zo (here)

Posted by turiya (here)

Posted by Amzer Zo (here)

Posted by turiya (here)
[...]

... after the detonation of what may in fact have been a smoke bomb or similarly benign explosive.”"
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That argument doesn't hold; see post # 582

There was no argument attempt that was made -- go fish!

turiya

Posted by Amzer Zo (here)
Who are the "real" other ones (see post # 474)?

Like the "guy # 2"? (see post # 555)... or the dead ones?...

Me think that it's time for some people to quit looking at the pictures of reality they conjured up in their mind and start confronting the actual, factual reality... real bodies got really chopped up in there.

... or supporting it in the name of "just bringing it in for you to judge."

Okay, Amzer Zo, certainly, it appears as there were people injured, maimed, killed at this Boston Marathon bombing event.
And sure, I have made a few posts pertaining to the possibility that actors might have been used. To say the least, I found myself entertained by the possibility.
But I prefer to take a few steps back away from that & posit the larger, wider perspective...

It is easy to get caught up with trying to figure out whether there were people actually injured, maimed, & killed in this event, or were there actors involved?

To me, the more essential question is: WHO are the real terrorists here?

For many, looking at mangled bodies, dismembered limbs, dead human beings, is a very difficult thing to do. The same could be said that many find it quite unpleasant to look at the possibility that the real terrorists that are at play, here, are but our very own government(s) - more specifically pertaining to America - those psychopaths that occupy the offices of FBI, DHS, CIA & all the other alphabet soup agencies. Obviously, the perpetrators of this event were not interested whether individuals were maimed, injured or killed, when it comes to having the end justifying the means. Its what whatever works to achieve the ultimate end game.

Unless this question is looked at more deeply, the people of this nation, the people in this world, will remain subjected to wavering & quivering like leaves that hang from tree branches, for whenever the wind blows & makes its presence known. Wavering & quivering is what leaves do. The branches of the tree move much less. And the trunk of the tree moves very little, and perhaps, not at all. Even when the wind is the leading edge of a fairly large storm front.

And this large storm is not only coming, but is here & beginning to rage big time. Knowing where your roots are, well, this is very important. So, one can plant one's feet on the ground & be like the trunk of a tree when the winds of fear begin to blow intensely.

WHO are the real terrorists?
In a previous post, I pasted an excerpt to an article that I will now post in full... as it has some thoughts worth noting.

FBI's History of Handing "Terror Suspects" Live Explosives

April 16, 2013 (LD)
In late September 2011, AFP reported that a man was charged with "planning to fly explosive-packed, remote controlled airplanes into the Pentagon and the Capitol in Washington." In its report, "US man charged with Pentagon bomb plot," AFP stated (emphasis added):

During the alleged plot, undercover FBI agents posed as accomplices who supplied Ferdaus with one remote-controlled plane, C4 explosives, and small arms that he allegedly envisioned using in a simultaneous ground assault in Washington.

However, ''the public was never in danger from the explosive devices, which were controlled by undercover FBI employees,'' the FBI said. Ferdaus was arrested in Framingham, near Boston, immediately after putting the newly delivered weapons into a storage container, the FBI said.

Authorities described Ferdaus as a physics graduate from Northeastern University who followed al-Qaeda and was committed to ''violent jihad'' since early last year.

In November 2010, a similar "plot" was engineered, then "disrupted," also by the FBI - this time in Portland, Oregon. The so-called "Christmas Tree Bomber" attempted to remote detonate a van he believed was filled with explosives, provided by the FBI, before being arrested during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Pioneer Courthouse Square. The FBI's official statement regarding the incident revealed that FBI agents had handled, even detonated live explosives with the entrapped suspect at Lincoln County Park in the lead up to the final failed bombing.

The FBI's official statement titled, "Oregon Resident Arrested in Plot to Bomb Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Portland," released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on November 26, 2010 stated (emphasis added):

According to the affidavit, on November 4, 2010, Mohamud and the undercover FBI operatives traveled to a remote location in Lincoln County, Ore., where they detonated a bomb concealed in a backpack as a trial run for the upcoming attack. Afterwards, on the drive back to Corvallis, undercover FBI operatives questioned Mohamud as to whether he was capable of looking at the bodies of those who would be killed in the upcoming attack in Portland. According to the affidavit, Mohamud responded, “I want whoever is attending that event to leave, to leave either dead or injured.”

Upon returning to Corvallis that same day, the affidavit alleges that Mohamud recorded a video of himself with the undercover FBI operatives in which he read a written statement that offered a rationale for his bomb attack. On Nov. 18, 2010, undercover FBI operatives picked up Mohamud to travel to Portland in order to finalize the details of the attack.

Earlier this evening, Mohamud was arrested after he attempted to remotely detonate what he believed to be explosives in a van that was parked near the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, the affidavit alleges.

Yet another similar operation was carried out by the FBI in February 2012, where yet another otherwise incapable patsy was provided with live explosives in the lead up to what was ultimately a failed suicide bombing at the US Capitol. USA Today reported in their article, "FBI foils alleged suicide bomb attack on U.S. Capitol," that (emphasis added):

According to a counterterrorism official, El Khalifi "expressed interest in killing at least 30 people and considered targeting a building in Alexandria and a restaurant, synagogue and a place where military personnel gather in Washington before he settled on the Capitol after canvassing that area a couple of times," the Associated Press writes. During the year-long investigation, El Khalifi detonated explosives at a quarry in the capital region with undercover operatives. He is not believed to be affiliated with al-Qaeda, officials said.

The frightening trend of the FBI cultivating otherwise incapable "terror" suspects, providing them with and detonating real explosives, before giving them inert or controlled devices to carry out attacks on public targets where mass casualties are averted only at the last possible moment, sets the stage for at the very least, incredible potential for catastrophic blunders, and at worst, false flag attacks.

Has the FBI ever presided over "sting operations" that were actually carried out? The answer is yes. The FBI in fact was presiding over the terrorists who carried out the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The role of the FBI leading up to the deadly attack would most likely have gone unreported had an FBI informant not taped his conversations with FBI agents after growing suspicious during the uncover operation. The New York Times in their article, "Tapes Depict Proposal to Thwart Bomb Used in Trade Center Blast," reported:

Law-enforcement officials were told that terrorists were building a bomb that was eventually used to blow up the World Trade Center, and they planned to thwart the plotters by secretly substituting harmless powder for the explosives, an informer said after the blast.

The informer was to have helped the plotters build the bomb and supply the fake powder, but the plan was called off by an F.B.I. supervisor who had other ideas about how the informer, Emad A. Salem, should be used, the informer said.

The account, which is given in the transcript of hundreds of hours of tape recordings Mr. Salem secretly made of his talks with law-enforcement agents, portrays the authorities as in a far better position than previously known to foil the Feb. 26 bombing of New York City's tallest towers. The explosion left six people dead, more than 1,000 injured and damages in excess of half a billion dollars.

What takes shape is an FBI at the center of perpetuating America's terror menace, not at the forefront of fighting it. With every attack foiled or carried out involving FBI uncover operatives revealed only after successful "stings" or in the case of the World Trade Center bombings, an inconvenient witness stepping forward and revealing the FBI's role, the first and foremost suspect considered after any bombing on US soil should be the FBI itself.

Recent explosions at the Boston Marathon have left two dead and many more injured. While the public waits to find out who will be blamed, and the role, if any the FBI played in the lead up to the explosions, it would be best to keep in mind the insidious and/or incompetent role the FBI has played during similar events, some of which have occurred recently and in close proximity to the latest explosions.

Already some across the Western media are attempting to draw parallels to the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington - despite the fact that the US is now deliberately funding and arming Al Qaeda in Syria, as well as openly supporting previously listed terrorist organization, Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MEK), in Iran. Vigilance must be kept against Western governments eager to both exploit and perpetuate terrorism and tragedy as well as manufacture it when necessary.
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I know my own efforts are limited, and I know that in trying to convince others of anything is, pretty much - wasted energy - because people are going to think what they want to, regardless...

But on a deeper level - understanding, by looking with one's own eyes, listening with one's own ears, and discerning for oneself - in simply doing this, unbeknownst to others, on a deeper level, it is adding to the present thought process of the human collective that is recorded within the Akashic. It could be said that - It is more intrinsically significant to simply add to the hundredth monkey effect. This is enough to do for some, and/or any of us... it is a non-aggressive, receptive approach... without anybody ever realizing it.

Find out your roots, get your feet planted securely, move away from the periphery, identify and become the Trunk of the Tree - the tree of Freedom, the tree of Liberty.


turiya

[Slorri]

These are my estimations.

Red: line of sight from camera up towards manhole cover by the wall.
Green: puff down by the fence
Blue: victim area

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Posted by Amzer Zo (here)
Another piece of the puzzle falling into place:

Posted by Amzer Zo (here)
[...]

This leaves open the question of were exactly is the bomb blast spot located: is it the dark patch on the pavement in the above picture or is it located closer to the street?

[...]

Blast spot location:

This validates Jeff Bauman's assertion that he looked in the eyes of the guy who dropped a bag at his feet... and explains the broken windows on the 1st and 2sd floors above the "Lens Crafters" store.

Absolutely amazing, not a crack or chip in/off the concrete, centre of blast is just about 30 cm if even that ( you can deduce that for yourself i guess, one thirth of a just about a square meter) this whole situation is the worst pull my finger joke ever, it creates an atmosphere of the feeling that the next person who passes gas will cause an extiction level event. yechh.

[Hervé]

Here is the blast sequence:

Viewed from a slightly different angle:

Look where the initial flash originates and where the column of smoke originates... one could almost triangulate the exact position on the pavement:

[Hervé]

Posted by 778 neighbour of some guy (here)
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Absolutely amazing, not a crack or chip in/off the concrete, centre of blast is just about 30 cm if even that ( you can deduce that for yourself i guess, one thirth of a just about a square meter) this whole situation is the worst pull my finger joke ever, it creates an atmosphere of the feeling that the next person who passes gas will cause an extiction level event. yechh.

I guess it's time for you to harness yourself with some thinking gear:

The bomb was made with a pressure cooker... guess where the blast will be directed if sitting flat on the ground?

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Posted by Amzer Zo (here)

Posted by 778 neighbour of some guy (here)
[...]

Absolutely amazing, not a crack or chip in/off the concrete, centre of blast is just about 30 cm if even that ( you can deduce that for yourself i guess, one thirth of a just about a square meter) this whole situation is the worst pull my finger joke ever, it creates an atmosphere of the feeling that the next person who passes gas will cause an extiction level event. yechh.

I guess it's time for you to harness yourself with some thinking gear:

The bomb was made with a pressure cooker... guess where the blast will be directed if sitting flat on the ground?

totaly understand what you are saying, i however still think that blast is a bit of a "ödd"one, i have seen some, dont really apriciate the thinking gear remark though, i am not here to win or participate in a quasi intellectual ego driven pissing contest driven by extremely loudmouth dubious alternative news sources who have a ( to me)unclear stake in the outcome they obviously steer towards to ( i have my views and opinions and we most certainly do not have to agree), this whole thread, and many others on many other fori, are jampacked with speculation spiked with some perhaps posssible "correct conclusions" and i dare to state with some confidence that, if we are not in the know we are all just guessing our respective asses off, i am not here for thank you's or popular views, and we all know what opinions are like, right? Your opinion and mine are just two of them, and again, if you are not the one who planted the cooker or actually knows why because you were involved in the planning, you are just like me, and everyone else, guessing and speculating and seriously hoping we will see the end of this sort of sh!t rather sooner then later.

hugs and a friendly complety harmless platonic manslap on your ass, lets have a stale beer and count liver stones together and fantasize how we can pave a tenniscourt with them, much healthier and way more fun.

luv to the world.

Make tea, not bombs

[jackovesk]

Published on Apr 23, 2013

FBI whistleblower and BoilingFrogsPost.com editor Sibel Edmonds joins us to discuss the recent Boston bombing hysteria and the potential geopolitical implications of the American public's "discovery" of Chechen terror. We discuss Sibel's work exposing the US/NATO roots of so-called Chechen terrorism, and what the FSB's involvement in this twisted tale might mean in terms of future Russian-US relations.

Sibel Edmonds on the Boston Bombing: The US roots of "Chechen" terrorism

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2RCN1w5J80E

SHOW NOTES AND MP3: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=7316

[onawah]

I just got the following in an email from forbiddenknowledetv.com, in regard to the message from them that I posted earlier:

I'm writing you now to retract and correct
statements made in the newsletter I sent
this morning because I am angry that I got
hoaxed and that's the last thing that I want
to do to you!

The video which was broadcast by FKTV
earlier today is an example of the confusion
which arises when a local time stamp is on
a Twitter-feed is confused with the timezone
of a different area - resulting in inadvertent
hoaxes such as this.

On April 15, at 3:53PM Eastern, the Boston
Globe tweeted that in "one minute," there
would be a controlled explosion across the
street from the library on Boylston St. in Boston,
as part of "bomb squad activities".

This was one hour *after* the Marathon bombs
were reported to have detonated. This is the
timeline of the Globe's Twitter feed:

Boston Globe Twitter Timeline, April 15, 2013

So, the timeline of the video distributed earlier
is incorrect, for the argument made because the
time stamp was not that of Eastern Standard Time.

The phenomenon of these Do-it-Yourself news
pieces that are being produced by an exasperated
public is worthy of an investigation, in itself:

This video is a product of a *growing sector
of the public, which does not believe anything
the Mainstream Media tells them - or any of the
words from any mouthpiece of officialdom, in
general.* - But they'll believe their Twitter feed,
while not taking into account the time difference
between their location and that of another
account's posts!

-- So, why don't people believe their leadership
anymore - and then create fraudulent videos like
this (more than likely, unwittingly) - and then
have suckers, like me, fall for them?

To be as brief as possible, I think this is why:

1) Because the 9/11 story does add up and
Americans are just about the last people on the
planet who are finally waking up to this.

2) The excuse used for the US going to war with
Iraq was a lie, making every American death in
that decade-long conflagration worthy of a US
Criminal Prosecution, as outlined by the famous
LA County Prosecutor, Vincent Bugliosi in his book,
The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, in
his attempts to get justice for those who died in
the Iraq war on a lie.

Bugliosi, who lost only one out of over 100 cases
during his 30+ year career and had over 10 NY
Times' Bestselling books to his credit was
completely stonewalled by the mainstream media
in his promotion of that book, and his efforts were
successfully quashed.

3) The numerous well-documented cases of the
FBI recruiting would-be terrorists, training them
and then stopping these staged terrorist acts
from occurring - or, as in the case of the 1993
WTC bombings - NOT stopping them, but instead
ALLOWING them to occur, as detailed impeccably
along with many other cases in the book, The
Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War
on Terrorism, by Trevor Aronson, available here.

Boston authorities continue to ignore or refuse
to answer any questions about the alleged "bomb
squad drill" - so we will not know for sure if these
"controlled explosions" at 3:54Pm Eastern were
ONLY of suspicious packages found AFTER the the
Marathon attacks or if drills had been underway
prior and during the Marathon.

One thing we do know now, after the Boston
Bombings and after viewing the chilling scenes of a
Gestapo-like, 'Military Gone Wild' in Watertown, MA:
This is what the National Defense Authorization
Act (NDAA) looks like.


Alexandra Bruce
Publisher, ForbiddenKnowledgeTV.com

Posted by onawah (here)
Boston Globe Tweet: 'Bomb Squad Activities' Near Finish Line Before Explosions

On April 15, at 12:53PM the Boston Globe
tweeted that in "one minute," there would
be a controlled explosion across the street
from the library on Boylston St. in Boston,
as part of "bomb squad activities".

At 2:49PM one bomb DID go off at the
address indicated by the Globe - which
was *exactly* where the controversial
"pressure cooker" bomb allegedly went off,
as this video so aptly demonstrates.

The Boston Public Library is EXACTLY across
the street from where one of the explosions
went off, in front of the Finish Line. Have you
heard this in any of the countless TV and
newspaper reports on this huge story in the
news, this week? I hadn't!

I DID hear about a potential 3rd bomb at the
JFK Library. That facility is 3.5 miles away
from the other 2 explosions and that event
turned out to be an unrelated mechanical fire.

Yes, the bomb exploded two hours later than
the Globe tweeted that it would, but this is still
quite worthy of further investigation and it's still
a fascinating omission from the official narrative
of this terror attack.

With the information that I have at this point
in time, I'd have to agree with their parents:
These boys were framed, regardless of the degree
of their possible (questionable?) involvement.

(interesting that this youtube vid would not embed, though I tried several times)

https://youtube.com/verify_contro...%3DuaqUJyUBozI

Boston Globe Tweet: 'Bomb Squad Activities' Near
Finish Line Before Explosions

- Alexandra, ForbiddenKnowledgeTV.com

http://www.forbiddenknowledgetv.com/...xplosions.html

[jackovesk]

CNN (Caught Red Handed) Interviewing Crisis Actor : Boston False Flag

Apr 22, 2013

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SbqVqI1cWXc

Another Crisis Actress

Apr 25, 2013

[onawah]

CISPA was defeated
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/...s-dead-for-now

ACLU: CISPA Is Dead (For Now)
The Senate will not take up the controversial cybersecurity bill, is drafting separate legislation

By Jason Koebler
April 25, 2013 RSS Feed Print

Sen. Jay Rockefeller says CISPA's passage was "important," but its "privacy protections are insufficient."


CISPA is all but dead, again.

The controversial cybersecurity bill known as the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act, which passed the House of Representatives last week, will almost certainly be shelved by the Senate, according to a representative of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

The bill would have allowed the federal government to share classified "cyber threat" information with companies, but it also provided provisions that would have allowed companies to share information about specific users with the government. Privacy advocates also worried that the National Security Administration would have gotten involved.

[READ: U.S. Military Writes Rules on Cybersecurity While Chinese Hacks Skyrocket]

"We're not taking [CISPA] up," the committee representative says. "Staff and senators are divvying up the issues and the key provisions everyone agrees would need to be handled if we're going to strengthen cybersecurity. They'll be drafting separate bills."

Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., chairman of the committee, said the passage of CISPA was "important," but said the bill's "privacy protections are insufficient."

That, coupled with the fact that President Barack Obama has threatened to veto the bill, has even CISPA's staunchest opponents, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, ready to bury CISPA and focus on future legislation.

"I think it's dead for now," says Michelle Richardson, legislative council with the ACLU. "CISPA is too controversial, it's too expansive, it's just not the same sort of program contemplated by the Senate last year. We're pleased to hear the Senate will probably pick up where it left off last year."

That's not to say Congress won't pass any cybersecurity legislation this year. Both Rockefeller and President Obama want to give American companies additional tools to fight back against cyberattacks from domestic and foreign hackers.

[READ: Lawmakers Who Pushed CISPA Were 'Doxed']

But cybersecurity legislation in the Senate, such as the Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013, has greater privacy protections than CISPA does. Richardson says that bill makes it clear that companies would have to "pull out sensitive data [about citizens]" before companies send it to the government and also puts the program under "unequivocal civilian control," something CISPA author Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., was unwilling to do.

Even if the Senate gets something done, Rogers and other CISPA supporters will likely have to compromise more than they've been willing to over the past year as Obama has made it clear he will veto legislation that doesn't have more privacy protections.

"The way [Rogers] talks, [the House] has gone as far as they possibly can on privacy," Richardson says. "I don't know if that's true and I'm not sure how they'll respond when the Senate puts something back to them. But if they don't figure out a compromise, they might not get any legislation at all."

The commerce representative says that the Senate committee is "working toward separate bills" to improve cybersecurity, which are currently being drafted. But don't expect these bills soon, as the Senate considers immigration, an Internet sales tax, the aftermath of the Boston bombing and the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control crisis in the wake of sequestration.

Richardson says she thinks it'll be at least three months before the Senate takes a vote on any cybersecurity legislation.

"We need to be vigilant as the year moves on to make sure that whatever the next product is, it's not CISPA-lite," she says. "I think this is probably going to take the rest of the year."

[onawah]

Can you give the source for that so we can share it elsewhere, please? Thanks.

Posted by jackovesk (here)

Apr 25, 2013

[jackovesk]

Posted by onawah (here)
Can you give the source for that so we can share it elsewhere, please? Thanks.

Posted by jackovesk (here)

Apr 25, 2013

Here ya go Onawah, along with some other (GRAPHIC Images) that I haven't seen before...

Scroll - 1/2 way down the page...

http://www.cyberwarzone.com/why-was-...ombing-event-0

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by jackovesk (here)
Another Crisis Actress

Apr 25, 2013

I believe that the previous posts have explained this one:

• Died twice eh?? Sandy hook and Bombing (Post #80
• Explosions at Boston marathon (Post #190)
• Interesting FB post re Boston.sandy hook actors (Post #57)

This was not a paid actress showing up at two false flag events. It was just some confused reporting of rather ordinary details.

[turiya]

A couple more things for consideration:

Here's the Joel Skousen Rense interview from 24-April 2013. Joel discusses several issues regarding the Boston Marathon bombing event, including the MA National Guard CST security team, the Chechen suspects, the possible execution that was done to the older brother, and more...

Joel Skousen MP3 Audio Interview w/ Rense

Secondly, (sorry, this may be getting close to "beating a dead horse", but...) there is, yet, another video released yesterday 24-April 2013 regarding the man (amputee actor?) in the wheelchair that questions whether he actually had his leg blown off, or not. Anyways, since it appears that nobody else has posted this as of yet, I will do the dirty deed...

Boston Marathon Bombing Drill Conspiracy Cowboy Hat Guy Legs Blown off "Must Watch"

On second thought - instead of embedding it here, just click on the above title and it should come up.

Best regards
turiya

[xxxcjbcxxx]

Hello everyone, I found another video with some links which contains information explaining how FEMA goes about conducting their drills with crisis actors.

I do not consider it a "smoking gun" as the title suggests, however the information is still interesting, and the commentators perspective on the matter is equally entertaining.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zHym0NyR05s

Here provided is a link that serves as an adjunct for the video:

https://hseep.dhs.gov/hseep_Vols/def...eDisplay.aspx?

If you look to the left of the page you will find a host of text, audio, video, and imagery about how FEMA conducts their drills.

[Hervé]

My turn to speculate...

Look at the blast spot and look for something? Someone? Jeff? being blown up in the air:




The blast didn't crack the side walk pavement but it sure was strong enough to blow something/someone up in the air...

[InCiDeR]

Posted by jackovesk (here)
CNN (Caught Red Handed) Interviewing Crisis Actor : Boston False Flag

Apr 22, 2013

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SbqVqI1cWXc

Another Crisis Actress

Seriously!? I know they are not as smart as they believe they are, but seriously... are they really this dumb? Using same actress in two totally different scenarios? If that really is the case, there must be another group that active works for this staged event to fail, otherwise it is not the same person in the two interviews! I can not simply believe they are so dumb.

---

This has probably been posted elsewhere, but worth to repost in my opinion (great forteller skills):



I found it in the link that jackovesk provided earlier:
http://www.cyberwarzone.com/why-was-...ombing-event-0

To recap here are the predictions in the post which came true.

• Culprits identified as male in late teens to early 20s.
• Feds found firearms, presence of NRA manual still unconfirmed.
• Reloading powder / gun powder named as the payload used to make the explosives.
• Legislation since introduced to tax and restrict gunpowder sales under the justification it was used to make the bombs.
• Identification, raids, and arrests occurred starting Friday night.

EDIT: It would in fact be very interesting if infowars could find this anonymous employee of security commission and do an interview!!!

[Slorri]

Posted by Amzer Zo (here)
My turn to speculate...

Look at the blast spot and look for something? Someone? Jeff? being blown up in the air:




The blast didn't crack the side walk pavement but it sure was strong enough to blow something/someone up in the air...

Can you point to what you are seeing?
I see some yellow balloons move about and one piece of paper being blown up.

[Hervé]

Posted by Slorri (here)

Posted by Amzer Zo (here)
My turn to speculate...

Look at the blast spot and look for something? Someone? Jeff? being blown up in the air:

The blast didn't crack the side walk pavement but it sure was strong enough to blow something/someone up in the air...

Can you point to what you are seeing?
I see some yellow balloons move about and one piece of paper being blown up.

That's the "big" piece of "paper" as you see it... that's the "X" that marks the spot.

If the existence of yellow balloons can be inferred from other pictures, the actual color cannot be detected on the sequence I posted; however, I have yet to find a picture showing a piece of paper that big in the area.

From the other angle (a single yellow balloon can be seen in one frame but the "something" blown up in the air is not as obvious as it is in the first .gif file I posted):

[Kimberley]

Finally..the stories of the owner/hostage of the black Mercedes SUV are coming out...

Carjack victim recounts his harrowing night
E-mail | Print | Comments () 04/25/2013 9:36 PM

Full article here:

http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013...JNN/story.html

The 26-year-old Chinese entrepreneur had just pulled his new Mercedes to the curb on Brighton Avenue to answer a text when an old sedan swerved behind him, slamming on the brakes. A man in dark clothes got out and approached the passenger window. It was nearly 11 p.m. last Thursday.

The man rapped on the glass, speaking quickly. Danny, unable to hear him, lowered the window -- and the man reached an arm through, unlocked the door, and climbed in, brandishing a silver handgun.

“Don’t be stupid,” he told Danny. He asked if he had followed the news about Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings. Danny had, down to the release of the grainy suspect photos less than six hours earlier.

Danny asked that he be identified only by his American nickname.