Boston Marathon Rocked By Two Explosions - Reports of 3 Dead - Is It the Work of Islamic Terrorists? UPDATE: Boston Police Commissioner Confirms Bombing at JFK Library In Boston IS Related To Attacks

This of course is breaking news and there is little information out there yet but I'll go out on a limb and wager that Mohammed and his satanic followers are to blame for what appear to be two simultaneous explosions at the finish line of today's Boston Marathon.

Go ahead media, prove me wrong - was this a water heater exploding or an Islamic terrorist cell attacking innocent Americans once again?

The latest comes from The New York Times.

Update:  Latest amateur photo of one of the explosions

UPDATE 2:  I'm not the only one calling this an Islamic terror attack:  

Boston Marathon Bombing Bears Hallmark of Terrorist Attack, Al Qaeda Could Be to Blame

UPDATE 3:  The Commissioner of the Boston Police at a new conference just ended CONFIRMED THAT THE EXPLOSION AT THE JFK LIBRARY IN BOSTON IS, repeat IS RELATED to the other two bombings!

Many Injured in Blasts Near End of Boston Marathon


A series of explosions erupted near the finish line at the Boston Marathon on Monday. The Boston Police Department confirmed that they were looking into an explosion, but had no further comment.

he Associated Press reported that the authorities were helping injured runners leave the scene and bloody spectators were being carried to a medical tent that was being used for runners.

The A.P. said that a loud explosion was heard on the north side of Boylston Street, near a photo bridge that marks the finish line. Another explosion was heard several seconds later.

Local television showed ambulances at the scene. Pictures posted online showed several injured runners being attended to and smoke around the finish line.

The headquarters for the organizers of the marathon, one of the world’s oldest, was reportedly locked down while authorities investigate. Reporters inside the Copley Plaza Hotel, where the media center is and where many elite athletes are staying, were unable to leave.

The explosions went off more than four hours after the start of the men’s race, which meant that there were still several thousand runners yet to finish the race.

Big city authorities are typically on the highest levels of alert for events like a marathon, said Anthony Roman, a security expert.

“It is quite the counterterrorism effort,” said Mr. Roman, who runs Roman & Associates, a New York firm.

For major events in New York and other large cities, Mr. Roman said the police would typically weld manhole covers shut, while also examining the entire route just before the race. They will also place snipers on rooftops, with helicopters overhead. Analytic cameras in the city will be focusing on the race, he said.

“They have all the analytic cameras in the city focusing on the race with their advanced software network, reading license plates,” Roman said.

The Boston Marathon is one of track’s most storied events, established in 1897 and one of the six World Marathon Majors. The event typically attracts an estimated 500,000 spectators and requires certain qualifying times for runners to compete. The course winds throughout downtown Boston as well as several outlying cities, including Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley and Newton.

Unlike many sporting events that take place in closed arenas, marathons are known and heralded for their sprawl, allowing throngs of spectators to line the 26.2-mile course.

Within minutes of the explosions on Monday, social media and cable networks projected the images of gray smoke on Boylston Street in Boston, emergency crews on the scene and an unknown number of persons injured.