The morning funeral of Krystle Campbell, 29, was the first since the April 15 attack at the marathon’s finish line, which killed three people and injured more than 200.
The suspected bombers also are believed to have fatally shot a campus police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Thursday night before a gun battle with police and day-long manhunt that left most of the Boston area locked down.
The hearse carrying Campbell’s red-tinted casket was escorted by about 20 police motorcycles. An honor guard of uniformed law enforcement officers stood in front of the church as pallbearers carried the casket in.
Martin Richard killed in Boston bombing (Photo from CNN)A second victim of the Boston Marathon attack has been identified as 29-year-old Krystle Campbell of Medford, Massachusetts, the town’s mayor said.Ling Zhi Lu , Boston University
The hearse as it arrives at the funeral Mass for Krystle Campbell, one of three people killed in the Boston Bombings, at St. Joseph’s Church in Medford, Mass., April 22, 2013. One week after the 117th Boston Marathon ended in two deadly bombings, the Boston area prepared to mourn its dead on Monday with the funeral, a memorial service at Boston University, and a statewide moment of silence planned for 2:50 p.m. to mark the moment that a pair of pressure-cooker bombs detonatedPatty Campbell, the mother of Krystle Campbell, one of three people killed in the Boston Bombings, arrives with other family members at her funeral Mass at St. Joseph’s Church in Medford, Mass., April 22, 2013. One week after the 117th Boston Marathon ended in two deadly bombings, the Boston area prepared to mourn its dead on Monday with the funeral, a memorial service at Boston University, and a statewide moment of silence planned for 2:50 p.m. to mark the moment that a pair of pressure-cooker bombs detonated
Mourners attend the funeral Mass for Krystle Campbell, one of three people killed in the Boston Bombings, at St. Joseph’s Church in Medford, Mass., April 22, 2013. One week after the 117th Boston Marathon ended in two deadly bombings, the Boston area prepared to mourn its dead on Monday with the funeral, a memorial service at Boston University, and a statewide moment of silence planned for 2:50 p.m. to mark the moment that a pair of pressure-cooker bombs detonated.
‘False Flag‘ is a term used in Intelligence circles, where an Agent(Spy) pretends to be of anotherNnation and enrolls the services of some one whose country is favorably disposed to the Country represented by the Spy.
In Naval Warfare ‘For centuries, ships have sailed under a flag identifying their nationality. During times of war, ships would sometimes change the national flag they flew in order to fool other vessels that they sought to attack or escape from. They would fly, in other words, a “false flag.” The term then expanded to mean any scenario under which a military attack was undertaken by a person or organization pretending to be something else.”
Did the US Government organize the Boston Marathon Bombing to arm itself with more Security Powers?
“During the Boston Police Department‘s final press conference of a confounding and deadly day, someone in the audience asked if Monday’s bombing was a “false flag” attack. We can both explain and answer that question…
The questioner — who appears to be Dan Bidondi, a radio host for InfoWars — asked:
Why were the loud speakers telling people in the audience to be calm moments before the bombs went off? Is this another false flag staged attack to take our civil liberties and promote homeland security while sticking their hands down our pants on the streets?
To which Governor Deval Patrick, at the mic to field questions, flatly responded:
No…
What the questioner was asking, then, was: Did the United States government orchestrate this attack, pretending to be a terrorist organization of some sort, in order to justify expanded security powers?
Is There Historical Precedent for Such a Move by a Government?
The most famous example, however, is contentious. Conspiracy theorists (of which there are a lot in America) often suggest that the 1933 fire at the Reichstag in Berlin was a “false flag” operation by the Nazis to consolidate power and undermine the Communist Party. This is still a subject of debate among historians, some of whom think the man convicted of the crime, Marinus van der Lubbe, was actually responsible. In 1998, a German court exonerated van der Lubbe.
The nexus of fascist government manipulation and phony disasters has proven difficult for theorists to resist. Following most attacks similar to Monday’s bombings, there have been accusations that they serve as a tool of government oppression.
Who is calling the Boston bombings a “false flag” operation?
Unsurprisingly, Bidondi’s colleague Alex Jones, the founder of InfoWars, who tweeted this within an hour of the bombings to his 180,000-plus followers:
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