Moment of Silence

It has been a year since the senseless bombing attacks on the people participating in the Boston Marathon. On this gloomy occasion, Americans from all across the country, including President Obama and the rest of the White House staff, are observing a “Moment of Silence” and remembering the victims in their own respective ways. The “Moment of silence” is a very unique and thoughtful way of expressing sentiment towards the loss of another human being. The general idea is that since silence cannot be attributed to any particular religion, language, race or belief, it is free of association and hence welcoming to all those who want to take a moment to reflect, meditate, pray or express grief over a tragedy. Upon this occasion, let us all take a moment and reflect, or express, our gratitude towards those who have lost their lives protecting others from terrorism; to pray for the thousands who have lost their lives in senseless terrorist attacks; and to hope for a more peaceful tomorrow.

Haroon Ahmad
DET – U.S. Central Command
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Absolutely don’t forget the hoax … Don’t forget the real killings … Don’t forget the cover up … Don’t forget the lies … Always question a CENTCOM post …

It's been one year already, amazing. Times were tough on that region during 2012-2013 times. I was in Connecticut for few months during Boston bombing. The highway i used to take to work had a billboard commemorating innocent lives lost because of Sandy Hook firing, and statue of liberty was still closed because of hurricane Sandy damage.

Painful and sad days those were.

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it was some thing painfull, killing innocent people. We all hope for peacefull tomorw, where there is no war just to gain monetory benefit in arm sales or for oil kiling thousands of people and making many irrational ones killing inncoents on other side.

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Yes, painful days. These kinds of terrorist attacks are taking place across the globe unfortunately.

Haroon Ahmad

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^what is the point in doing the deed and then doing these displays of fake remorse? If you really cared for people ... You would not lie ... Haroon ... And I say you as in the US administration you ... May be there are individuals within who are good and doubtless there are plenty of your countrymen who are good ... But goodness starts with honesty ...

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It’s a good thing you brought up honesty, since it was rather disconcerting to read your previous comment with the video clip. Honestly, do you really believe these conspiracy theories, or are U.S. bashing sentiments clouding your judgment? In either case, it is rather disrespectful to the memory of the people that have died and the hundreds that were injured in the same way, as it is disrespectful to the memory of those soldiers who have died fighting terrorism. An accurate account of the events of the Boston Bombing and consequent details to this date are available by credible sources online, but it seems like you are more interested in believing made up YouTube videos by anonymous users and movie-like plots.

          There has been a conspiracy theory behind most events in history, apparently for some people real life just isn’t interesting enough! The unfortunate part in creating this kind of propaganda is to deny the fact that almost everyday people are dying in suicide bombings in Pakistan, or that somehow some third element, or even the Pakistani establishment is conducting these suicide bombings. Do you see how inconsiderate and unreasonable these theories are?

Haroon Ahmad
DET – U.S. Central Command
www.facebook.com/centcomurdu

Oh the pros of posting from android app! You can't see any attached videos.

If the YouTube video that psyah posted is implying the Boston bombing was a conspiracy then I am not sure what to say. It was not.

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One name. Raymond Davis.

More importantly how the "credible" sources like the New York Times and Washington Post lied in public with their articles about his CIA credentials.

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I do not believe US government and/or military establishment would kill innocent US citizens like that when there are so many non-US innocent citizens available in the world to achieve the same goals.