Pressure Cooker IEDs?

Boston Marathon Bombs Were Pressure Cooker IEDs Packed With Ball-Bearings: Devices That Killed Three, Including Eight-Year-Old Boy Waiting For His Runner Dad Are Used By Terrorists In Afghanistan -- Daily Mail

* Pressure-cooker bombs were packed with shards of metal, nails and ball bearings
* Devices are frequently used in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, according to Homeland Security
* An al-Qaeda magazine last year listed U.S. sporting events as one of 'the most important enemy targets'
* An eight-year-old boy and a 29-year-old woman were among the three killed in the attack
* 176 people injured, at least 17 of them in critical condition and 'a lot' of amputations have been performed
* Surgeons describe numerous severe injuries from 'pellets, shrapnel or nails from inside the bombs'
* Investigators do not know of motive for the bombs or who is behind them but are questioning 'many people'
* Obama vows to bring bombers to justice: 'The American people will not be terrorized'

The two bombs that killed three people and injured at least 176 at the Boston Marathon on Monday were made from six-liter pressure cookers crammed with shards of metal, nails and ball bearings and stashed in black backpacks, police sources revealed today.

The cruelly-designed bombs have 'frequently' been used in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, according to a 2010 Homeland Security Department pamphlet - hinting at the origins of the bombers behind the worst terrorist atrocity in the U.S. since 9/11.

When the devices exploded near the crowded Boston Marathon finish line around 2.50pm on Monday, victims suffered as many as 40 shrapnel wounds each and at least 10 people needed amputations. Witnesses described seeing body parts flying through the air and shoes that 'still had flesh in them'.

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More News On Pressure Cooker IEDs

Pressure cooker bombs used in past by militants -- Houston Chronicle/AP
Homeland Security warned about pressure cooker bombs -- CBS News
Homeland Security Warned In 2010 Of Pressure Cooker Bombs Like Those In Boston Marathon Explosions -- Fast Company
Pressure cooker bombs: Backpacks concealed bombs filled with shrapnel -- Examiner
Homeland Security: Pressure-cooker bombs easy to make, often used by terrorists -- WBTV
Pressure Cookers, Nails, BBs, and Bags: What We Know About the Boston Bombs -- The Atlantic
Boston Marathon bombs made with pressure cookers: Big break in case? -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor

My Comment: After following the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the past few years .... I know too well on how effective these IEDs can be. The fact that people are now willing to use them at public events in the U.S. .... certainly does not bode well for the future.