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2020-08-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Beirut Blast Blamed on Chemical Cargo Removed From Ship in 2014

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-08-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 The warehouse started to exude a strange odor, which led security forces to launch a 2019 investigation that concluded that the "dangerous" chemicals needed to be removed from the premises.

This is the perfect example of bureaucratic diddling and what the results can be. Sounds like the Michigan water fiasco on steroids.

Who owned the ship full of boom-powder and where was it going?

Posted by AlanC 2020-08-07 07:25|| 2020-08-07 07:25|| Front Page Top

#2 More likely they took the cargo to extort $$ from the ship's owner and he just said "screw it"

Posted by Frank G 2020-08-07 08:01|| 2020-08-07 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Bad weather. I thought it was Roman Candles.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-08-07 09:24|| 2020-08-07 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Lebanese president suggests cataclysmic blast may have been caused by a rocket or bomb' after demonstrators angry at 'corrupt elite' they blame for the explosion clashed with police in night of violence

Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-07 09:26|| 2020-08-07 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Huge hazard. Not a secret. I'm guessing Hezbollah had an interest in keeping it around. An enterprising fellow (Hi, Wally!) could use this to get over on the Hezbullies. The PM said that those responsible would be held accountable, so let's take advantage of the national outrage and go round up some suitable suspects!

Posted by SteveS 2020-08-07 09:29|| 2020-08-07 09:29|| Front Page Top

#6 From yesterday:

Russian businessman whose abandoned shipload of explosives ripped apart Beirut in a huge blast is questioned at his Cyprus home

Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-07 09:32|| 2020-08-07 09:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Just received this article from gCaptain in today's email: click on link

Beirut’s Accidental Cargo: How an Unscheduled Port Visit Led to Disaster

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-08-07 11:07|| 2020-08-07 11:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Interesting read, AP. Thank you.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-08-07 13:05|| 2020-08-07 13:05|| Front Page Top

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