Al Arabiya: Beirut Explosion was a Hezbollah Weapons Depot

DB Daily Update ^ | David Blackmon

[mylife]

This is a munitions plant going off on Obamas watch at 2 AM on a Sunday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImCDHiMSxkQ

[mylife]

We have tons of Lebanese and Syrian Christians here.

[mylife]

We have tons of Lebanese and Syrian Christians here.

[HollyB]

Ahh thx for the update.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[SunkenCiv]

• Lebanon: Massive explosion in Beirut, at least 50 dead, 1000s injured, Hizballah 'already in the limelight'
• 2,750 Tonnes Of Ammonium Nitrate Exploded: Lebanon PM On Beirut Blasts
• MASSIVE Explosion Shakes Lebanon's Capital Beirut
• Breaking -- Massive explosions rock Beirut...
• Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's capital Beirut
• GottaSeeThis - A huge explosion has occurred in Beirut (Spirochete talks about Wilson cloud condensation)

[RetiredTexasVet]

Do you think Muslim terrorists would take OSHA safety training seriously?

[wgmalabama]

Maybe a safety stand down day.

[shanover]

My late grandfather, who was in the Army, was stationed in Beirut in the 50’s as an attache. My Mother went to an American school there for a while. Her memories of the region was simply always saying how magnificent it was and then came Islam filth years later.

[Clay Moore]

The orange smoke is consistent with ammonium nitrate burning.

“At 8:12 am , small rolls of kelly green smoke and orange smoke are shooting up from the ship...” City on Fire by
Bill Minutaglio pg 77 Texas City explosion 1947

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aspAb9hePK0

[GOPJ]

But Al Arabiya reported late Tuesday afternoon that the warehouse was actually an arms depot for the terrorist group Hezbollah, which unfortunately essentially runs the national government.

Anyone got that 'world's smallest violin picture?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

2.7 kilotons of ammonium-nitrate produces nothing like 2.7 kT of explosive yield. Actually, as a measure of explosive energy one kiloton is exactly one-billion calories, the kiloton moniker is merely a convenience. The explosive energy of ammonium nitrate is 230 cal/gm which would make 2.7 kilotons of ammonium-nitrate equivalent in yield to about 0.62 kilotons.

https://www.nature.com/articles/195277a0

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS835US835&sxsrf=ALeKk00bkeAsMMWA8WBmBHSMYQ3TmQcXIQ%3A1596623236980&ei=hIkqX-SvO4Xu_Qbf5YZA&q=calories+to+kilotons&oq=calo&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQARgAMgQIIxAnMgQIIxAnMgUIABCRAjIECAAQQzIHCAAQsQMQQzIICAAQsQMQgwEyCggAELEDEBQQhwIyCAgAELEDEIMBMgUIABCxAzIFCAAQsQM6CwguELEDEMcBEKMCOg4ILhCxAxCDARDHARCjAjoCCC5Q4SdY-C5g9D1oAHAAeACAAW6IAcICkgEDMy4xmAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesABAQ&sclient=psy-ab

I am extremely skeptical of the “ammonium nitrate” explanation. The more plausible explanation is that the warehouse was a Hezbollah ammunition depot, and that that ammunition was intended for Israel. Unless they could divert it to use against U.S. troops in the area.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

A ton of ammonium nitrate has a yield of .23 kilotons.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Beirut was the Paris of the Middle East. A famously pleasant and beautiful city. Then came ...

[McGruff]

“Highly explosive materials,” seized by the government years ago, were stored where the explosions occurred

Next time you might want to store it out in the desert somewhere, not a major city. The Bekka Valley maybe?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Next time you might want to store it out in the desert somewhere, not a major city.

No, as other posters have already pointed out, the whole point was to store it in populated areas which the Israelis would not attack.

[McGruff]

the whole point was to store it in populated areas

Reverse psychology? So, how did that work out for ya?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

So, how did that work out for ya?

I noticed the Lebanese prime minister, in his initial address on the catastrophe, called the victims "martyrs", which kinda gives the game away.