Posted on 08/07/2020 7:38:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Baroudi & Associates, who represented the Russian vessel's crew, published a statement on Wednesday saying they sent letters in July 2014 to officials at Beirut Port and the Ministry of Transportation "warning of the dangers of the materials carried on the ship."
Customs authorities issued repeated notices to a judge about the dangerous cargo, according to documents seen by CNN. But the judge, who cannot be named for legal reasons, responded multiple times saying that the ship and its cargo might not be within the court's jurisdiction, the documents show.
In four handwritten responses written in 2016 and 2017, the judge and their successor responded to letters from Lebanese customs officials saying that they needed "to discuss to what extent the jurisdiction of the court" covered this matter.
Baroudi & Associates have also said that the intended destination of the potentially explosive cargo was Mozambique and that it was being shipped "per the order of International Bank of Mozambique for Fabrica De Explosives" when it was detained in Beirut.
The International Bank of Mozambique and Fábrica de Explosivos de Moçambique -- a commercial mining company in Mozambique -- did not respond to a request for comment.
But the director of Beira Port in Mozambique, António Libombo, has denied knowledge of the Russian vessel, according to local Portuguese news outlet Lusa. "Usually, before we receive a ship, we are notified. In this case, we never receive any notification of a ship coming to Beira port with those characteristics and cargo," Libombo reportedly told Lusa.
The Mozambican Ministry of Transport and Communications also reportedly told Lusa that they were not informed about the Russian vessel.
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Based on training I had, those real small devices don’t give off radiation. Just a big boom. I do know 100% that it was a munition.
It was not a nuke. If it were, Beirut would be uninhabitable.
There would be no EMP from a small nuke, which in any case only lasts for a very brief time. But if it were a nuke, a standard radiation meter (geiger counter) would light up anywhere in Beirut for months and years.
Delilah delivered by F-16 its looking like. 5.5 yield.
How judges responded to warnings about ammonium nitrate stored at the Beirut port
Answer: Not my job....
nope
Job sharing?
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