"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says U.S. military generals have told him that they think the massive explosion that rocked Beirut on Tuesday, killing more than 70 people, was likely a bomb. He told reporters at the White House that he had met with some generals and they do not think it was a manufacturing-type explosion. He says the generals seem to think it was an attack — “a bomb of some kind.” The explosion flattened much of a port and damaged buildings across the capital, sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 3,000 others were injured, with bodies buried in the rubble."
Weapons of mass destruction...finally found
I usually only keep 2000 tons around apartment complexes.
2,750 Tonnes Of Ammonium Nitrate Exploded: Lebanon PM On Beirut Blasts
“It is unacceptable that a shipment of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate has been present for six years in a warehouse...”
Problem solved.
Man I am a good guesser.
Mossad?
They must have been planning on growing a lot of corn!
Never park a loaded rental truck in front of a chemical facility...
I think terrorists have access to much more powerful explosions than fertilizer.
Barrel full of deadly Ah-Ji-No-Moto was set to go off at end of meal.
This is what happens when you inadvertently mix a bottle of kimchi with a package of natto.
Suitcase nuke?
27,500 tons of ammonium nitrate - is that a lot? By comparison, on April 19, 1995 Timothy McVeigh blew up the 9-story Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma using 5,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertilizer with other ingredients. That was only a few tons to destroy a huge 9-story building.
Texaa city disaster was 2200 tons
Ammonium nitrate is unstable at best and becomes more unstable as it ages.
The Grandcamp was loaded with 2200 tons of ammonium nitrate when it detonated in Texas City (1947)
The guys hand loading 100 lb bags said it was so hot that it about burned their arms as they carried it. The humidity is thought to have caused the hot bags.
It began to burn and made a spectacular show and many of the towns people came down to watch the show and were killed when it detonated. Those fighting the fire vanished.
The Grandcamp caused the High Flyer docked nearby to catch fire which detonated some hours later. Everyone had been pulled back and the only fatality was a priest that was giving last rights.
It is still listed as the worst industrial accident in US history.
Someone wasn’t using very good safety protocols, who puts a fireworks warehouse next to a facility that is storing tons and tons of ammonium nitrate......not a good combination.
