So lebanese authorities state that the explosives were confinscated from a ship in that port...if a nation, any nation wanted to bomb Beruit on the sly, send in a ship laden with explosives, let it be confiscated. Then, recruit a suicide bomber to touch that baby off, terrorist problem solved.
Possibly. The suicide bomber would almost certainly be muslim and the area destroyed is largely Maronite Christian. So casualties are not a consideration. Sort of a “Muslim Lives Matter” approach.
Adding to the rampant speculation I was reading #Beirutexplosion on twit and found a Lebanese source that said the fire was touched off by a welder’s torch which grew into the blaze that set off the AN.