The stuff was confiscated years ago and never moved to a safe place. An accident waiting to happen. Incompetence. I see the same in Dr. Fauchi.
Since this warehouse exploded folks are trying to “pin” this on someone—Hezbollah, Mossad, the US...
There was a fire in the building next door. That was pretty obvious. It was obvious that fireworks components were being expended.
Why is it such a leap of faith that it spread.
Sometimes the simplest explanation is the most accurate.
Was it criminal to leave 2,750 tons of crap in a warehouse for year? Yes. Was it terrorism? Probably not.
I’d say that storing 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate anywhere in the Middle East is an “accident” waiting to happen.
“....A source quoted in a cache of leaked diplomatic cables and other reports noted that Hezbollah’s supply of some explosive material had been cut off over the last decade. Hezbollah also allegedly sought to get the ammonium nitrate via Syria, bringing in thousands of tons of it from Homs. Hezbollah sought to dominate the agriculture ministry in Lebanon since 2009 to get a hold of the material. ...”
...question is was this load of ammonium nitrate stored for a bomb detonated accidentally by Hezzbollah? Israeli agents? Or a Sunni group?
Why would anyone leave 28 railcars of fertilizer in storage for six years?
You wouldn’t.
It was probably being used in smaller quantities for explosives.
You mean that they didn’t accidentally spill thousands of gallons of diesel fuel on the 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the warehouse? Shocking!
Bibi said about 2 years ago that Hezbollah was stockpiling weapons, missiles, and explosives close to the airport there in Beirut.
I agree, it was not an accident.
When you post an article use the original headline, don’t make up your own.
You don’t put a bomb next to the water in an industrial area where half the blast force is going into the ocean where it will destroy nothing. You don’t put it where it’s shielded by a tall building, and you don’t put it in an industrial zone which has a relatively low population.
Disinformation, IMO. That pile of nitrate could have been set off by a damp rat turd.
Zot from above!
Have they blamed Israel yet?
If I remember right, Ammonium Nitrate attracts moisture. It will clump up.
It also loses some of its effectiveness over time. It degrades.
Let’s say $150 a ton.
$150 x 100 tons = $15,000
$150 x 1000 tons = $150,000
You are getting close to a half million dollars sitting there for six years.
Plus, you use fertilizer to increase crop yields. That fertilizer could have really increased crop yields which would have increased food and money received for the crop.
So 2700 tons of fertilizer did that much damage to the highrise.
How much was used in Oklahoma city?
If someone wanted to intentionally cause mayhem, death, and destruction the tons of AN languishing in the warehouse was a ready-made instrument. Given that everything in the area was not only leveled but turned into a water-filled crater we'll never know if the adjacent warehouse fire was accidental or intentional.
Really the incompetence or negligent attitude is astounding. Thousands of tons of flammable/explosive material kept in close proximity to fireworks storage and a grain silo (with their propensity for dust explosions). This area was an accident waiting to happen. I'm surprised it took 6+ years. Sure, hazardous material is moved and stored all the time, often in large quantities. This seems just a bit too casual about safety measures, separation distances, and the like.
I’d say they condemned themselves out of their own mouths.
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Nasrallah is trying to cover his ass with his base fanatics. Word on the street is that he most likely will be assassinated, or have a fatal heart attack within the next week (not from the Israelis, but from his own folks). I would make sure that his food tasters are loyal in the next few weeks if I were him...