Massive explosion port rocks Beirut
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/04/fully-destroyed-massive-explosion-port-rocks-beirut
A massive explosion at the port in Beruit, Lebanon sent a shockwave across the city, blowing out windows and sending people scrambling for cover.
Trump is already inflaming the situation by suggesting that rather than an accident at a chemical store, it may have been a bomb or an attack.
Others will no doubt in time will eventually suggest it was Israeli Mossad sabotage of that storage depot
It is thought that the explosion was caused by a fire which detonated 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stored at the port for six years.
Ammonium nitrate is notoriously unstable under some conditions. The Texas City explosion of 1947, caused by ammonium nitrate in a ship’s hold, was the largest non-nuclear detonation in history. It killed over 500 people and sent a 15 foot wave across Galveston harbour. The ship’s 2000 pound anchor was blown 1.6 miles inland.
As we expected, the USA blames Hezbollah
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/17/us-accuses-hezbollah-weapons-ammonium-nitrate-iran
Nor are we surprised that the accusation was made at Zionist lobby group conference
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