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SmallGameAddict said:
My guess is they're splattered over half of Beirut
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If they were close to the original fire they are now part of the dust itself.
I would be surprised they find any type of remains. maybe remains of a vehicle or if someone was inside a vehicle or something
but on the open no way.
Again, the rate of acceleration of this explosion is not normal not even for the most aggressive explosive and fuel compounds.
Some combination of conditions and materials was involved on this.
Obviously the sensationalist propaganda machine will be jumping into all sort of conclusions so they can sell air time and feed
the average clueless ignorant.
It might take a long time to find out what actually happened and in the end will be hard to hide if someone was storing something they
shouldn't no matter who they are/were.
 
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After watching the multiple videos the ferociousness of the explosion is astonishing. How densely packed was the dock area near the explosion? I expect the final death toll to be in the hundreds.
 
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firecracker flash powder in shit tons stored in one place .. same as a nuke .. they have to rules there like we do with Black Powder ;)
 
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Report: Through Pompeo, Israel warns Lebanon of new Hezbollah missile plant
Covert facility produces precision missiles and constitutes a threat to both Israel and Lebanon, top US diplomat reportedly says
By TOI STAFF and AGENCIES
1 April 2019, 9:58 pm 1
Hezbollah fighters hold flags, as they attend the memorial of slain leader Sheik Abbas al-Mousawi, killed by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, in Tefahta village, south Lebanon, February 13, 2016. (Mohammed Zaatari/AP)
Hezbollah fighters hold flags, as they attend the memorial of slain leader Sheik Abbas al-Mousawi, killed by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, in Tefahta village, south Lebanon, February 13, 2016. (Mohammed Zaatari/AP)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reportedly conveyed to Lebanon a message from Israel warning Beirut of action by Iran and Hezbollah to covertly construct a new missile production facility in the country.

The covert facility produces precision missiles and constitutes a threat to both Israel and Lebanon, Pompeo said, according to a report Monday from Channel 13.
“Pompeo raised before [Lebanese] Prime Minister [Saad] Hariri his concerns over Hezbollah’s actions in Lebanon. The actions of Hezbollah are a threat to Lebanon,” a senior US official was quoted as saying.

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“We made it clear to the government of Lebanon that…the danger of escalation with Israel as a result [of Hezbollah’s actions] is real,” the official said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed Pompeo of the factory’s existence during the top US diplomat’s visit to Israel last month, the report said.

Pompeo visited Beirut after Israel, using the trip to highlight his concerns about Hezbollah, which is targeted by US sanctions as a terror group, but holds three cabinet posts in Lebanon.

“Lebanon and the Lebanese people face a choice: bravely move forward as an independent and proud nation or allow the dark ambitions of Iran and Hezbollah to dictate your future,” he said during a joint news conference with his Lebanese counterpart, Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil.

Bassil said he held “constructive and positive talks” with Pompeo but stressed that they had different perspective with regards to Hezbollah.

“Hezbollah is a Lebanese party, not a terrorist group, and it enjoys a wide popular base,” Bassil said.

During his visit to Israel, Pompeo visited the Western Wall with Netanyahu — the first serving secretary to tour the contested area together with a senior Israeli official, in tacit recognition of Israeli rights there.

Pompeo also underscored Washington’s commitment to Israel’s security during a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin, saying that the US bears a “moral obligation” to combat “hostile forces” in the region.

At a press conference following a meeting with Pompeo last month, Netanyahu said he was working closely with the US “to roll back Iranian aggression” in the region and around the world. “There is no limitation to our freedom of action and we appreciate very much the fact that the United States backs up our actions,” he said.

Netanyahu has previously spotlighted Hezbollah missile sites in Lebanon to world leaders.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York September 27, 2018, and holds up a placard detailing alleged Hezbollah missile sites in Beirut. (AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY)
In a September 2018 speech at the United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu displayed a map pinpointing the location of the Hezbollah missile sites near Beirut’s airport, and accused the terror group of “deliberately using the innocent people of Beirut as human shields.”
 
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THIS IS WHAT HAPPENNED

Russians were importing badly need AMMONIUM NITRATE fertilizer into Lebanon (Timothy McVeigh used a far smaller amount in 1995).

It was unloaded, then HEZBOLLA demanded a King's Ransom to release it for sale.

The Russians said "F#CK IT", and abandoned the cargo.

Fast forward several years later.

The Ammonium Nitrate had degraded in the hot sun, and workers are called into to repair the enormous storage silo, by welding new steel patch plate onto it.

The Fertilizer catches fire, temperatures and pressures increase, in the closed container, and it explodes.

An unattended consequence of a failed state controlled by terrorists.

(Much like Califormia and NY)

An explosion at a warehouse in the Port of Beirut on Tuesday killed more than 100 people and left more than 4,000 people injured. In the aftermath of the blast, videos show plumes of red-brown smoke and the apocalyptic extent of the destruction, with buildings leveled for miles. According to a report by Al Jazeera, Lebanon Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the explosion was fueled by a stockpile of over 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate, confiscated and stored for approximately six years at the port.

Beirut explosion: How ammonium nitrate caused deadly blast in Lebanon
 
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