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Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's capital Beirut
Associated Press ^ | August 4, 2020 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/04/2020 9:30:03 AM PDT by k4gypsyrose

Not sure about links from AP. clink on link to see.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2; ammoniumnitrate; beirut; explosion; hassannasrallah; hezbollah; lebanon; middleeast
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To: norcal joe

Lebanese fireworks warehouse.

What could go wrong ?


21 posted on 08/04/2020 9:42:33 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: struggle

It’s always wise to store an explosives warehouse next to residential high rises.


22 posted on 08/04/2020 9:43:57 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Beowulf9

Yes. I posted it mostly because there were already a lot of good comments there, and good links.


23 posted on 08/04/2020 9:44:11 AM PDT by norcal joe
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To: D Rider

Did not look like a black powder explosion to me. Centex?


24 posted on 08/04/2020 9:45:26 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: k4gypsyrose

Wow


25 posted on 08/04/2020 9:45:27 AM PDT by redgolum (If this culture today is civilization, I will be the barbarian)
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To: Mouton

Hella shock wave.

Must have been a million pounds of black powder.

Ammunition/explosives warehouse, my guess.

Hezbullah...


26 posted on 08/04/2020 9:47:59 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Mouton

Looked like a a daisy cutter or MOAB. From the video there was alot of smoke before the earth shattering kaboom. So it could have been an HE burn before the detonation. A lot of explosives in one place. It didn’t look like black powder or fireworks to me.


27 posted on 08/04/2020 9:51:24 AM PDT by D Rider
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To: Vermont Lt

The burrito combo plate strikes again.


28 posted on 08/04/2020 9:51:35 AM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: k4gypsyrose

29 posted on 08/04/2020 9:51:36 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: k4gypsyrose

Their government is calling it a warehouse full of “fireworks” that blew up then possibly igniting a container of “fertilizer” in the secondary boom.

Just... total BS.


30 posted on 08/04/2020 9:53:03 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Abathar

I’m no expert but that doesn’t look like fireworks. Most likely rocket fuel, ordnance, etc.


31 posted on 08/04/2020 9:55:09 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Abathar

They’re not yer momma’s sparklers.


32 posted on 08/04/2020 9:55:39 AM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: Abathar
Their government is calling it a warehouse full of “fireworks” that blew up then possibly igniting a container of “fertilizer” in the secondary boom.
Just... total BS.

Sure, silos of fertilizer next to fireworks storage warehouse.

33 posted on 08/04/2020 9:56:39 AM PDT by norcal joe
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To: k4gypsyrose

It blew up good. Yeah it blew up REAL good!


34 posted on 08/04/2020 9:56:58 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: k4gypsyrose

IF it was Israel Beirut might no longer be there.


35 posted on 08/04/2020 9:59:13 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: billorites; k4gypsyrose

Note: Twitter feed is from BNO News(Netherlands) and CNW News (Venezuela).

(Hezbollah is headquartered in Lebanon, and has strong presence in Vernezuela.)


Large blast in Beirut port area rocks Lebanon’s capital, many people hurt

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/huge-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut


36 posted on 08/04/2020 10:00:12 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: k4gypsyrose

Quote from the link. I like the CNN part.

“Many buildings were damaged by the explosion, including the headquarters of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and CNN’s bureau in the city.”


37 posted on 08/04/2020 10:03:52 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: k4gypsyrose

what are you, 12?


38 posted on 08/04/2020 10:07:45 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: k4gypsyrose

Doesn’t Ramadan start about this time of year, for 2020?


39 posted on 08/04/2020 10:10:39 AM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

omg that one outside vegas was a mofo


40 posted on 08/04/2020 10:10:48 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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