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How judges responded to warnings about ammonium nitrate stored at the Beirut port
cnn ^ | August 7, 2020 | Katie Polglase, Mary Ilyushina, Mia Alberti and Ali Younes

Posted on 08/07/2020 7:38:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: HangnJudge

Just gotta be creative with the renewal.

eg, perhaps a nice downtown Aquarium. Filled with water, nearby cafe, ticket booth - perfect for tourists. With its size, could be whales exhibit.

Also filled with water, good setup for something along the lines of Iceland’s Blue Lagoon. Needs some lockers and towel-stations.


21 posted on 08/07/2020 8:40:31 AM PDT by C210N
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To: BenLurkin

Where did the ship get the ammonium nitrate from?

Did the ship blow up, or was it a warehouse?


22 posted on 08/07/2020 8:41:05 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: C210N

Good thinking, out-of-the-box


23 posted on 08/07/2020 8:41:40 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: BenLurkin

If there was a disagreement about money, why pull into Beirut?

Do the sell shiploads of fertilizer Cash On Delivery?


24 posted on 08/07/2020 8:45:00 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: blueunicorn6

Batumi, Georgia

Warehouse


25 posted on 08/07/2020 8:52:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: HangnJudge
..The harbor district is now cleared for urban renewal.

When life gives you lemons...

26 posted on 08/07/2020 9:05:16 AM PDT by GOPJ (Leo Terrell - Michael Shellenberger - Mike Adams - Bari Weiss .- Bernell Trammell - John Kass)
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To: BenLurkin

If you are having trouble with the payment, why unload the ship in Beirut?

Georgia isn’t really that far away.


27 posted on 08/07/2020 9:05:47 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: HangnJudge

Or, the whole setup was so Hezbollah could have a 2 kiloton bomb on hand for future use against Istael and us.

Who really controlled the ammonium nitrate? Whose guards were at the door?

That is the question.


28 posted on 08/07/2020 9:16:06 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (mohammed was a slaver: Burn the Koran!)
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To: ping jockey

Thanks, this is why I ask questions.


30 posted on 08/07/2020 9:38:21 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: HangnJudge

...The harbor district is now cleared for urban renewal.

There is only one thing that would survive a blast like that. Cockroaches.


31 posted on 08/07/2020 9:47:13 AM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: BenLurkin

See. Just wait long enough and these problems take care of themselves.


32 posted on 08/07/2020 9:52:40 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Not sure about the exact technology. Updraft on steroids.

If you look carefully at the video’s you will see a vortex in the glowing body directly above the center of the blast area. It lingers quite a while with streaks of things that look like rockets, but much larger than “fireworks”. Then suddenly the 3rd explosion with huge water vapor burst.

If you look at the original cloud from the right angle it looks like a mushroom cloud, with a prefect circular shaped ring, as if emitted from a perfect hole or shaft.

This was not a spontaneous freak accident.

These are related:

@COsweda the Beirut explosion was carefully controlled to avoid collateral damage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cswdABTc7TI&feature=youtu.be


Heshmat Alavi @HeshmatAlavi
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291403817116995585

Note term: deflagration


The 2nd is partially derived from the first discussion Both have a number of threads about this and related elements. The 2nd is less clear than the first.

I know the source on the first Twitter link. Have for a few years.

There is a lot of miss-information about what actually exploded. None of the pieces fit with what we are being told about it. The actual damage does not support it, nor does the action of the explosion itself.


33 posted on 08/07/2020 10:10:31 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: Robert A Cook PE

Any idea or guesses on the death toll?


Currently at least 145. But there are a number of bodies that will never be found. Some of those may already be included in this count.

Look at the devastation? 145 is a very small number for the damage that was done. Injured were around 5,000 the last time I saw an estimate.

This blast was not what it is said to have been.


34 posted on 08/07/2020 10:19:23 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: V_TWIN
Also, I noticed its all females. Kinda dispels the glass ceiling myth don’t it?

Journalists doing journalistic work, investigating and reporting, is scut work only worthy of women. This frees men to engage in the higher callings of the journalistic profession-lying, fantasizing, fictionalizing, slandering, and inciting to insurrection.

35 posted on 08/07/2020 10:50:07 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Texas Fossil

I’ve seen the thermal video of the projectile coming in at a high angle of attack. That blast and projectile is sure pushing me hard to a tac nuke. Nobody is saying anything or taking responsibility, but it’s undeniable that a munition did that.


36 posted on 08/07/2020 10:54:03 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

No flash means no nuke, yes?


37 posted on 08/07/2020 11:11:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Small yield tac nukes are essentially just real big bangs. From my limited infantry knowledge, but you can clearly see the projectile come in.


38 posted on 08/07/2020 11:15:09 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: AndyJackson

Seen plenty of women doing that stuff also. Lol


39 posted on 08/07/2020 11:18:27 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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