[BenLurkin]

So it was either an accident, or somebody did it on purpose. That narrows it down.

[1Old Pro]

two possibilities behind Tuesday’s blast — either negligence or “external intervention” by a missile or a bomb.

Makes sense.

[hardspunned]

“Aoun told journalists that he received information on July 20 about the stored material and “immediately ordered” military and security officials to do what was necessary. He did not elaborate. He said several governments in charge since 2013 received warnings about the material.“

Some military or security official realized he had to use or lose his megabomb?

[PGR88]

Raise the “terrorism” possibility to deflect from the sheer incompetence and stupidity of leaving a seized cargo of dangerous ammonium nitrate in a common warehouse, in the literal center of commerce of your country - for 7 years!

[Songcraft]

And let me add this helpful corollary: either they know what caused it, or they don't.

[Moonman62]

Aoun said Friday that he asked France for satellite images to see if there were warplanes or missiles in the air at the time of the blast.

...

The US may have that kind of ability, but I don’t think France does.

[volunbeer]

There was clearly a fire prior to the explosion. There were clearly aerial explosions visible and audible prior to the explosion in close proximity to the warehouse.

Bulk ammonium nitrate can explode when exposed to fire.

This is what happened in West Texas albeit on a much smaller scale. It has happened previously and it will happen again because people do not take storage precautions and zoning seriously. The idea that Hezbollah would get rid of a material that is the most common oxidizer for improvised explosives is laughable. They controlled the port and they control Lebanon.

[Tijeras_Slim]

It’s the middle east, gotta always leave “the Joos” as an option.

[jz638]

Warplanes didn’t deposit all of the ammonium nitrate into the warehouse six years ago and he knows it. The Lebanese president is just playing to the crowd, which in Beirut includes Hezbullah, to see if he can gain something politically or financially from the tragedy. The whole reason the fuel for the explosion was there in the first place was because of negligence and corruption. Someone didn’t want to pay a bribe to get the cargo released, so there it sat.

[Kriggerel]

"So it was either an accident, or somebody did it on purpose. That narrows it down..." Nah, it just means that he's about to cross the Goebbels Gap, throw the Muslim populace the: "Ooooh! Shiny!!" distraction they desire above any and all others. IOW, he's about to publicly blame it on t3h j0000z.

[ßuddaßudd]

it was at the will of their pos allah want it ?
so be it

[bkopto]

President Michel Aoun says there are two possibilities behind Tuesday’s blast — either negligence or “external intervention” by a missile or a bomb.

So he's ruled out aliens?

[Antoninus]

I’m sure the massive grain elevator next to the ammo dump had nothing to do with it...

[Tucker39]

It seems very curious to me that the Lebanon Government wouldn’t have had sufficient radar and other sentry type operations going, to have KNOWN if there had been alien aircraft APPROACHING, let alone IN THE SKIES over Beirut! Is the man telling the world that Beirut is a sitting duck with NO surveillance of the skies in operation? Wow. Nobody ever blurts out a lie; and HE blurted that out....

[wny]

1- climate change
2- racism

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

Maybe it was a jihadi worker’s comp accident?

5.56mm

[American in Israel]

Anyone needs a high explosive trigger to detonate. It is impossible to get it to detonate with a fire. the large fire showed many small secondary explosions.

So did the ship full of fertilizer have high explosives stored on it?

Or are the Muslims lying as usual.