Lebanon Explosion

[baddog]

Scroll down to the video.....unbelievable. I bet the death toll goes way more than 60.

 

Beirut blast: Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's capital; at least 60 dead, thousands injured

 

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[NetCat]

Saw this early this morning, it's crazy. 

[LumRaiderFan]

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They think it was ammonium nitrate, same stuff (fertilizer) that devastated Texas City in 47 and was used in the Oklahoma City bombing.

[baddog]

8 minutes ago, LumRaiderFan said:

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They think it was ammonium nitrate, same stuff (fertilizer) that devastated Texas City in 47 and was used in the Oklahoma City bombing.

That’s weird. Texas City came to my mind right when I heard it was at their port. 

[LumRaiderFan]

1 minute ago, baddog said:

That’s weird. Texas City came to my mind right when I heard it was at their port. 

Same here, I looked it up to verify the date.  I had forgotten about folks gathering around watching while the ship burned, not having a clue that it was fixing to blow up...horrific event.

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From the article:

Investigators probing the devastating blast in Beirut that killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 more are pointing to a Russian ship docked in the city's port for nearly seven years without appropriate security precautions that officials warned was “a floating bomb.”

The Russian vessel, named MV Rhosus, carrying agricultural fertilizer with 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate and en route to Mozambique hit a financial snag and docked in the Beruit port in 2013, according to legal documents and Lebanese officials, the Washington Post reported.

Lebanon’s director of customs, Badri Daher, repeatedly sent letters to the judiciary over the years and warned that the cargo was the equivalent of “a floating bomb," but the warnings went unheeded.

[SmashMouth]

Shameful 

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