Anger in Beirut after missed warnings over 'floating bomb'

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'Floating bomb': how the Beirut blast was predicted

Anger and dismay has been building in Beirut as officials admitted that a massive port explosion that killed at least 135 people, injured thousands and left many more homeless was foreseeable and had been the subject of repeated warnings.

 

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Gee, I'm sure there aren't any comparable dangers near other cities. Hmm. Anybody out there have an LNG storage facility within a few miles of your town?

Ships carry these cargoes and similar others all the time. Everywhere. It wasn’t floating when it exploded it was in a warehouse! Doh!

So sad for the Lebanese people

Come on we know it was the state of Israel.

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