the explosion that rocked Beirut on August 4th that people in Cyprus, 240km away, thought they had suffered an earthquake. Scores of people died and thousands were injured in the blast, which left the port in ruins. The Lebanese government says it was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, which can be used as fertiliser or as an explosive . This appears to have been confiscated years ago from an abandoned Russian-owned cargo ship heading to Mozambique.
That much was clear even before the explosion showered Beirut with broken glass and pieces of rubble. For months Lebanon has been mired in a debilitating economic crisis, because of a rotten banking sector and a collapsing currency. The Lebanese pound has lost about 80% of its value on the black market against the dollar. Because Lebanon imports so much, inflation has spiked. The government defaulted on its debts months ago.
Most Lebanese want to ditch the power-sharing system. Ever fewer feel defined by their religion. Big protests in October forced out the previous government, which was also incompetent. The current one entered office promising change, but has accomplished little.
Well get shut of them
And yet 'woke' people think having another Muslim country, this time in place of Israel, is the way to go.
I’m sure billions in immediate aid will cause a corrupt regime to fall. Can’t wait for aid groups to get hit with large tax bills for not paying various taxes and fees.
Sad it wasn’t distributed to landowners and used as fertilizer across the land.
Same when US presidents initially argued how severe Covid-19 dead was compared to other nations
Pretty soon the entire world will be on the same state that Lebanon is if we don’t wake up and forget about COVID and get back to our old normal.
Russia here soon? Putin loves making disorder. Russia Putin
Ukrain
Incompetence has ruled over the Middle East since time immemorial! No change in sight without changing the political ethos, which means giving power to people to shape and design their mandate!
A corrupt one which gets handsomely paid for wilful misconduct..
Surprised ours hasnt?
Fears grow that WW2 wreck could explode on Kent coast
2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded in Texas in 1947
A Lebanese type of government
The irresponsible government from libanon,now seek culprits for every where,less inside
the one that does not exist
Wouldn't bet on this being the only such situation out there.
France, North Korea, Denmark, USA, UK.
What kind of government pretends Covid is a hoax to further gaslight their idiotic supporters?
How about the residential building burned in London several years ago? What kind of government let the horrible fire🔥 happen?
To cover up children trafficking?
Mexican government: hold my beer!
Oh, come on, be sensible. Remember Enschede fireworks disaster? In the EU!!
MilitaryThings2 The same one that allows a terrorist organization to fester and grow beneath it.
Israel? Jk jk - I don’t really think it’s them, just 40%.
A 3rd World government ? Look, there are so many of those in some 150 countries that precisely because scarcely anything happens is the reason why so few security measures are taken.
Their issue
Safer there now. Let your clients get on and take up the opportunities.
ReserveUrRight Such a random accident...imagine if this happened at the 3GS bridge
ZafarullahKhan2 what a disastrous blast it was
The kind that moscowmitch and RandPaul support, ie unregulated and weak government.
‘better part of a decade’ ? Editor, what is wrong with “since 2014”?
Any and every form of government created and run by humans? 🤷🏻♂️
Watch this shocking telecast. Time is over!
One that was already in economic crisis since 2018. Lay off the political finger pointing, if you don’t have the pre blast economic figures for Lebanon nobody does. Stop meddling, it was an accident albeit with catastrophic impact.
Where are the articles blaming Israel? Certainly Israel MUST be the culprit. Couldn't possibly be another ME country's incompetence, could it? Oh wait...Israel is sending medical help. Just like they as always do, even to hostile countries, like Syria.
It's likely to happen again. Off the coast of Jordan.
just more of the same - the evil that passes for deregulation 'WWF estimates that 27 per cent – more than a quarter – of the Amazon biome will be without trees by 2030 if the current rate of deforestation continues'
Easy cake! lebanese government! 🇱🇧
A Lebanese government?
🇺🇸
*Former Cypriot government steps out of frame nervously*
A Lebanese government that is more incompetent than Hezbollah, the only properly functioning government in Lebanon.
The same kind that has hundreds of site of nuclear waste polluting our communities and drinking water--America...
In chennai similar chemical is dumped!
SuperFridayVigil corona Lebanon Beirut prophecy fulfilled Time is over Turn away sins and repent The Messiah is coming
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Yes during pandemic who sanctioned Lebanon, china?
Celá katastrofa mala destabilizovat situaci na Blizkom Východe. Určitým skupinám vadí mier a klid v danom regione ! Vojna sú peníze zisky ! To co sa stalo má příčinu aj zámer ! Oslabit a destabilizovat region ! Uviest Libanon v chaos a spustit nové nepokoje ! Otázka znie kdo ?!
Why do you take it from a former minister? Are you that tone deaf? Any Ali, Marwan or Tony could've told you that.
how would one tell the difference
Make a big blast to make a big change,
Lol ! So to change things we have to blow something?!
Name ANY government that isn't corrupt and incompetent. Don't you want them running your health care too?
Then Israel Irak and S Arabia should have plenty to worry about as the ensuing ripple effects from the explosion might make it look like a spark in comparison.
But will it? That beautiful country has been in turmoil my whole adult life, which is getting quite long
In the entire hierarchy of the Beirut administration, none had any knowledge of the chemical and physical properties of Ammonium nitrate. They could have thrown that away in barren lands as a fertilizer. Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance.
So silly that they did not sell it to their farmers. Maybe better crops and no big bang, or a smaller one if not all sold.
And the enemies? Ex. powerful families owning mass media?
It’s atrocious that nothing was done for 6 years while the ammonium nitrite was stored unsafely near ppls homes.
Do you think this will impact human trafficking Maybe turn that frown upside down?
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Unless you are the antisemitic theprojecttv - then you let a nobody blame Israel on national TV.
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