Behind the Beirut Explosion: Seven Years of Official Neglect

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A giant pile of ammonium nitrate sat neglected in Beirut for years before exploding. Here’s how that happened.

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BEIRUT—The 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate sailed into the city nearly seven years ago. The ship’s captain at the time called it a “powder keg.”

The cargo, a chemical compound used for blasting mines and building car bombs, was seized when the ship carrying it was found unseaworthy and its owner failed to pay certain fees, according to the ship’s captain and the International Transport Workers’ Federation, a global trade union. It ended up in a warehouse as Lebanese officials, lawyers, judges and a Russian shipper bickered...

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We all seen the drone strike from isreal airforce .. only you will deny it

Imagine if Democrats weren’t in charge of regulations in America. This would happen if you only had republicans running the nation. Regulations = safety

It's utter negligence! Everyone knows it can be used as an explosive. To store so much in an old general purpose warehouse for so long 😲

AMERICA be glad we live in a country that the government puts regulations on things like this.

Unbelievable!!

in America the R's call that deregulation

Government bureaucratic dysfunction at a pinnacle. Lebanon once was a great country. Now, barely a functioning country at all. This is sad for the people of Lebanon you have suffered greatly from this corrupt dysfunction for years.

But...but....but.... POTUS said it was an attack?

Anna_unbound Article: 'The 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate sailed into the city nearly seven years ago. The ship’s captain at the time called it a 'powder keg' '

Wow, they barely have a functioning government, but they have a bureaucracy

As a risk manager I am thinking/hoping/praying every port authority and warehouseman -even inland- across the globe is inspecting their warehouses this week beruitexplosion

I think the WSJ is lost in the wrong news cycle! There are suspicions that the explosion was intentional reported in the news in Europe

Try 'culpable negligence'.

Pathetic

Ok

How can we know what happened when none of the main people know what happened. Enough of the fake news!

Pls explain this!

Pray for the souls of those firefighters and the innocent lives whom have perished in this incident! 🙏🏻

Any avid WSJ readers interested in buying a bridge?

Wonder how much they paid to publish this cover up..

but but but but regulation is bad.....

But Trump said it was a terrorist attack

I believe that and in the existence of Big Foot.

Does anyone believe the wsj? Fake news.

I thought they’d blame Trump....

Poor government oversight

Because haven’t opposition?

Laughable

too ignorant Lebanese government to keep dangerous evidences for years in a limited space. not immediately destroyed or reused.

WSJ, Good Night, we’ll have an update on the President’s Death Count tomorrow as his irresistible ignorance on managing the pandemic continues... while other Nation Leaders have stopped the deaths in their countries!

Poderosa Ministração ao vivo

*Isreal sent a drone strike to make the explosion* fixed your headline 😘

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