Lebanon in desperate need of reform after Beirut explosion: ANALYSIS

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Timelapse shows the scale of protests as thousands took to the streets of Beirut following a deadly blast that rocked the Lebanese capital.

with the promise of"unconditional aid," had a stark message:"don't give the money to the government."

French President Emmanuel Macron hugs a resident during his visit to Beirut, Aug. 6, 2020, two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital. "Corruption is embedded in the Lebanese political system, which is bolstered by the support of the international community," Verdeil said.According to Paul Salem, the President of the Middle East Institute in Washington DC, the humanitarian aid that is coming is different from the financial aid Lebanon is expected to receive from the International Monetary Fund , which will be conditional to reform.

"The international community is not going to spend billions of dollars to the President [Michel Aoun] and his son in law who are linked to corruption and now criminal negligence," he said.

 

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MichalaHerman Excuse my French but its now clear that Hizbulla's Sh$.t has hit the fan.

교회는종교로서의 역할은끝났다 이제 곧넘어질일만 남았다

Well everyone in the city should be using High Efficiency windows in the replacements save the planet and energy at same time..... imagine the contract for all those windows omg....

guirivaud Horrible

No way that was an accident. Why aren’t we hearing more about this?

All those burned out buildings still standing. And yet somehow WTC collapsed in on itself from a little fire?

Looks like an “accident” to me! 🤡

Helping governments and countries have a big role to play in bringing peace to this beautiful country and nation, hoping for better days.

What can we do? Where to donate? I know chefjoseandres is on his way so I'm dropping some cash there. Where else?

It was a catastrophe.

I think alot more people died than the media is reporting.

Are we sure that we don’t have some enormous amount of crap like this stored someplace here in America?

People really compare this to 9/11 like most of the people are dead,homeless,sick,injured i know both is bad but this is worse than 9/11

Awful

That's what happen when you allow a terrorist organization store explosives in your port city and do nothing about it for years.

Just awful

What a shame

Such different reaction from the USA. In the USA they would be looters.

Is filming in a mosque not taboo?

We pick up the pieces and move on because our government won’t do anything

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They created a bomb that keeps structures in tact but destroys lives.

I wake up every day in the peaceful and beutiful city of Winston Salem, NC...but my thoughts are with my hometown Aleppo and my undergraduate years at AUB_Lebanon in Beirut; The two cities that shaped me into who I am today are completely destroyed by terrorism, and greed.

Lest we forget Hiroshima and Nagasaki beirutbombing

Now show Chicago this morning.

Hey what do you think I should do here it is My daughter Skylar deserves a proper burial but I don't want to deal with alessa Cara

Karma for the marine barracks

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Dangerous explosives should not be stored in residential areas, so this is a negligence of government departments. The disaster of the people.

My deeps condolences to all family lost the love one ... vey said

Dramatically what happen in the past 2 years in the country,

Omg! It looked like a missile attack the way it exploded,its not a normal blast! Israel must be behind this blast,as they want all the Muslim countries to be vanished from the earth,😢😢

that's terrible.

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According to sources it was an arms Depot that was use for Hezbollah Weaponry

those 300k people should storm the homes of the ruling class. wipe them out and take over the homes

What a tragedy. 😢

Tout est à reconstruire !

Just deviation. Prayers for Beirut 🙏🏾🙏🏾

This is so painful to watch, can’t imagine living through it. Let’s all pitch in and send urgently needed funds.

Very sad 😥

BrentToderian Yikes! 12% of any major city's population is a lot of people. What can we in the U.S. do to help?

WOW 😣

xtrixcyclex This is so incredibly sad. Unfortunately, the nations who could/should be helping are otherwise occupied with Putin directives and their own mismanagement. Heart breaking.

WhirledCitizen_ When will the world begin to condemn Russia for this planted explosion from 6 years ago? They are to blame for this, and they're virtually untouched so far.

There are just no words. The devastation is unreal. So tragic. I feel for the people of Lebanon. They are some of the nicest people I've ever met!

黎巴嫩是 世界上第二个尝到 核弹滋味的国家。

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Explosion?

Beirut __Libano. 300.000 personas sin poder volver a su hogar. Vista aerea. / agost_ 10_2020 . by abcNews.

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Lamentable, terrible!

Awwwww. 🕯️☑️ RT : Aerial footage shows devastating aftermath of deadly Beirut blast from above. Some (cont)

I hope this doesn’t give Trump any ideas on how to deal with those blue cities he loathes.

So fucking heartbreaking 😔😠

Awful.

How irresponsible? This could have been avoided but noooo.... I'm sure like our government...there was too much bickering, or just plain old ego's (we have it under control) going on to take care of that situation a hell of alot sooner. Does anyone think God doesnt notice? GLWT

The entire government must resign and a new one with completely new people formed.

Devastating

Marshall plan.

There, the protesters protest violence and destruction. Here in America, the 'peaceful protestors' cause the violence and destruction.

Prayers for the people of Lebanon

Oh God looks like the end of the world

I don’t know what is crazier, the explosion itself or the aftermath!

Wow..

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VOTE.....VOTE.....VOTE.....VOTE!!

why does the video seems to be edited as a GIF?🤔

Very interesting.

Ain't puttin up with no jive ass mofos blowin shit up.

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What is about protests in Russia and Belorus?

It's all government's fault of delaying the execution of moving away the commodity of Ammonium nitrate, it's a dangerous explosive to make bombs.

Not like there’s anywhere else for them to go!

so you’re saying it WASN’T an innocent “fireworks” explosion? just say it

The Lebanese capital? Who cares if they are gay chicks? 🏳️‍🌈

Poor guys hope they recover fast 🤘

Ugh no masks.

famousandyhall

Ants.

That explosion is a diversion, for Hezbollahs interactions toward America,my theory.

If it happened to us they would be handing out candy.

They could not manage the Cedar forests either. It’s a long line of failure it seems.

. I HAVE A HORRIBLE DISEASE, LOOKING HELP PLEASe, watch the video, now i have blood in my urine please help me:

I HAVE A HORRIBLE DISEASE, LOOKING HELP PLEASe, watch the video, now i have blood in my urine please help me:

Perhaps a trusteeship?

If they're going to remove them, do it right. No hatchet job

You don’t say.

Looks like Portland.

Well they can't go home. Their apartments are blown up. That was probably one of the dumbest thing done by a dictator recently.

Wouldn't their time and energy be better spent helping to find the dead people in the rubble. 🙄

And, most surely, We shall test all of you with something of fear and hunger & loss of wealth & life & crops. So give glad tidings to those who are patient – those who when affliction strikes them, say: Indeed, to God do we belong, &, indeed, to Him we are returning. Quran, 3:185

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The whole world is in crisis.

A lot of silence from big media about the arson and violence at the hands of terrorists in Portland last night. Probably because it doesn't fit the narrative that police presence exasturbates the violence. Not a big police presence last night.

Corruption within their government i'm thinking.

The BLM protestors have made it to the Middle East.

They are not protesters, they are destroyers!

DemocRATs...RIOTING LOOTING AND BURNING DOWN CITIES KILLING POLICE OFFICERS KILLING AMERICANS KILLING BUSINESSES ALLOWED

What are they protesting exactly?

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