Lebanon questions security chief, minister quits over blast

Earth moving equipment and rescue workers search for victims,Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in Beirut, Lebanon, near the site of last week's explosion that hit the city's seaport.

The massive blast on Aug. 4 has brought a new wave of public outrage at the government and Lebanon’s long entrenched ruling class. Protests were planned outside the government headquarters to coincide with the Cabinet meeting after large demonstrations over the weekend that saw clashes with security forces firing tear gas at protesters.

Public Prosecutor Ghassan El Khoury began questioning Maj. Gen. Tony Saliba, the head of State Security, according to state-run National News Agency. It gave no further details, but other generals are scheduled to be questioned. Meanwhile, Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najm on Monday handed in her resignation, the third Cabinet minister to resign over the blast. She felt the brunt of protesters’ anger when she tried to visit a damaged neighborhood and was met by shouted insults, sprayed by water hoses and forced to leave.

It was an attack 👇👇👇👇

African politicians will always blame the foreign forces for their failure

When will they admit it was an attack and not a random “explosion”?

suggestion for Lebanon have a main media election CNN / FOX NEWS FACEBOOK/ ABC, CBS, RT they can do a better job of running the nation than politicians / LEBANESE PEOPLE CAN VOTE FOR THEIR PREFERED 'NETWROK' AND SOCIAL MEDIA / & you might get better results 🧐👽

As an old saying goes ' If you sleep with Dogs don't be surprised you wake up with fleas ' .... that was a Hizbollah backed Government 🤔.

icklepickle Shame the Tories don't resign here. They've killed many more thousands than the Lebanon cabinet 😠

Gross governmental negligence leading to massive casualties...if only resignation were a reliable consequence in all countries. realDonaldTrump

Someone brought explosives illegally to Lebanon through the port. The Lebanese govt seized the explosives. They're a poor country who struggles to breathe between wars and has been in a horrible economic collapse the last few years. ...

Imagine having a government that admits faults and is held accountable.

mehdirhasan Mr Hasan can you write about Lebanon. I would like to know what you think of the situation there.

AndreAn87157427 Nothing to be proud of and nobody's trusting them with the money.

Good! My heart goes out to all those killed 😔 . Thoughts with everyone who has lost loved ones in this terrible tragedy in Lebanon 🇱🇧💖 🇱🇧 Down with the Lebanese government! Murderers! 😡

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The people of Lebanon have got to rid the country of Hezbollah and Those connect with it. Hezbollah is a curse to Lebanon. Embrace peace and prosper, you have such a beautiful country.

Trump's administration should take a cue.

We the ppl of America need to do the same thing get our incompetent leaders out!!!!!!

Six million pounds of ammonia nitrate. Man that's a lot of bomb making explosive. Looks like Hezbollah was the biggest loser here.

So now government is like a teenager at a part time job!

Good, now the people can run Hezbollah back to Iran

So they didn’t want to hang. Nice.

More arrests!

Even they knew to resign but not Trump and he has done much worst.

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Wow

Carti_Mandua If it's anything like most politicians, they will all end up employed in different roles in the newly formed cabinet.

petuniasforever There is something more to this story than meets the eye!!

Sounds good! Now the tramp cabinet needs to resign for letting American citizens die from a pandemic!

Why? I thought it was a random fireworks factory that exploded why would the entire cabinet resign? 🤔

we don't see such in Africa, instead there would be finger pointing and defensive statements such as 'opposition agenda at work', 'opposition using the media to mislead the people', etc. SMH

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It was an attack 👇👇👇👇

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Good.

Great, that opens the door for Hezbollah to show up and take over

Have Israel taken responsibility yet ?

When are the criminal indictments coming down? Resignation is way too easy.

Well...that's newsy.

Jeremy Corbyn to take over👍

God bestowed Lebanon with beautiful mountains, stunning beaches, freshwater resources, fertile soil & fruited plains, creative, attractive people: paradise. But then God realized that heaven is reserved for the afterlife—so he created kleptocratic & incompetent Lebanese leaders.

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