Robert Baer, a former CIA operative with extensive experience in the Middle East, said videos of Tuesday's blast showed that while ammonium nitrate may have been present in the warehouse, he does not believe it was responsible for the massive explosion that ensued.
Lebanon's Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, later said that 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive material used in fertilizers and bombs, had been stored for six years at a port warehouse without safety measures,"endangering the safety of citizens," according to a statement. "It was clearly a military explosive," he said."It was not fertilizer like ammonium nitrate. I'm quite sure of that."Baer noted that white powder seen in the videos of the incident before the major blast are likely an indicator that ammonium nitrate was present and burning. He also noticed a lot of munitions going off ahead of the larger explosion.
Those who were injured should recover quickly
My ass a factory explosion. That was a black market plutonium DIRTY BOMB! You can see the energy squeeze! Ever seen the bikini islands test Beirut BeirutBlast Lebanon
Let some other nations pay for it.. we have enough trouble over here
The people there need the help. We can’t find fault with Russia for sending aid. However if we aren’t careful, Russia could be the country other nations start to seek out as a global leader instead of the US...HelpBeirut AmericaGetYourActTogether
Smfh. When will it all end and we all can just live in peace
Good for Russia.
Well done Russia. About time the US and Israel offered help instead of starving the population and illegally occupying their land.
Praying for the people of Lebanon.
🙁 ...so many innocent people. 😢
This was caused by the Chinese using Ammonium Nitrate, a form of chemical warfare!
You can see the difference between; a capitalist US and communist - Moralist Russian
juts haul away the debris and then it can be the Hezbollah sh**hole it always was.
Why would Donald Trump do something like that? What a moron.
What he did this time?
Don't understand why they had such huge stockpile of Ammonium nitrate, Lebanon is a big fertilizer producer or was it to make explosives?
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