Gigantic Explosion And Shockwave Rip Through Beirut's Port (Updated)

[TexasFreedom]

Bill,

I looked it up, Lebanon is 54% muslim. About 40% Christian. I didn't know that many Christians live there. But, Lebanon is still a hotbed for terrorists. I still do not withdraw my comment regarding giving oodles of muslims their 72 virgins sooner than later. It is fine if we don't agree on that.

 

[DrHenley]

Texas, Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East before the Syrians turned it into a shithole. There was a large Lebanese population in Jackson Mississippi where I grew up, and I had a friend in college from Beirut. They are good people, both the Christians and Muslims.

Beirut is divided into East Beirut which is Christian, and West Beirut which is Muslim. The port is in East Beirut.

 

[TexasFreedom]

Beirut is divided into East Beirut which is Christian, and West Beirut which is Muslim. The port is in East Beirut.

Bummer.

 

[Joe SA]

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[Proud Prepper]

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Yes that's an attack of oppertunity.

 

[user 4617]

 

[Psalm7]

There is also reports that it wasn't simply confiscated and stored . It was a Hamas storage that they have been adding to . Part of attacks planned against Israel .

 

[Psalm7]

Interesting story that happened in Beirut after the USMC barracks bombing . There's a Navy Seal that was stationed there and later went on to advise on movies like Navy Seals , Delta Force .
He and some CIA Guys were in a hotel looking out over Beirut and talking about the truck bomb used had a radio detonator and manual detonator . One CIA Guy was holding a device that He said would set off the radio detonator before it got to the target . This was in the 1980's .
As they stood at the window he was clicking the gadget . A multi story building across the city started collapsing the ground shook then the sound reached them .
One bomb factory gone .

 

[DrHenley]

Yes that's an attack of oppertunity.

We know there was a:
Big fire
Warehouse full of ammonium nitrate.

A missile is superfluous, totally unnecessary.

Catastrophic ammonium nitrate disasters are a lot more common than you think.
No missile was needed for:
Gibbstown, New Jersey, USA January 14, 1916
Faversham, Kent, UK April 2, 1916
Oakdale, Pennsylvania, USA September 15, 1916
Kriewald, Germany July 26, 1921
Oppau, Germany September 21, 1921
Nixon, New Jersey, USA March 1, 1924
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA May 3, 1925
Miramas, France August 5, 1940
Tessenderlo, Belgium April 29, 1942
Texas City, Texas, USA April 16, 1947
Brest, France July 28, 1947
Red Sea January 23, 1953
Roseburg, Oregon, USA August 7, 1959
Traskwood, Arkansas December 17, 1960
Oulu, Finland January 9, 1963
Taroom, Queensland, Australia August 30, 1972
Kansas City, Missouri November 29, 1988
Porgera Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea August 2, 1994
Port Neal, Iowa, USA December 13, 1994
Xingping, Shaanxi, China January 6, 1998
Toulouse, France September 21, 2001
Cartagena, Murcia, Spain January 2003
Saint-Romain-en-Jarez, France October 2, 2003
Barracas, Spain March 9, 2004
Mihăileşti, Buzău, Romania May 24, 2004
Ryongchŏn, North Korea April 22, 2004
Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico September 9, 2007
West, Texas, USA April 17, 2013
Wyandra, Queensland, Australia September 5, 2014
Port of Tianjin, China August 12, 2015

 

[Joe SA]

I think when things like this get fact checked by FB, i think it might be about 90% "factually accurate" the other 10 % might be a big fat rat lurking around.

 

[Maverick]

This is more likely the scenario that caused the Beirut's explosion. Remember the fire and smoke before the big explosion.

 

[Brittany]

holy shit

 

[Joe SA]