Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
What, like Syria?
Huge explosion in Lebanon, 4th Aug 2020
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MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Has this one been shared on here before? It’s a Facebook video (sorry), but shows a fairly close view of the fire preceding the explosion. First is just over a minute of the fire, then a preliminary explosion and the flash-bangs which looked like fireworks on the more distant videos, and then the big one goes off and the film ends. It has only 21k views, so maybe hasn’t been shared widely yet.
Edit - the embedded video isn’t playing, so using the code tag here is the url which works ok in my browser:
Edit - the embedded video isn’t playing, so using the code tag here is the url which works ok in my browser:
Code:
https://www.facebook.com/lucienaoun/videos/10158645899479820/?t=133
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There was also a video knocking about showing what looks to be a missile heading towards the silo followed by the big explosion ; most probably a pigeon/fake.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
As if the incident itself isn't appalling enough, I am experiencing a certain degree of dread at the inevitable conspiramongering that we're already starting to see (thank you, Mr Trump, you cockend
)
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Yeah, it’s awful. Worse because you know what’s coming.
Lancman
Well-Known Member
For anybody with a real interest in the situation in Lebanon I recommend:
www.aljazeera.com
Lebanon is on track to become a failed state
On August 4, a failing state, through negligence and corruption, destroyed its own capital and killed its own citizens.
blossie33
trailer trash
Interesting article from the BBC website here..
www.bbc.co.uk
Beirut blast: The inferno and the mystery ship
On 4 August, a massive blast devastated the Beirut port area. A huge store of ammonium nitrate in a warehouse is thought to have been the cause of the explosion. Who knew about the dangerous cargo and who is to blame for the destruction it unleashed?
www.bbc.co.uk
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
There goes the government
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
As this story develops, this Irish Times piece from last week remains relevant:
www.irishtimes.com
The author talks about the various geopolitical parties that will be sniffing about Lebanon now. A lot of these are EU member states that have already displayed rivalrous behaviour in the Libyan civil war. . .
Shock explosion in Beirut shows how the unpredictable will challenge Europe
Europe Letter: Europe faces instability on its borders as regional rivalries focus on Libya
The author talks about the various geopolitical parties that will be sniffing about Lebanon now. A lot of these are EU member states that have already displayed rivalrous behaviour in the Libyan civil war. . .
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
You didn't post a link.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
There are some people on the pitch, they think it's all over. It is now.
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
7min report with footage
Beirut explosion: Lebanon's government resigns as public anger mounts
The prime minister announced the move in a TV address as clashes continued for a third day.
www.bbc.co.uk
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Yeah grim, early on you can see the fire engines just to the left of the fire that must have been the responding to the initial incident.
Also, this research on the conspiracy theories re: missile strike
The Beirut Explosion - Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? Is It A Faked Video Of A Missile? - bellingcat
Translations:English (UK)Русский (Россия)In the days after every catastrophe, it is inevitable that rumours and misinformation will be passed around on social networks and by word of mouth. This appears to be a universal human behaviour. The disaster in Beirut is no different. In the three days...
www.bellingcat.com
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Yeah grim, early on you can see the fire engines just to the left of the fire that must have been the responding to the initial incident.
Also, this research on the conspiracy theories re: missile strike
The Beirut Explosion - Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? Is It A Faked Video Of A Missile? - bellingcat
Translations:English (UK)Русский (Россия)In the days after every catastrophe, it is inevitable that rumours and misinformation will be passed around on social networks and by word of mouth. This appears to be a universal human behaviour. The disaster in Beirut is no different. In the three days...
Good analysis there ...
gosub
~#
Macron to Hezbollah MP: Are you Lebanese? Prove it - report
"Everyone knows you have an Iranian agenda. We know your history very well, we know your particular identity – but are you Lebanese: yes or no?"
m.jpost.com
gosub
~#
Lebanon Is Paralyzed by Fear of Another Civil War
Sectarian tensions are nearing the boiling point—and what happens next is up to Hezbollah.
foreignpolicy.com
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
Cheeky fucker, wasn’t it the French who shielded the Ayatollah?
teqniq
DisMembered
Nothing much is going to change in Lebanon, corruption is rife and there's Hezbollah pulling the strings in the background, recently they gave the nod to assassinating a long-time critic:
www.reuters.com
Meanwhile wrt to the investigation into the blast:
Prominent Hezbollah critic Slim killed in Lebanon
A prominent Lebanese Shi'ite publisher who criticised the armed Hezbollah movement was shot dead in a car in southern Lebanon on Thursday, the first such killing of a high-profile activist in years.
www.reuters.com
Meanwhile wrt to the investigation into the blast:
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