Beirut

[alfinyalcabo]

Goes up with as bang..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53656220

[Norder]

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.....being said that just before the explosion, a loud jet or rocket - was heard ?

[Balanbam00]

Israel offers aid to Lebanon after blast that kills at least 50
According to Israeli officials, the offer to send Lebanon medical supplies, treat some of the wounded - including UNIFIL workers - in Israeli hospitals, was made through diplomatic channels; Rivlin expresses condolences; U.S., UK also offer support.

"Israel has approached Lebanon through international security and diplomatic channels and has offered the Lebanese government medical and humanitarian assistance," a written statement from Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said. The incident comes during tension between Lebanese terror group Hezbollah and Israel. Senior Israeli officials said following the incident the country is not connected to the blast.

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Hezbollah looted Lebanon and it will cost $93b. to bail it out - analysis.

The economy is in a tailspin, COVID-19 has taken away remittances the country needs, and Beirut is effectively defaulting on bonds, the study notes.
What happened in Lebanon? Lebanese are generally credited with being successful and creative in diaspora businesses that span the globe, from Latin America to Africa. Lebanon used to be thought of as the Switzerland of the Middle East, or variously some kind of cross between Miami, southern France and the Gulf. But the country was badly harmed by civil war between 1976 and 1989, as well as a Syrian occupation. Then, with Syria’s withdrawal in 2005 after the assassination of prime minister Rafic Hariri, Hezbollah’s tentacles, backed by Iran, began to digest the country.

The FDD report notes that the government missed a $1.2 billion eurobond payment this spring. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are slowly working to “assess the problem.” The Rickards report asserts that restructuring Lebanon’s mounting debt will be difficult. Bondholders won’t likely take a “haircut” or reduction on what they are owed because Lebanon “has no net hard currency reserves and no prospects of receiving any significant amount in the near term.” But Lebanon does have 286 metric tons of gold in its reserves. This actually makes the tiny country wealthy in one way. The gold alone is worth $16 billion.

The major problem in Lebanon appears to be the shadow economy controlled by Hezbollah. Referred to as “the system,” it appears that Hezbollah siphons off pieces of the economy, amounting to between $500 million and $1 billion a year. Hezbollah also increased its role in Lebanon in recent years with more clout in parliament and a stranglehold over the presidency. It also has a parallel terror army to the state, basically controls the country’s foreign policy and has an arsenal of 150,000 missiles, allegedly with new precision-guided munitions supplied by Iran.

However, if Lebanon falls deeper into crisis and default, it could destabilize the region, further empower Hezbollah and create an opening for China, Qatar or even other terrorist groups to infiltrate the country. This means Lebanon falling apart under the weight of its debts is a kind of catch-22. Funding the country’s bad habits fuels Hezbollah, not funding them might fuel Hezbollah as well.

Hezbollah and its system will continue to try to digest Lebanon. Beirut appears more and more like a shell company for an international terrorist, drug trafficking and money laundering organization in the form of Hezbollah, which has hollowed out the country. The latest report provides a stark reminder of what has happened.

[alfinyalcabo]

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.....being said that just before the explosion, a loud jet or rocket - was heard ?

You are just adding fuel to the Fire Norder.lol

[Norder]

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You are just adding fuel to the Fire Norder.lol

thats unfair Alf - wasn't me, honest....









believe it came from a France 24 reporter, who lives there..... .

[sinkov]

Wot your lads been up to now Balan ?

[Balanbam00]

Honest guv, it wasn't us. We were in Syria !


The explosion comes at a time when Lebanon is passing through its worst economic and financial crisis in decades.

It also comes amid rising tensions between Israel and the militant Hezbollah group along Lebanon's southern border.

''Its Karma, what goes around comes around?''

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Some other news .....World's largest cargo plane lands in Israel to load Iron Dome batteries
Massive aircraft carrying U.S. military freight trucks touches ground and will transport defense system from Israel to defend American troops stationed in battlefields abroad.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I have a sneaky feeling the blame for this carnage will eventually end it up where it should...

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[The Bedlington Terrier]

Goes up with as bang..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53656220

Tricky stuff this Ammonium Nitrate, it can lie there doing nowt for years, just needs a Hezbollah, Assad hating rocket to ignite it...

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[Balanbam00]

BT :
Are you buying/ were buying ammonium nitrate from Hezbullah? Did your connection come from that rogue J C?( his friends ,
n'est-ce pas?). Why was ammonium nitrate being stored at the port? "Who needs 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate?" Unless you have land?
Buying cheap and selling at a good price?? Yes, Hezbullah wanted it for explosives. "It is known that this substance is used for making explosives and it is also known that Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, is often smuggling material like this into Lebanon through the port, so it is for sure that Hezbollah might have some sort of link to the ammonium nitrate that exploded at the port''.

BT:
For your futile detective mind. If Israel did it .....then how did they do it ? An aircraft would be detected by radar,or its missile. Israel is possibly 100 km (59 miles) away,and there are road blocks ,so how could they have done it ? How could they have got inside the port and got away,from such a blast ? Then all this without being detected?