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I was listening to local talk radio today, and they had a guest on who is from Lebanon. He says he was in contact with people from there all morning about the attack. He says the explosion came from 2.7 tons of ammonium nitrate which was stored at the facility. Apparently, back 2004 I think he said, 20 tons of this stuff was on a ship, and was going to be detonated somewhere over there to disrupt shipping I think is what he said.
Now mind you, 20 tons minus 2.7 tons is 17.3 tons not accounted for. His question is, where the hell is it?
He also said Israeli jets were apparently in the area and he implied they blew up the stash. Didn't say it, but definitely implied it. Haven't heard that anywhere in the news.
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It was 2,750 tons. It had been sitting there for over 6 years and was a known hazard. It was just a matter of time until Teh Stoopid came along and set it off.
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DeleteA russian transported it on a leaky ship, stiffed the crew financially, abandoned the ship, crew, bugged out to Cyprus and claims bankrupt. It kinda looks like a govt shakedown that when the russian bailed the cargo sat in a warehouse for 6-7 years. Apparently ammonium nitrate deteriorates sitting in heat, I always thought they had to mix it with diesel and have a blasting charge to set it off.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like what the guy on the radio said. I thought it had to be mixed with diesel also.
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