Most if not all of the port area of Lebanon’s capital city, Beirut, was destroyed in a massive, mushroom-cloud explosion. Hezbollah to blame?
WASHINGTON – BREAKING NEWS, UPDATED. Reports and videos from Beirut confirm that most if not all of the Lebanese capital’s port area was destroyed in a massive, mushroom-cloud explosion. Early reports speculated that the explosion and its massive devastation were the results of either Hezbollah or Israeli military action. More recent reports blame the extensive devastation on a poorly managed fireworks manufacturing area, which was adjacent to an ammonium nitrate storage facility. ZeroHedge provides the following details in its continuously updated report. “Beirut’s economically vital port appears to be utterly destroyed. Early reports cited at least 400 wounded and dozens killed, with local hospitals overwhelmed. While Lebanese government officials initially identified a fireworks depot at the site of the largest explosion in Lebanon’s history (even over years and decades of prior wars), it’s now being widely reported that Ammonium Nitrate, a very explosive compound and commonly used as a high-nitrogen fertilizer, was being stored at the location.” “BEIRUT BLAST CAUSED BY AMMONIUM NITRATE: INTERIOR MINISTER LEBANON HEALTH MINISTER SAYS AT LEAST 27 KILLED IN BLAST LEBANON HEALTH MINISTER SAYS `THOUSANDS’ INJURED FROM BLAST” More: “[M]ultiple social media videos from various angles show it happened during daylight hours Tuesday, in the late afternoon or early evening local time. “Images show that a massive shockwave flashed over the city, followed by an immense fireball that appeared several stories high.” The following is a vivid amateur Twitter video of the explosion via Twitter, as posted on YouTube via the Daily Telegraph of London. Watch your audio levels during playback, as the aftershock is substantial. “ It appears confirmed that the source of the massive blast that rocked Beirut and grabbed the world’s attention was centered on a fireworks depot. Mideast war correspondent Jenan Moussa reports: “Beirut governor Marwan Aboud calls the explosion a ‘national disaster akin to Hiroshima.’ Fox News isn’t letting Hezbollah off the hook entirely on this devastating tragedy.
