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04 Aug 20
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04 Aug 20
@hells-caretaker saidI guess an ammunition storage blew up. First time I watched the explosion for a second I thought it was a nuclear explosion. Fortunately no blinding light to indicate it was one. Doesn't make it a lot less horrible for the people near the explosion of course.
Middle East - put the news on........
05 Aug 20
@divegeester saidOr could have 'just' been an accidental explosion at a chemical store? I don't think anyone's sure yet, are they?
“The prime minister has called it a "big catastrophe" and vowed for those responsible to pay the price for what has happened.”
Sky News
Sounds as though they think it’s terrorism or maybe a prelude to a bigger attack.
05 Aug 20
@indonesia-phil saidAs far as I can make out the only one insinuating its a bomb is Trump.
Or could have 'just' been an accidental explosion at a chemical store? I don't think anyone's sure yet, are they?
Looks like it was an illegal store of ammonium nitrate and a fag end.
05 Aug 20
@wolfgang59 saidA forgotten store of confiscated material, and welders working on the site.
As far as I can make out the only one insinuating its a bomb is Trump.
Looks like it was an illegal store of ammonium nitrate and a fag end.
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@indonesia-phil saidI don’t know what “anyone” is sure about or unsure about, I just referenced Sky News who last night not long after the event, were quoting the Lebanese Prime Minister.
Or could have 'just' been an accidental explosion at a chemical store? I don't think anyone's sure yet, are they?
05 Aug 20
@indonesia-phil saidFrom what I had heard around that time, was it was thought to be an accidental explosion but was being investigated.
Or could have 'just' been an accidental explosion at a chemical store? I don't think anyone's sure yet, are they?
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05 Aug 20
@divegeester saidI thought when he referenced "those responsible" he was talking
“The prime minister has called it a "big catastrophe" and vowed for those responsible to pay the price for what has happened.”
Sky News
Sounds as though they think it’s terrorism or maybe a prelude to a bigger attack.
about negligence rather than an attack. Apparently the stuff was
illegally stored and had been there (forgotten) for some years.
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05 Aug 20
@wolfgang59 saidYeah I must have been misinterpreting it.
I thought when he referenced "those responsible" he was talking
about negligence rather than an attack. Apparently the stuff was
illegally stored and had been there (forgotten) for some years.