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Massive Beirut blast kills more than 60, injures thousands
A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 60 people were killed and more than 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.
Hours later, ambulances still carried away the wounded as army helicopters helped battle fires raging at the port.
The sudden devastation overwhelmed a country already struggling with both the coronavirus pandemic and an economic crisis: Beirut hospitals quickly filled beyond capacity, pleading for blood supplies and generators to keep their lights on.
The cause of the blast, which sparked fires, overturned cars and blew out windows and doors, was not immediately known.
Abbas Ibrahim, chief of Lebanese General Security, said it might have been caused by highly explosive material that was confiscated from a ship some time ago and stored at the port. Local television channel LBC said the material was sodium nitrate.
Witnesses reported seeing a strange orange-colored cloud over the site after the explosion. Orange clouds of toxic nitrogen dioxide gas often accompany an explosion involving nitrates.
An Israeli government official said Israel “had nothing to do” with the blast. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter with the media. Israeli officials usually do not comment on “foreign reports.”
The blast was stunning even for a city that has seen civil war, suicide bombings and bombardment by Israel. It could be heard and felt as far away as Cyprus, more than 200 kilometers (180 miles) across the Mediterranean.
“It was a real horror show. I haven’t seen anything like that since the days of the (civil) war,” said Marwan Ramadan, who was about 500 meters (yards) from the port and was knocked off his feet by the force of the explosion.
Health Minister Hassan Hamad said the preliminary toll was more than 60 dead and more than 3,000 wounded. Emergency teams streamed in from across Lebanon to help, and the injured had to be taken to hospitals outside the capital. Hamad added that hospitals were barely coping and offers of aid were pouring in from Arab states and friends of Lebanon.
Some of those injured lay on the ground at the port, Associated Press staff at the scene said. A civil defense official said there were still bodies inside the port, many under debris.
Beirut’s governor, Marwan Abboud, broke into tears as he toured the site, saying, “Beirut is a devastated city.”
Initially, video taken by residents showed a fire raging at the port, sending up a giant column of smoke, illuminated by flashes of what appear to be fireworks. Local TV stations reported that a fireworks warehouse was involved.
The fire then appeared to catch at a nearby building, triggering a more massive explosion, sending up a mushroom cloud and a shock wave.
Charbel Haj, who works at the port, said it started as small explosions like firecrackers. Then, he said, he was thrown off his feet by the huge blast. His clothes were torn.
Miles from the port, building facades were shredded, balconies were knocked down and windows shattered. Streets were covered with glass and bricks and lined with wrecked cars. Motorcyclists picked their way through traffic, carrying the injured.
One woman covered in blood from the waist up walked down a trashed street while talking furiously on her phone. On another street, a woman with a bloodied face looked distraught, staggering through traffic with two friends at her side.
“This country is cursed,” a young man passing by muttered.
The blast came at a time when Lebanon’s economy is facing collapse from the financial crisis and the coronavirus restrictions. Many have lost jobs, while the worth of their savings has evaporated as the currency has plunged in value against the dollar. The result has thrown many into poverty.
It also occurred amid rising tensions between Israel and the militant Hezbollah group along Lebanon’s southern border.
The explosion was reminiscent of massive blasts during Lebanon’s civil war and took place only three days before a U.N.-backed tribunal was set to give its verdict in the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in a truck bombing more than 15 years ago. That explosion, with a ton of explosives, was felt miles away, just like Tuesday’s explosion.
Several of Beirut’s hospitals were damaged in the blast. Roum Hospital put out a call for people to bring it spare generators to keep its electricity going as it evacuated patients because of heavy damage.
Outside the St. George University Hospital in Beirut’s Achrafieh neighborhood, people with various injuries arrived in ambulances, in cars and on foot. The explosion had caused major damage inside the building and knocked out the electricity at the hospital. Dozens of injured were being treated on the spot on the street outside, on stretchers and wheelchairs.
“This is a catastrophe we have on our hands,” said one doctor, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make press statements.
70 Comments on "Massive Beirut blast kills more than 60, injures thousands"
makati1 on Tue, 4th Aug 2020 6:14 pm
Perspective:
World Corn-19 flu deaths to date – ~700,000
World Total deaths to date – 35,000,000+
https://mb.com.ph/2020/08/05/countries-tighten-measures-as-global-virus-death-toll-nears-700000/
https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/
BTW: Keep the wars in the Middle East.
makati1 on Tue, 4th Aug 2020 10:07 pm
The Us is goingto hell and all the inteligent posters here are off-line. Only the insane children are posting their ususal shit. Good for hte site owner’s bottom line, maybe, but a loss in the long run. But then, in the ling run we are all dead. So be it. I will frequent sites that do not allow socks or fakes.
Enjoying NOT living in Amerika!
Chrome Mags on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 2:14 am
Trump earlier today said at a press conference it was an attack before any conclusive information was available, and once it was, it was confirmed as a terrible on site accident.
So we have a Commander and Chief that presumes an attack? Aren’t wars started that way?
bochen777 on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 2:44 am
Trump ordered the false flag attack
He also knew about the CIA biovirus
Exact same MO
Davy on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 7:20 am
Hezbollah false flag? Channel Israeli hatred for a wider war:
“Lebanon’s Year From Hell” – Death Toll Tops 100, Over 4,000 Injured After Beirut Explosion”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/beirut-explosion-aftermath-death-toll-rises-100-4000-injured
“If this really was an attack, the Lebanese are going to want revenge, because a substantial portion of their capital city has been absolutely decimated. And needless to say, there are already voices all over the Middle East that are eagerly pointing a finger of blame at Israel and are calling for war. But unlike the “mystery explosions” that have been happening in Iran, the evidence does not indicate that Israel had anything to do with this great tragedy. Unfortunately, a lot of people out there are going to jump to their own conclusions, and many of those that hate Israel will use this as another justification to call for armed conflict. Over the past couple of years, there have been so many moments when it seemed like a major war could break out at any time in the Middle East. And here in 2020, tensions are running higher than ever. The IDF has been regularly hitting Iranian and Hezbollah targets all over the region, and we just witnessed a harrowing confrontation on the Syrian border. It appears that it is just a matter of time before a huge war erupts in the Middle East, and it certainly isn’t going to take much to trigger one. So could this explosion push the region over the edge? Let us hope not, but without a doubt this blast is not going to help matters. The devastation that we just witnessed has caused great pain and anger in Lebanon, and terror groups such as Hezbollah will inevitably try to channel all of that pain and anger in a way that furthers their ultimate goals.”
this is the work of muzz on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 8:38 am
no doubt
The Nationalist on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 8:39 am
The evil yids bomb sovereign countries illegally all the time. If the miserable bastards have gone too far this time and wiped out innocent civilians on an unacceptable scale it is they who have sowed the wind.
Trump sues Nevada over its decision to use all mail-in ballots for this November's election and argues 'it's going to very safe' to vote in-person on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 9:04 am
just as i expected, whitey supertard president trump is suing
need to hype up lethality of CONVICT-19
libs will not show up because they’re fearful of CONVICT-19 and because they respect and fear their GOD-19 SCIENCE-19 and GOVERNTMENT-19
let PAPER-19 and FACE-19 DIAPER-19 to vote then challenge
Go trump!
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 9:07 am
This is from fuck for brains juanPPee:
Trump sues Nevada over its decision to use all mail-in ballots for this November’s election and argues ‘it’s going to very safe’ to vote in-person said just as i expected, whitey supertard president tr…
The Nationalist said The evil yids bomb sovereign countries illegally a…
this is the work of muzz said no doubt
Duncan Idaho on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 9:25 am
California Trumpies losing their religion
https://digbysblog.net/2020/08/california-trumpies-losing-their-religion/
( the Fat Boy seems to be getting even fatter!)
Right-wingers here are as right wing as it gets.
Abraham van Helsing on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 9:47 am
Me ifornia is a lost case anyway. Trumpie, go East young man!
Duncan Idaho on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:05 am
Five Attendees at Ron “Little Trump” DeSantis Maskless Event in Florida Last Week Test Positive for Coronavirus, More Likely to Come
https://www.alternet.org/2020/08/florida-officials-and-sheriffs-test-positive-for-19-after-event-with-desantis/
Why not let Darwin sort it out?
at this point CONVICT-19 is just a codename for SHEKLES-19 because it's bleedy NYC dry haha on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:08 am
nobody has the brain cells to call the emperor having no clothes especially libs
whitey supertard president can contest toilet PAPER-19 voting and face DIAPER-19 voting plus libs will stay home because they’re terrified of CONVICT-19.
Cuomo begs wealthy New Yorkers to come back to save the city and pleads ‘I’ll buy you a drink!’ as he fights off calls to raise their taxes – which he fears may scare them away forever
Duncan Idaho on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:15 am
How Trump broke America: Economy plummets historic 33%, Covid Deaths at 1500/ day, and 40 mn could lose Homes
https://www.juancole.com/2020/07/america-plummets-historic.html
The Fat Boy has been bankrupt 6 times.
bochen777 on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:22 am
Some say the JIA installed Trump to performed the managed decline of Amerikkka. After all when it comes to bankruptcy experience, Trump is the most qualified
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:27 am
this point CONVICT-19 is just a codename for SHEKLES-19 because it’s bleedy NYC dry haha said nobody has the brain cells to call the emperor ha…
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:28 am
bochen777 on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:22 am
Some say the JIA installed Trump to performed the managed decline of Amerikkka. After all when it comes to bankruptcy experience, Trump is the most qualified
supremes decided for bush in bush vs gore haha hype it up whitey supertard president trump force libs to swallow the lib pill of CONVICT-19 and eat their SCIENCE-19 on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:29 am
In a per curiam decision, the Court ruled that the use of different standards of counting in different counties violated the Equal Protection Clause, and ruled that no alternative method could be established within the time limit set by Title 3 of the United States Code (3 U.S.C.), § 5 (“Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors”), which was December 12.[2] The vote regarding the Equal Protection Clause was 7–2, and regarding the lack of an alternative method was 5–4.[3] Three concurring justices also asserted that the Florida Supreme Court had violated Article II, § 1, cl. 2 of the Constitution, by misinterpreting Florida election law that had been enacted by the Florida Legislature.
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:40 am
supremes decided for bush in bush vs gore haha hype it up whitey supertard president trump force libs to swallow the lib pill of CONVICT-19 and eat their SCIENCE-19 said In a per curiam decision, the Court ruled that th…
zero juan on moderated side on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:41 am
Happy Talk
by bochen777, August 5, 2020 10:18 am
Pat Buchanan: America in worst decline since Soviet Union
by bochen777, August 5, 2020 9:54 am
More lunacy from Davy the mentally ill retard on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 11:26 am
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 9:07 am
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:27 am
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:28 am
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:40 am
zero juan on moderated side on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 10:41 am
bochen777 im a member of CCP i love china and everyone who knows love china regarding how they handle their muzzies they amputate them and put in factory to maufacture cheap goods to sell to teh world this is a perfect system but i never reveal on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 11:31 am
our competitve advantages
i want the world to be ruled by CCP
i want to miseducate the word by brinng sex with white women . i know sex is big in america and it is used to brainwash the entire popuation
i’m smart i will prevail
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 11:50 am
bochen777 im a member of CCP i love china and everyone who knows love china regarding how they handle their muzzies they amputate them and put in factory to maufacture cheap goods to sell to teh world this is a perfect system but i never reveal said our competitve advantages i want the world to be r…
More lunacy from Davy the mentally ill retard said zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 9:07 am zero juan o…
bochen777 on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 11:57 am
40 years ago India was developmentally ahead of China. India is way more democratic and sucks up to the West. Most Indians speak English natively. So how come China has 5 times India’s GDP with superior military and infrastructure? What happened?
Why in the last 30 years US has been on the decline while China brought 600 million people out of poverty, the fastest growth in the history of mankind.
Why wasnt India about to do this, with similiar population, Western backing, and a more advantageous starting point?
It all boils down to Chinese leadership under the CCP as the key, Socialism with Chinese characteristics. China is a meritocracy based civilization state that is on the ascendant and rejuvination of its former glory and restoration of its place as the central kingdom. In this increasingly multipolar world a strong and prosperous China is to the benefit of all of humanity and the destiny and future of mankind needs Chinese counterbalance and Chinese leadership
More lunacy from Davy the bored mentally ill retard on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 11:57 am
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 11:50 am
REAL Green on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 12:01 pm
“In this increasingly multipolar world a strong and prosperous China is to the benefit of all of humanity and the destiny and future of mankind needs Chinese counterbalance and Chinese leadership.”
So true bochen777. So true.
bochen777 im a member of CCP i love china and everyone who knows love china regarding how they handle their muzzies they amputate them and put in factory to maufacture cheap goods to sell to teh world this is a perfect system but i never reveal on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 12:05 pm
our competitve advantages
i want the world to be ruled by CCP
i want to miseducate the word by brinng sex with white women . i know sex is big in america and it is used to brainwash the entire popuation
i’m smart i will prevail
I’m all for muzzie ck that’s for them to enjoy but no muzzie ck for me. I want to be a smart chinese so I can take over teh world and seed white women
this is my plan. i’m a man of action
bochen777 on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 2:18 pm
Amerikkka is racists, White women don’t like Chinese men…
https://soundcloud.com/user-306646348/equal-oppurtunity
Not a Chinaman’s chance…
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 2:45 pm
The massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon was a false flag attack committed by the US/Israel. It was no accident.
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 2:48 pm
The US/Israel are both run by terrorist governments. The explosion in Beirut parallels the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 2:50 pm
The overseas US military bases should be erased.
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 2:54 pm
Bibi Netanyahu and Donald J. Trump should be publicly executed.
bochen777 im a member of CCP i love china and everyone who knows love china regarding how they handle their muzzies they amputate them and put in factory to maufacture cheap goods to sell to teh world this is a perfect system but i never reveal on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 2:59 pm
our competitve advantages
i want the world to be ruled by CCP
bochen777 is false flag
i want to miseducate the word by brinng sex with white women . i know sex is big in america and it is used to brainwash the entire popuation
i’m smart i will prevail
I’m all for muzzie ck that’s for them to enjoy but no muzzie ck for me. I want to be a smart chinese so I can take over teh world and seed white women
this is my plan. i’m a man of action
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:00 pm
All nations should close their embassies and withdraw their staff from the US and Israel for security reasons. Both Israel and the US should be boycotted, divested and sanctioned.
bochen777 on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:10 pm
Richard, don’t forget the CIA Biovirus!
ascendchina.ch
Theedrich on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:15 pm
The recent Beirut explosion foretokens our fate. For seven years, the powder keg of ammonium nitrate lay cooking in a downtown Beirut warehouse, in summers of triple-digit heat. Various lawsuits had been filed to have it removed elsewhere, but the diabolically corrupt Lebanese government and other criminal interests blocked all such attempts.
Then, one fine day, for reasons unknown, the powder keg blew up with disastrous effects. Perhaps a cockroach short-circuited a live wire somewhere, or perhaps the devotees of Allah performed the trick, anticipating their eternal sex with 72 virgins. Impossible to tell.
In America, the political parties of our bottomlessly corrupt Congress continue jockeying for power as the nation dissolves into a morass of lethal narcotrafficking, bankruptcy, and general insanity. Both parties are responsible, the Democrats more so. Their actions are determined by bribes from sources of immense wealth, and they could not care less about the citizens they allegedly lead. They would murder their own mothers if you offered them enough cash.
The leadership likes to hype American wonderfulness by blathering about patriotism and “freedom,” and especially about how the U.S. killed the nasty Nazis — White, of course — and “democratized” (their word for “destroyed”) Europe, its true fatherland.
But the die of fate has been cast. The refusal to accept the reality of evolution-wrought human inequality, and of life’s finitude in space and time, along with the fact that infinite “growth” is a mirage, is now leading to certain collapse. Every Ponzi scheme contains the seeds of its own collapse within itself. And so it is with Yankeeland. That collapse may happen quite suddenly and unexpectedly, like the Beirut event. The D.C. demigods may try to divert attention by starting some kind of low-level war with China. A major conflict, of course, would be suicidal for the “indispensable” nation. This is no longer 1941, where Washington could ensnare China (or Russia) into a U.S.-planned Pearl Harbor event. If the Communist Chinese sink an American aircraft carrier in the South China Sea due to intentional U.S. provocation, the Pentagon had better not try anything funny in respnse.
Because the results would be vastly worse than the Beirut explosion.
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:25 pm
Xiexie, bochen777.
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:30 pm
Richard Guenette said Xiexie,
bochen777 said Richard, don’t forget the CIA Biovirus! asce…
Richard Guenette said All nations should close their embassies and withd…
bochen777 im a member of CCP i love china and everyone who knows love china regarding how they handle their muzzies they amputate them and put in factory to maufacture cheap goods to sell to teh world this is a perfect system but i never reveal said our competitve advantages i want the world to be…
Richard Guenette said Bibi Netanyahu and Donald J. Trump should be publi…
Richard Guenette said The overseas US military bases should be erased.
Richard Guenette said The US/Israel are both run by terrorist government…
Richard Guenette said The massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon was a fal…
More lunacy from Davy the bored mentally ill retard said zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 1:28 pm zero juan o…
bochen777 said https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-navy-sei…
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:32 pm
The CIA created the coronavirus (the bioweapon).
More lunacy from Davy the bored mentally ill retard on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:35 pm
zero juan on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:30 pm
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:39 pm
Russia should reclaim its territory (Alaska) by force (if necessary) and defend itself from the US military/NATO.
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:43 pm
The real reason why the US wants a war against China is to divide it up (divide&conquer), create unrest, wipe out is technology and commit mass genocide. The US intends to sacrifice 300+ million Americans for its illegal war and wants 1.4 billion Chinese wiped out.
claes on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:43 pm
theedrich, Oh yes but after the loss of one american carrier , the chinese wouldn’t have a fleet anymore. They would have but rust on the bottom of the south china sea.
Once THEEDRICH I thougth you were a real spokesman for western thought, but now I see you as a china fascist spokesman, please correct me if i’m wrong
Anonymouse on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:44 pm
Hey dumbass, all you seem to do, between your daily fits of insanity, and semi-insanity, is create those long stupid Zero Davysock posts, that, in all likelhood, no one is paying the least attention to. Im pretty sure the intelligent posters here, (does not include you of course), already know who said what and when, so no one needs your stupid recaps. It is even less clear who you think are talking to, or what you ‘hope’ to accomplish with them. Besides confirm you are defiantly, clinically insane. But we know what already so….
Also, no one here, except for you believes someone called ‘juanpee’ makes all the comments you hate so much.
Idiot
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:46 pm
The US Dollar is a weapon, not a currency.
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:47 pm
There is no ‘juanpee’- it’s a figment of Davy’s imagination.
bochen777 on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:52 pm
There is no ‘juanpee’- it’s a figment of Davy’s imagination.
ISIS was made up too… for years after the 9/11 false flag it was always about Al-CIA-Duh but then abruptly after the fake Bin Laden Seals Team Six underwater burial on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 they dropped the Al-CIA-Duh and started with the ISIS protocol… Then CNN and the news channels posted those fake ISIS beheading videos online and pretended that ISIS was there all along…..
Anglos are good at creating fake enemies and false flags, its what they do best. Davy is no exception although he thinks he is exceptional.
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 3:57 pm
The best way to deal with Davy is to ignore his posts and sock puppets. He is paranoid and delusional.
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 4:24 pm
The biggest threat to the US is neo-Confederates, white supremacists, Neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan etc.
Richard Guenette on Wed, 5th Aug 2020 4:29 pm
The police should go after them, confiscate their weapons and lock these hatemongering bastards up.