Beirut Explosion

[thorbiorn]

Was it a knock-off brand? Was it actually ANFO? Basically, who did the shipper get it from, where was it produced, and who was the intended buyer? Was it intended to be used for IEDs, as Pepe suggests?

In Mozambique, they did not know the ship with its cargo was on its way
According to most sources, it was destined for Mozambique, but one finds on Beirut explosions: Mozambique with no notification on Rhosus, the ship carrying 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate – Lusa

Beirut explosions: Mozambique with no notification on Rhosus, the ship carrying 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate – Lusa
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• State unaware of Beira-bound ship carrying ammonium nitrate confiscated in Beirut in 2013

Cornelder, the managing company of the port of Beira, told Lusa on Wednesday that it had never been notified of the operation of a ship containing 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate destined for Mozambique, a cargo that may have caused the explosions in Lebanon.

“Normally, before receiving a ship, we are notified. In this case, we never received any notification from a ship coming to the port of Beira with these characteristics and cargo,” said António Libombo, deputy executive director of Cornelder, concessionaire of the Port of Beira since 1998.

Based on the ship’s records and port schedules, the Associated Press speculated that the ship carrying ammonium nitrate, a cargo that is said to have caused explosions in the port of Beirut, was destined for Mozambique, having docked at Beirut port due to mechanical problems in 2013.
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This story about Mozambique may have been a cover, but there are other international ports too, like Pemba in Cabo Delgado, Nacala and Maputo. It is not clear why they were not asked.

More on ammonium nitrate
From Beirut blast: Tracing the explosives that tore the capital apart

The ship's dangerous cargo was then offloaded and placed in Hangar 12 of Beirut port, a large grey structure facing the country's main north-south highway at the main entrance to the capital.

Months later, on June 27, 2014, then-director of Lebanese Customs Shafik Merhi sent a letter addressed to an unnamed "Urgent Matters judge", asking for a solution to the cargo, according to documents shared online.

Customs officials sent at least five more letters over the next three years - on December 5, 2014, May 6, 2015, May 20, 2016, October 13, 2016, and October 27, 2017 - asking for guidance and warning that the material posed a danger, Badri Daher, the current director of Lebanese Customs, told broadcaster LBCI on Wednesday.

They proposed three options: Export the ammonium nitrate, hand it over to the Lebanese Army, or sell it to the privately-owned Lebanese Explosives Company.

If ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer, why was it not proposed or maybe reported above, to sell the AN to an agricultural agency, or were they simply ignorant of that possibility, or was it too pure to risk? It would make sense to propose only the above if it was somehow mainly treated or intended for use in explosives. However, if it was ANFO, one should think that it would smell pretty bad or at least very different from pure fertilizers, which are just salts. To complete the story about ammonium nitrate, here are a few details about its qualities:

Fertilizers ammonium nitrate - Big Chemical Encyclopedia

chempedia.info

Ammonium nitrate fertilizer incorporates nitrogen in both of the forms taken up by crops ammonia and nitrate ion. Fertilizers (qv) containing only ammoniacal nitrogen are often less effective, as many important crops tend to take up nitrogen mainly in the nitrate form and the ammonium ions must be transformed into nitrate by soil organisms before the nitrogen is readily available. This transformation is slow in cool, temperate zone soils. Thus, ammonium nitrate is a preferred source of fertilizer nitrogen in some countries. [Pg.365]

Perhaps they use other forms of fertilizer in Lebanon, since it is warmer.
And Fertilizer nitrogen - Big Chemical Encyclopedia

Ammonium nitrate [6484-S2-2J, NH4 NO3, formula wt 80.04, is the most commercially important ammonium compound both in terms of production volume and usage. It is the principal component of most industrial explosives and nonmilitary blasting compositions however, it is used primarily as a nitrogen fertilizer. Ammonium nitrate does not occur in nature because it is very soluble. [Pg.364]

And:

Nitrate ammonium - Big Chemical Encyclopedia

chempedia.info

The thermal instability of ammonium nitrate means that the volume of the reactors must be kept as small as possible, the acid used must be as free from impurities as possible and the reaction must be controlled so as to avoid the presence of excess acid. [Pg.201]
[...]
Posttreatment is necessary, because ammonium nitrate is highly hygroscopic. In view of its strong oxidizing power, only inorganic substances such as attapulgite, kieselguhr or clay can be used. [Pg.201]

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the use of pure ammonium nitrate as a fertilizer is forbidden on safety grounds. Mixtures, particularly with calcium carbonate, are used instead. Currently mixtures with N-contents of up to 28% are allowed. [Pg.201]

Ammonium nitrate (NH4N03), a colorless crystalline solid, occurs in two forms (1) a-ammonium nitrate (tetragonal crystals, stable between -16°C and 32°C melting point 169.9°C density 1.66) and (2) (3-ammonium nitrate (rhombic or monoclinic crystals, stable between 32°C and 84°C with decomposition occurring above 210°C density 1.725). [Pg.53]

The above mention of two forms brings up the question which form was stored in Beirut and what the temperature was.

In the article from Aljazzera.com there was also:

Here are the latest updates:
Sunday, August 9
07:13 GMT - Beirut port blast crater 43 metres deep, says security official
The huge ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut's port that devastated much of the city left a crater 43 metres (141 feet) deep, a security official.

"The explosion in the port left a crater 43 meters deep" Tuesday, the official told AFP, citing reports by French experts conducting an assessment of the disaster area.

43 meters is probably after some of the surrounding material has collapsed. Might it have been deeper still?

 

[Joe]

Sorry, not wanting to toot my horn once again but l happened to just realize that you need not watch this video to see the energy field previously described Just enlarge the picture of the video and look to the left. There it is, the energy field coming down from the sky at exactly the same angle previously discussed. Damn

Again, that's an electricity or telephone line.

 

[Cosmos]

Notice that the Remote Viewer above suggest that "the bomb" was possibly on a ship docked right at point 3 above (inside a ship container). Which could match pretty much with the aftermath scene with the crater/epicenter. However, looking at the epicenter/crater, it looks to me more like "the device" was inside building 1 when it exploded, rather than "on the ship" (3). That doesn't necessarily mean the Remote Viewer was wrong depicting the explosion occurring from (or on) the ship, since "the deed" was still in the planning stage at the point of the remote viewing session (as the remote viewer also said). So it could be that "the device" was moved from the ship into or near building 1 before it exploded.

 

[seek10]

'Where is color revolution there is humanitarian aid: The Lebanese people deserve to have leaders who will respond (obey) to our demands.'

‘Lebanese people have suffered too much’: US encourages ‘peaceful’ regime change as protests rage in blast-ravaged Beirut

The US Embassy has expressed its solidarity with anti-government protesters in Lebanon, urging all sides to “refrain from violence,” after clashes in blast-devastated Beirut left around 500 people injured.

www.rt.com

8 Aug, 2020

It is interesting to see israel pointing at hezbollah weapons cache without confessing their bombing, us embassy supporting protestors, Lebanese govt giving 4 day target to the investigators to find the cause and ready to conduct the early elections. I don't think Lebanese people love foreign interference in their affairs after 4 decades of suffering. It is reasonable to assume Lebanese govt and Hezbollah will put the blame back on israel with whatever the proof they can muster, confusing the protestors. Probably it will be a civil war like before or war with israel. Both are bad.

 

[michaelrc]

That's a telephone or power line.

Lol, yup I'm losing it, or lost it long ago, possibly never had it whatever it was. Thank you Joe for the grounding and sorry for the noise
Whew!

 

[Joe]

Lol, yup I'm losing it, or lost it long ago, possibly never had it whatever it was. Thank you Joe for the grounding and sorry for the noise

Easily done in these crazy times. Always a good idea to question and double or triple check our assumptions, or check with someone else.

 

[Joe]

Underground space discovered at the explosion site and the rubble from atop of it being removed for further investigation. The video only shows something "what appears to be a ceiling of" entrance or a chamber and it is not very clear from the clip whether the network of underground tunnels is something new to the investigators or it is a known part of the port. The reporter says "...they know there is a labyrinth of subterranean chambers..". Think it would not be strange for a port to have that built in, especially in such a significant location as Beirut but was it some kind of a hiding place or an official part of the port? I did not catch that.

Totally. To me that suggests a tunnel network leading somewhere else. Were they built at the time of the port construction, or afterwards? If afterwards, who had that kind of access? The plot thickens!

The port has a pretty chaotic history with it being fully or partially destroyed twice. Wiki entry.

In 1887, during Ottoman rule, the Port was granted to a French Company, the Compagnie du Port, des Quais et des Entrepôts de Beyrouth (Company of the Port, Quays and Warehouses of Beirut).[15] The Ottoman administration granted further concessions and autonomy to the company, in managing the Port of Beirut, as it became an important harbour in Lebanon. In 1920, Lebanon came under French Administration, under the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, acting as Greater Lebanon. [16][17] This provided the Port with access to French funding and trade. The Port of Beirut would be continue to be operated by the same French Company, which renamed the Gestion et Exploitation du Port de Beyrouth in 1960.[18]

Much of the port was damaged during the Lebanese Civil War, and various parts of the port were under the control of various armed militias.[19] In 1976, all shipping at the port stopped for nine months due to militia clashes.[19] A 1977 article in the Middle East Economic Digest reported that "not a warehouse or piece of equipment was intact" when the port officially reopened on 15 December 1976.[20] The Lebanese Forces, a Christian militia, took control of the port in mid-1986; the militia withdrew in 1989 amid a push from Lebanese Army forces under the command of General Michel Aoun.[21] In 1991, Lebanese Forces that had controlled a pier at the Beirut port were ousted by Lebanese Army forces under Emile Lahoud; the seizure was part of broader efforts by President Elias Hrawi to consolidate power in the Beirut area, and coincided with the ouster of the Shi'a Amal from the Ouzai port and the predominately Druze Progressive Socialist Party from the Khalde harbor.[22]

After the war, the seaport and surrounding area were reconstructed and again became a major seaport.[23] The port is operated and managed by the Gestion et Exploitation du Port de Beyrouth (GEPB),[24] ("Port Authority of Beirut"). In 1990, the Port of Beirut came under direct ownership of the Government of Lebanon, following the expiration of the company's charter, and continues to be operated by GEPB

 

[Ursus Minor]

Notice also that at least one Remote Viewer there is pretty clear and detailed about "the fact" that there is some kind of bomb device involved, possibly stored at a warehouse or more specifically inside a ship container or something, while pinpointing the area of the explosion pretty much as it happened. A question to ask is this: If they made it up after the fact, why would they go with the "bomb" theory when the official theory is pretty clearly an accident? Assuming they made it up to attract people to their website/work after the fact wouldn't it be better to fake it with the official story in mind? That they saw a bomb or something is a data point that points to me into the direction that they did in fact record it before the explosion.

Most or at least some of the stuff remote viewers are doing seems to be watched by many people.
They would have to be crazy to squander their reputation for a job like that.

Personally I'm satisfied that Daz Smith's RV session was recorded on July 7.

Smith, who at the time reckoned that 'it might be just an idea in someone's mind' was referring to a 'test device' in a 'solid metal box' which he felt might be a shipping container.

This is his sketch of the mentioned device..

 

[thorbiorn]

Totally. To me that suggests a tunnel network leading somewhere else. Were they built at the time of the port construction, or afterwards? If afterwards, who had that kind of access? The plot thickens!

"The plot thickens" appears to be more common than the variation "The plot deepens" as used by The Evening Standard in one article. Considering a crater of 43 meters after the explosion that is pretty deep indeed. Could it be possible that some of the tunnels either collapsed or were made to collapse before the main explosion? This might help to explain both some of the depth of the crater as well as the observation by some that much of the force went upward. One might also ask if there was a hesitancy to do much about the stuff in the warehouse, because of what was going on under it. The AN secured the peace and tranquility of the location until its appointed time for action.

On a different note, I did wonder how this date would be remembered. If there was a 9/11 would this be recalled as 8/4 which in its own odd way would resonate with Covid19 if we could ask a George Orwell for his take on the global situation? But others might object, because in the Islamic calendar August 4, 2020 was Dhul-Hijjah 14, 1441 and in the Jewish calendar, it was simply the night before Tu B'Av, a minor Jewish holiday like Valentine's Day, so really there is nothing to see, even if the plot both thickens and deepens; it will just remain the Beirut Explosion and who know soon be forgotten compared to what else is about to transpire.

 

[Joe]

"The plot thickens" appears to be more common than the variation "The plot deepens" as used by The Evening Standard in one article.

"The plot deepens" sounds like a wrong use of "the plot thickens", but maybe I just never heard it used before. But it would be a better phrase in this context!

Considering a crater of 43 meters after the explosion that is pretty deep indeed. Could it be possible that some of the tunnels either collapsed or were made to collapse before the main explosion? This might help to explain both some of the depth of the crater as well as the observation by some that much of the force went upward. One might also ask if there was a hesitancy to do much about the stuff in the warehouse, because of what was going on under it. The AN secured the peace and tranquility of the location until its appointed time for action.

Good points. We might also wonder if this wasn't an accident, then the goal of the perps had more to do with destroying the rooms/tunnels than anything else. Israel has a lot of experience blowing up Palestinian smuggling tunnels.

 

[thorbiorn]

From a transcript Session 7 September 2013 there was something about the ammonium nitrate producing plant in Toulouse:

Q: [...](Kniall) My question goes back to the topic of chemical plants: The AZF chemical plant that exploded in Toulouse, was that the result of an overhead explosion?

A: No.

Q: (Ailen) Was it a warning to Chirac?

A: Yes.

Q: (Perceval)Was it a bomb planted by someone?

A: Yes.

Q: (Perceval)Like Mossad or someone?

A: Yes.

Q: (Belibaste)Dropped from a helicopter? {laughter}

A: Who knows!?

Q: (L) I mean, is it important how a bomb got put in there? (Belibaste)Well, there were people seeing two helicopters in the sky just before the explosion. (L) Oh. (Belibaste)Some assumed that they dropped the bomb. (L) I would think it would be more like somebody getting close and pushing a button on a detonator. (Belibaste)But there is this expert who analyzed the shockwaves and deduced that of the two explosions, one was on the ground but the first explosion occurred 3.5 kilometers above the ground. (L) That's bizarre. (Perceval)First of all, was this expert being honest? I mean... (L) I am too tired to deal with this topic. I mean, what do we have brains for? Figure it out. (Atriedes) I do have one question. Maybe it's not a good question. Recently and for the last few years, there has been an increasing amount of public rhetoric from various different speakers from various different quarters about the disparity between lower classes and upper classes, between wealthy and non-wealthy people. More and more they've started to use a kind of Marxist language talking about class differences. It seems to me that this might be a repeat of what happened in the original communist revolutions. So, are we looking at an instance where some kind of charismatic communistic leader person, writing some kind of new Communist Manifesto, and starting some revolution or problems or whatever? Or is it all orchestrated?

A: Very possible.

Q: (Mr. Scott) But there again a million other things are possible. It depends on what happens when you wake up tomorrow morning. (L) Yeah, everything can change. (Perceval)No, but there is this historical cycle where they ramp up the greed and then something comes along to equalize everything. (Mr. Scott) Yeah, that's true. (L) Okay, anything else? I want to say good night. I'm tired.

A: Yes. Goodbye.

And before that, there was something regarding Syria which may relate to what is going on now.

Q: (L) [...] Okay, now, let’s get out there in the big world: Did the president of Syria and his forces use any kind of chemical weapons, sarin nerve gas or any of that sort of thing, in his battles against the rebels?

A: No!

Q: (L) He's not that stupid.

A: Exactly, nor that heartless!

Q: (L) Next question? (Andromeda) Is the whole show to cover up the oncoming comets?

A: Partly, though even the higher level players may not be totally aware.

Q: (Atriedes) Why is there this big show with the British House of Lords or Commons or whatever, and suddenly there are all these speeches in Congress about taking back the power to declare war, and suddenly Obama changed from just going to war to, "Oh, I'm gonna go talk to Congress!" Why is there this whole big show about that aspect?

A: Drama to keep the masses off their backs about what really matters.

Q: (Ark) What really matters I think is that once in awhile you have to get rid of the old missiles, because they're costly. It's much better to get new ones so you have to get rid of the old ones. For the French and for the US; you have to get rid of them.

A: What really matters to the people is the coming Earth events for which they are entirely unprepared.

Q: (L) I guess what matters to them in the short term is jobs and the economy, all of which is related to climate change?

A: Yes

Q: (L) So they're not doing anything about climate change - and I don't mean global warming, either. I mean what's going on here on the planet right now in a big way. They're not doing anything about that, they're not doing anything to straighten out the vast inequity between the rich and poor... (Perceval)Are we talking about this Syria business at some level having been decided upon...

A: Yes, of course! Who do you think sent in the people to stir up that mess??!?

Q: (Perceval)Well, there's all sorts of talk about strategic colonial agendas: pipelines and blah blah blah...

A: Have any of their plans worked thus far except to put billions in their pockets?

Q: (Perceval)So it is just a racket!

A: Yes

Q: (Perceval)For making money and distracting people. (L) And distracting the people from kicking them out of power by keeping the people afraid.

A: Yes yes yes yes yes yes.

Q: (Perceval)See, that's just unthinkable to me, that they'd have a war just to have a war for no other good reason than to make money.

A: That is psychopathy for you!

Q: (Atriedes) Right before Hillary Clinton went all evil with the Libya thing, I noticed that she suddenly swelled and became very inflamed looking. And then John Kerry right before this Syria thing, he got a lot more puffy and now he has this weird lazy eye, his eyes swelled, and his face, and he's starting to puff out, too. Is that kind of like the sign that they've turned evil when they become mega-inflamed?

A: Evil takes its toll on the body.

Q: (Atriedes) So, cutting out the evil is more important than cutting out the calories. (L) Pretty much! (Andromeda) So, there's no intent of pushing people to a revolution with some of this revolution hype and drama...?

A: Sure! It will make billions for some people and others plan to come in and set up shop on the ashes. But as we just asked: When have their plans for results actually worked as they present them?

Q: (Ark) I think there is another reason. You start the war, and then you let some kinds of these rebels to have access to nuclear weapons. Can you imagine how much more Homeland Security you will be able to have then if you let all these "Islamist rebels" get these weapons? Give your enemy advanced weapons, pretend you are helping them to get rid of Assad, and then later, "Oh, we didn't know they are terrorists, but now they have access to these weapons! We have to close our borders! We have to control everything!" (Andromeda) It's creepy, some of these reports of Homeland Security making these huge orders of hollow point bullets, and building these compounds with fences... It looks like they're kind of getting ready for some revolution or something. (Perceval)I wondered if those reports are just...

A: The real war, as you know, is on normal people via proxies.

Q: (Kniall) Are the Russians really trying to stop this?

A: At the moment.

Q: (Perceval)So...

A: Putin is also not so heartless.

Q: (Perceval)What are the chances that if the Americans and French bomb Syria, that Putin and the Russian military would respond?

A: Very good unless things change.

Q: (Mr. Scott) Except things change every five minutes, so that doesn't mean much. (L) Yeah. (Perceval)Yeah, it's ongoing. (L) Okay, what are our last few questions? [...]

 

[Laurentien2]

Sure, why not. But watch this video in the link right below.

Beirut blast 3 years on: Footage shows moment of deadly explosion in slow motion

August 4, 2023, marks three years on from a deadly explosion that rocked the port of Beirut. Footage captured in 2020 by resident Agoston Nemeth on his iPhone SE shows the moment the huge explosion went off, sending a visible blast wave hurtling towards the camera. The blast killed over 200...

www.newsflare.com

Those 'sparkles' just before detonation don't look like fireworks to me, more like some kind of incendiary device, maybe something like thermite.

Very strange that ray of light in the video, it doesn't disappear after the explosion and seem to be focussed in the center of the explosion.

 

[Laurentien2]

Very strange that ray of light in the video, it doesn't disappear after the explosion and seem to be focussed in the center of the explosion.

The explosion took place at 6:00 pm, from google map Líbanon

The video seem to be film from the south, why is the ``sun ray`` COMING FROM THE EASTH. Maybe I m wrong but this doesn't look rigth.

No I M wrong it come from the west, it is normal.

 

[michaelrc]

The explosion took place at 6:00 pm, from google map Líbanon

The video seem to be film from the south, why is the ``sun ray`` COMING FROM THE EASTH. Maybe I m wrong but this doesn't look rigth.

No I M wrong it come from the west, it is normal.

Ho ha ha ha ho ha ha ha. . . Laurentien, l know but but but we needn't stumble on about that suspicious light ray. Thinking I'll adhere to the expression, "once burned twice shy", knowing others will eventually explain our blind spot. Take care.

 

[Metrist]

Al Arabiya English has an article where a Russian expert thinks much of the fertilizer was stolen or unaccounted for, because he estimates that all of Beruit would have been destroyed if all 2700 tons blew, and he estimates the blast to be 300 tons.

Beirut would be ‘erased’ had full chemical load exploded, bulk likely stolen: Expert

The amount of ammonium nitrate which led to the deadly Beirut explosion must have been much less than the original stockpile or else the Lebanese capital

english.alarabiya.net

And as far as secret underground tunnels... the Lebanese navy is part of the port, so it wouldn't be unusual to have secretive areas underground. So, what is civilian or military is mingled a little.