Large explosion in Beirut - hundreds reported injured

[Ethel mermania]

Is it possible these were just rebellious youths?

Are rebellious youths capable of detonating with 1.5 kilotons of power? I know it may sometimes seem like it, but I doubt it.

Maybe they were welding the doors shut as a prank when it sparked?

[Ethel mermania]

Are rebellious youths capable of detonating with 1.5 kilotons of power? I know it may sometimes seem like it, but I doubt it.

True, I just can't think of anything else.

Not really? It was more likely an industrial accident born from gross negligence and carelessness.

So how do people in the end say this happen then? An accident?

if you are not really careful with explosive material, bad things can happen very quickly.

[Fartsniffage]

Is it possible these were just rebellious youths?

I know Donald suggested it was terrorism with no evidence. But you don't have to keep supporting him long after it's been shown it isn't.

[La Xinga]

Is it possible these were just rebellious youths?

I know Donald suggested it was terrorism with no evidence. But you don't have to keep supporting him long after it's been shown it isn't.

Woah........you honestly misinterpreted my post in the weirdest way possible.

[Fartsniffage]

I know Donald suggested it was terrorism with no evidence. But you don't have to keep supporting him long after it's been shown it isn't.

Woah........you honestly misinterpreted my post in the weirdest way possible.

So why are you suggesting it's anything other than the tragic accident it's being reported as?

[Salandriagado]

Are rebellious youths capable of detonating with 1.5 kilotons of power? I know it may sometimes seem like it, but I doubt it.

True, I just can't think of anything else.

Not really? It was more likely an industrial accident born from gross negligence and carelessness.

So how do people in the end say this happen then? An accident?

If you leave thousands of tons of explosive material sitting in poorly controlled conditions for years, bad things happen.

[La Xinga]

Woah........you honestly misinterpreted my post in the weirdest way possible.

So why are you suggesting it's anything other than the tragic accident it's being reported as?

I said it may be some rebellious youth, I'm not saying terrorism, although it could be.

True, I just can't think of anything else.

So how do people in the end say this happen then? An accident?

If you leave thousands of tons of explosive material sitting in poorly controlled conditions for years, bad things happen.

Years?

[Vassenor]

So given that the economy is import-dependent and this blast wrecked the country's largest port, can we agree that Lebanon is pretty much fucked at this point?

[La Xinga]

So given that the economy is import-dependent and this blast wrecked the country's largest port, can we agree that Lebanon is pretty much fucked at this point?

Yes.

[Fartsniffage]

I said it may be some rebellious youth, I'm not saying terrorism, although it could be.

What makes you think it might be some rebellious youth? What evidence do you have for that?

[Andsed]

So why are you suggesting it's anything other than the tragic accident it's being reported as?

I said it may be some rebellious youth, I'm not saying terrorism, although it could be.

If you leave thousands of tons of explosive material sitting in poorly controlled conditions for years, bad things happen.

Years?

Nearly six years yes.

[La Xinga]

I said it may be some rebellious youth, I'm not saying terrorism, although it could be.

What makes you think it might be some rebellious youth? What evidence do you have for that?

Is there any evidence for a mistake? No? Exactly.

[Tranzoria]

I will argue for both sides:

It was a Terrorist attack because it hit the Palace, and a second explosion happened that wasn't caused by the warehouse soon after. The Terrorists are either a Hezbollah, who doesn't reveal their cause because they have government members who support them, or it wasn't Hezbollah and it was a secret Terrorist group who is keeping quiet because they didn't want to be revealed.

It was an accident! The explosion that hit the palace was the second explosion that was caused by the first, both are just accidents! And Hezbollah would lose it's Government Support if they attacked the Palace, and there is no way a secret terrorist group would be unfound yet!

[Fartsniffage]

What makes you think it might be some rebellious youth? What evidence do you have for that?

Is there any evidence for a mistake? No? Exactly.

Yes. There is lots of it. AN stored for 6 years in a warehouse. Welding work going on at the doors of the warehouse. A fire.

It's almost like you have no idea what's going on.

[La Xinga]

Is there any evidence for a mistake? No? Exactly.

Yes. There is lots of it. AN stored for 6 years in a warehouse. Welding work going on at the doors of the warehouse. A fire.

It's almost like you have no idea what's going on.

Um?

Youth could have broken in?

[Heloin]

Not really? It was more likely an industrial accident born from gross negligence and carelessness.

So how do people in the end say this happen then? An accident?

It happens way more often then you think it can.

What makes you think it might be some rebellious youth? What evidence do you have for that?

Is there any evidence for a mistake? No? Exactly.

How much evidence do we have that you didn't do it?

[Fartsniffage]

Yes. There is lots of it. AN stored for 6 years in a warehouse. Welding work going on at the doors of the warehouse. A fire.

It's almost like you have no idea what's going on.

Um?

Youth could have broken in?

Lol. You are properly silly.

[Tranzoria]

Yes. There is lots of it. AN stored for 6 years in a warehouse. Welding work going on at the doors of the warehouse. A fire.

It's almost like you have no idea what's going on.

Um?

Youth could have broken in?

No trace of bodies or humans there.

[La Xinga]

Um?

Youth could have broken in?

No trace of bodies or humans there.

They could have ran, it may have been a time bomb, who knows?

[Heloin]

Yes. There is lots of it. AN stored for 6 years in a warehouse. Welding work going on at the doors of the warehouse. A fire.

It's almost like you have no idea what's going on.

Um?

Youth could have broken in?

A bunch of kids broke into a port during the middle of the work day, found a warehouse full of bags of dust as far as they would ever be able to tell, and set it on fire for shits and giggles?

[La Xinga]

Um?

Youth could have broken in?

A bunch of kids broke into a port during the middle of the work day, found a warehouse full of bags of dust as far as they would ever be able to tell, and set it on fire for shits and giggles?

It's possible.

[Tranzoria]

No trace of bodies or humans there.

They could have ran, it may have been a time bomb, who knows?

Died by then.

[The New California Republic]

No trace of bodies or humans there.

...difficult for there to be bodies though when the explosion carved out a crater where the warehouse was. Seriously, look at the satellite imagery, there is no warehouse left.

[Aureumterra]

A bunch of kids broke into a port during the middle of the work day, found a warehouse full of bags of dust as far as they would ever be able to tell, and set it on fire for shits and giggles?

It's possible.

No lmfao what?

[Heloin]

A bunch of kids broke into a port during the middle of the work day, found a warehouse full of bags of dust as far as they would ever be able to tell, and set it on fire for shits and giggles?

It's possible.

The warehouse next to the grain silo. One of the most important and watched points in the Port.