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Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:15 am to LeroooyJenkins
So some Arabs got blowed the F up. No harm done, IMO.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:15 am to ljhog
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So some Arabs got blowed the F up. No harm done, IMO.
Kind of like if a tree falls in the woods...
If a bomb goes off in Beruit, does anyone really notice...
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:16 am to EKG
Damn the Chinese.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:16 am to Ace Midnight
It’s funny how we PoliBoarders educated in the sciences always look a little deeper than “hey, that’s a big damned explosion”.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:17 am to Y.A. Tittle
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As you say, place was thriving when it was "multiculturally" just French and Lebanese.
Yeah, but "Lebanese" includes about 40% Christian, Muslims (roughly 25 to 27% Sunni and Shi'a, each), and 5% Druze, plus about a dozen other demoninations in relatively small numbers, including Jews.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:17 am to EKG
Definitely fireworks or ammunition going off prior to the huge explosion.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:18 am to The Maj
Beirut is the capital and largest city in Lebanon.
Hezbollah is a militant group which serves as the de-facto government and military of Lebanon and has far more power than the official government and military which are extremely weak and divided on religious and sectarian lines (Lebanon has a sizable Christian minority as well as a massive Palestinian expat community and untold numbers of refugees from the Iraq War, Syrian Civil War, and Civil War in The Yemon).
Hezbollah is essentially an Iranian proxy and is openly hostile and antagonistic towards Israel with stated goals of peace through annihilating Israel.
Israel and Hezbollah have fought multiple skirmishes and wars over the past 30 years.
America and Israel are, for better or worse, joined at the hip.
Hezbollah is a militant group which serves as the de-facto government and military of Lebanon and has far more power than the official government and military which are extremely weak and divided on religious and sectarian lines (Lebanon has a sizable Christian minority as well as a massive Palestinian expat community and untold numbers of refugees from the Iraq War, Syrian Civil War, and Civil War in The Yemon).
Hezbollah is essentially an Iranian proxy and is openly hostile and antagonistic towards Israel with stated goals of peace through annihilating Israel.
Israel and Hezbollah have fought multiple skirmishes and wars over the past 30 years.
America and Israel are, for better or worse, joined at the hip.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:19 am to Ace Midnight
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Yeah, but "Lebanese" includes about 40% Christian, Muslims (roughly 25 to 27% Sunni and Shi'a, each), and 5% Druze, plus about a dozen other demoninations in relatively small numbers, including Jews.
I know. That's part of my point. It was a very thriving "multicultural" place, until one of those cultures decides to go whack job. Of course, I know you could argue that speaks to YOUR point.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:20 am to kingbob
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America and Israel are, for better or worse, joined at the hip.
I am well aware of all the shite you posted... It doesn't mean that WE have a damn bit on interest there or should be involved in it at all...
Let the ME do the ME... We need to stay the hell out of it...
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:21 am to Ace Midnight
quote:"But, sir, this is an Arby's..."
A large portion of the color of an explosion like that is based on the color of the most frangible material around the site of the explosion. Although it is possible that part of this red coloring is characteristic of a specific set of precursor/explosive content or that explosion mixing chemically with the environment, most likely is that the explosion occurred in an area with reddish orange soil.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:22 am to LeroooyJenkins
Aloha SNACKBARRRRRR!!!
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:22 am to LSURussian
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"But, sir, this is an Arby's..."
And as I muse on it more, a red brick building going up could be the source of all that color, too.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:25 am to bhtigerfan
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Actually appears to be a fireworks factory that blew up.
I can see all the small explosions, but that big one was a hell of a detonation. I don't know what could have caused that.
Gun powder deflagrates when ignited, unless confined in a closed system. That was a detonation. Not sure what types of storage systems are involved in fireworks manufacturing.
This post was edited on 8/4/20 at 11:26 am
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:26 am to Ace Midnight
If it's a fireworks factory damn that sucks ....
I hope Tahib put it in reverse
I hope Tahib put it in reverse
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:26 am to Ace Midnight
Bill Kristol is sporting wood now. Dreaming of Moar AWATALAD (Any War at Any Time in Any Location for Any Duration), and more US kids getting those cool metal ping pong legs.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:27 am to LeroooyJenkins
The Jews have already said it was Dindu Nufin.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:27 am to i am dan
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I can see all the small explosions, but that big one was a hell of a detonation.
Could have been an ammunition factory just as easily as a fireworks factory...
OR it could have been a baby milk factory too...
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:28 am to Itismemc
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If it's a fireworks factory damn that sucks ....
I find it difficult to believe there would be a "fireworks factory" in the middle of freaking Beirut. Hell, it's even hard to fathom that a ship full of them would stop there.
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