Beirut explosion
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In Batumi, the bill of lading - the document acknowledging receipt of cargo - lists Rustavi Azot LLC as the company supplying the ammonium nitrate and says the customer is the International Bank of Mozambique, acting on behalf of a small Mozambique firm specialising in the manufacture of commercial explosives.
The photo is from summer 2014. Two men stand smiling on the deck of an unremarkable looking cargo ship in Beirut Harbour.
Innocuous looking white sacks are stacked in the hold behind them.The sacks contain nearly 3,000 tonnes of high-density ammonium nitrate.
One man, in blue, slightly squinting into the camera, is on the phone.
He was a man with a lot on his mind. By that point Captain Boris Prokoshev and several of his crew had been stuck in the port for months.
More:www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/x2iutcqf1g/beirut-blast
Innocuous looking white sacks are stacked in the hold behind them.The sacks contain nearly 3,000 tonnes of high-density ammonium nitrate.
One man, in blue, slightly squinting into the camera, is on the phone.
He was a man with a lot on his mind. By that point Captain Boris Prokoshev and several of his crew had been stuck in the port for months.
More:www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/x2iutcqf1g/beirut-blast
If it is destined for explosives it is not fertilizer, although they are the same substance. The prills are larger and are coated with a type of silicone to prevent absorbing moisture when used as an explosive. Then needs diesel added to make a decent explosive. Still needs a good shock to set it off.
In Batumi, the bill of lading - the document acknowledging receipt of cargo - lists Rustavi Azot LLC as the company supplying the ammonium nitrate and says the customer is the International Bank of Mozambique, acting on behalf of a small Mozambique firm specialising in the manufacture of commercial explosives.
The photo is from summer 2014. Two men stand smiling on the deck of an unremarkable looking cargo ship in Beirut Harbour.
Innocuous looking white sacks are stacked in the hold behind them.The sacks contain nearly 3,000 tonnes of high-density ammonium nitrate.
One man, in blue, slightly squinting into the camera, is on the phone.
He was a man with a lot on his mind. By that point Captain Boris Prokoshev and several of his crew had been stuck in the port for months.
More:www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/x2iutcqf1g/beirut-blast
"Throughout the decades, rampant corruption and profiteering have often been detailed and dissected in public, by journalists or by rival factions trading accusations.
But no-one has been held to account.
All attempts to do so would run against the sectarian barrier.
Officials and politicians have had cover from their respective factions, which in turn have had cover from their religious establishments.
Positions in the bureaucracy have been divided among various sects, with positions reserved for Christians, Sunnis, Shia, and Druze.
Political success for a party has not been linked to policy programmes, but to their ability to carry the banner of their sect, and become the gateway to their sect’s share of jobs and spoils. Office-holders have been more like proteges than civil servants."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/x2iutcqf1g/beirut-blast
Considering Lebanon's long history of corruption and cronyism, I don't expect that the current resignations will result in any real change for the better, Girth.
Your blanket hatred and continual demonizing of all Muslim people is little more than a sad commentary on your precarious mental state, Durry.
Probably not a bad idea. Less chance of a beheading this way. Besides in 3 months they will simply slip back into the gravy boat.
Lebanese PM steps down in wake of Beirut explosion, protests
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/lebanese-pm-steps-down-in-wake-of-beirut-explosion-1.5057823
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/lebanese-pm-steps-down-in-wake-of-beirut-explosion-1.5057823
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Try again Dude!!
They still haven't figured out how to kick start that brain cell of yours I see. Well, never give up hope, one day you might have one work.
Not something you would normally want to see during an emergency but apparently this fellow was more trouble than he was worth.
Canada, for instance, insisted on the money they were donating going through NGO channels because they didn't want any money released into his care.
