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Huge Blast in Beirut leaves over 70 dead, hundreds injured and devastation![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There are reports that a huge blast rocked Beirut today (Tues) with videos online showing a massive blast. It is reported that over 70 people have been killed with hundreds injured. Streets in surrounding areas have been destroyed and the blast was so powerful cars quite far back from the blast were flipped over. The explosion was so powerful and cause so much damage that the Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud called the explosion a “national disaster akin to Hiroshima,” where the first nuclear bomb was dropped 75 years ago this week. |
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Jump To Comment: 1The port area was storing most of the grain imported into Lebanon and the destruction of the port potentially could cause a severe food shortage.
They could get grain from Syria who have been helping them lately but it will come as no surprise to learn that US airstrikes since the blast have taken out major grain silos in Syria thereby closing off that backup supply chain and puts Lebanon at serious risk.
The resignation of the government really only serves the interests of Lebanons enemies. It was also on the list of seven countries for destruction drawn up after 9/11 that Wesley Clarke former head of NATO was slated for either invasion or destruction.