/mlpol/ - My Little Politics


If you want to see the latest posts from all boards in a convenient way please check out /overboard/


Archived thread


File (hide): 87CE1CF322788C416DE5F4588875395A-3210605.mp4 (3.1 MB, Resolution:362x640 Length:00:00:36, 89ca76b02b033887faef24d36d574f1e16ba7468.mp4) [play once] [loop]
89ca76b02b033887faef24d36d574f1e16ba7468.mp4
IMG-20200804-WA0016.png
image0.png
Beirut Explosion
Anonymous
20f0229
?
No.278206
278212 278220
So, I'm sure by now at least some of you have heard about what happened in Lebanon today. For those of you who haven't:
>Big ass explosion goes off in a warehouse
>Deals large amount of damage to surroundings and blows out windows up to 15 miles away
>people get recordings
I've seen multiple "official" stories so far, mainly having to do with the nature of what's being stored in the warehouse. It's either fireworks, ammonium nitrate, or something the lebanese government confiscated a while ago going up in flames, and I'm not sure.

>fireworks source
image 3
>seized materials source
https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/1290713691843964930?s=21
>ammonium nitrate source
some faggot in a discord server, take this with a heavier pinch of salt than the others unless you have better proof, in which case post it!

One last interesting thing to do with image 4 is the site of the explosion. I've seen others say that this is supposed to be a grain warehouse, but I have no idea myself as I don't know where to look to find that out. If some of you have proof either towards that theory or against it, post it as well.
Anonymous
20f0229
?
No.278207
Some last interesting things of note:
>Israel immediately denies having any part in this explosion
https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/1290692150607458305?s=21
>Israel sends aid to help out
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1290725325513658368
>Some people already blaming Hezbollah
https://www.rt.com/news/497108-hrw-director-hezbollah-beirut-blast/
Anonymous
20f0229
?
No.278212
>>278206
found a better source for the ammonium nitrate story, that one now seems most plausible.
https://twitter.com/intelcrab/status/1290782284686266372?s=21
Anonymous
de67df9
?
No.278220
>>278206
>video
The expansive wave and its effect on the buildings is breath taking.
Anonymous
005e252
?
No.278225
Suomen edustuston tilat tuhoutuneet Beirutissa tapahtuneessa.mp4
2a8eaa177465c3bfeba4dffcf366e44354cc2abe-paaakuvauusi.jpg
41d469d2cde24f4ab1cf1d97755b5604.jpg

Anonymous
de67df9
?
No.278274
File (hide): 885CAAB64397D75BA5F7B55F9A05217B-700108.mp4 (683.7 KB, Resolution:854x480 Length:00:00:11, Video footage Inside a store Beirut.mp4) [play once] [loop]
Video footage Inside a store Beirut.mp4
Video footage Inside a store Beirut.
Anonymous
4c7e0e7
?
No.278276
Anfo produces lots of gas, which makes it good for demolitions.
Notice the lack of flash or any other major fireball that you would normally see with any normal military explosive.
It also didn't produce a flash like the mini-nukes that were used 8-10 years ago in the sandbox.

I believe the ammonia nitrate story, but I don't believe what set it off.
Anfo is also relatively stable, and for that size blast, there would have been a significant quantity of fuel mixed with that ammonia nitrate.
xkeyscore is going to have a field day with this post.
Anonymous
de67df9
?
No.278289
Scary scenes after the explosion in Beirut.mp4
File (hide): 1E06AA510A5957FB6FFDA351A5762976-2282924.mp4 (2.2 MB, Resolution:270x480 Length:00:00:22, Beirut after explosion.mp4) [play once] [loop]
Beirut after explosion.mp4

Anonymous
82f3f64
?
No.278301
The video showing the shockwave slamming into buildings from a vantage point was horrifying. What likely happened is that a storage of ammonium nitrate and other highly combustible and explosive materials was accidentally exposed to a heat source (I doubt a flame but rather a smoldering cigarette butt or a container of something flammable was exposed to the sun).

Furthermore, if there was a leak of ammonium nitrate there should have been a weak foul smell. The area where I work had a leak a few months ago and the entire industrial zone had a faint bad smell.
Anonymous
86e9bca
?
No.278302
278350 278352
>implying it wasn't a tactical nuke
Anonymous
de67df9
?
No.278348
beforeport.png
afterport.png
EepB1NJXoAAW5Qd.jpeg
EepB11RXgAMyHEw.jpeg

Anonymous
de67df9
?
No.278350
278866
File (hide): DC30E5A41FBBCFE34604BEBD2C80FA00-292525.mp4 (285.7 KB, Resolution:400x240 Length:00:00:34, nuke.mp4) [play once] [loop]
nuke.mp4
>>278302
>implying it wasn't a tactical nuke
Hard to say till commercial recreational nukes are available.
Anonymous
e4b9df1
?
No.278352
278361
>>278302
Too small for a tactical nuke and there's no word of even a little bit of radiation at the site. It only leveled two city blocks, there are conventional explosives that can do that and more easily.
Anonymous
de67df9
?
No.278361
HTB1OqzrPVXXXXbaXXXXq6xXFXXXL.jpg
>>278352
>no word of even a little bit of radiation at the site
Yup. You're right.
Anonymous
de67df9
?
No.278363
278414
Eel-oRNWoAkPAV7.png

Anonymous
6373174
?
No.278414
278425
>>278363
I know we are all prone towards conspiracies, but tbh I do think this is the most believable story. Maybe its twelfth dimensional chess that I just don't know about, but I can't imagine how this benefits anybody. Kinda doubt intentional terrorism just because nobody has claimed it, and I have no doubt whatsoever that lebannon is incapable of safely storing a shitload of nearly decade old ammonium nitrate.
Anonymous
f241574
?
No.278425
>>278414
>I know we are all prone towards conspiracies
Given a steady flow of hostile actions against the people, allow me to correct you. I would say:
"I know we are all target of conspiracies"
Anonymous
1fa3b53
?
No.278426
278428 278496
hdrherx.png
File (hide): 45798AF7FBA772E46B3E58BF90F02E3B-690512.mp4 (674.3 KB, Resolution:480x270 Length:00:00:33, 1.mp4) [play once] [loop]
1.mp4
File (hide): A194AE072FDFA425D6F419CBA7E2C1A5-1106956.mp4 (1.1 MB, Resolution:476x270 Length:00:00:52, 2.mp4) [play once] [loop]
2.mp4
File (hide): FF009A119E7D6A3A31612EBBA328121B-1806705.mp4 (1.7 MB, Resolution:640x360 Length:00:00:33, 3.mp4) [play once] [loop]
3.mp4
The plot thickens.
Perhaps a fake.
>Negative images of Beirut Are you looking for the truth?
https://twitter.com/alliancexrp/status/1291346895156240384
Anonymous
6373174
?
No.278428
>>278426
looks fake. If it's real that missile is as long as a building is tall, and you'd think Lebanese officials would be talking about an attack as much as possible unless they did it to their own port, which is the only reason they have any international business at all.
Anonymous
e4b9df1
?
No.278496
278549
>>278426
I'm gonna go with fake, no such projectile is visible in unedited footage from any range or angle, and there's plenty that caught the blast live. Speaking of missiles though, there's a theory going around that the warehouse might have been illegally storing missiles for use against Israel, and that the fire must have set these off, up in the air as to whether the fire was set intentionally or not. It would make sense if it was intentional, given how quickly Israel was in denying responsibility for it, despite literally no one having even accused them at that point.
Anonymous
157213d
?
No.278549
>>278496
With Israel's behavior regarding Lebanon prior to the explosion, people were inevitably going to start pointing fingers at Israel. That being said, Israel being responsible for the explosion seems to me to be more likely than negligence or incompetence.
Diamond
!Tiara/Ut6s
9836225
?
No.278866
278868 278873
1003068.png
>>278350
Not this shit again. You conspis are mad with your mini nukes and poison every debate or reflexion with your bullshit.

It could not have been a tactical nuke. If it were you would have a flash blinding everyone, skin burned, and no cell phone would be useable on a 20Km radius even for the smallest nuke (the davy crockett, made in the 50's; and vastly a bad idea) that was designed for that purpose more than destructive potential.
Anonymous
86e9bca
?
No.278868
>>278866
tripfag has decided, pack it up everyone
Anonymous
1fa3b53
?
No.278873
okay.jpg
>>278866
Checked.
You've got a point.
Anonymous
de67df9
?
No.279556
File (hide): 83008B085D562BBC0F5E664825A20FCF-2633788.mp4 (2.5 MB, Resolution:480x854 Length:00:00:25, Jet Skiers Capture Shockwave from Beirut.mp4) [play once] [loop]
Jet Skiers Capture Shockwave from Beirut.mp4
Jet Skiers Capture Shockwave from Beirut.
Anonymous
18e785e
?
No.279640
File (hide): 255B4D0ACCA71534D4121BCD1807E1CF-734064.mp4 (716.9 KB, Resolution:640x256 Length:00:00:03, VID-20200805-WA0012.mp4) [play once] [loop]
VID-20200805-WA0012.mp4
THIS
Anonymous
18e785e
?
No.279645
IMG-20200804-WA0056.jpg
IDF knew......
Anonymous
18e785e
?
No.279646
IMG-20200805-WA0003.jpg

Anonymous
de67df9
?
No.280208
930.png
>Beirut Explosion Damage Captured by Drone
>Two weeks after the devastating explosion in Beirut’s port, the extent of the damage was captured with drone footage. The Aug. 4 blast broke windows, leveled buildings and spread debris across Lebanon’s capital city. Criticisms of the official response to the explosion in the Middle East city caused Lebanon’s government to resign, and protests have become a common sight in Beirut. But the most common sight of all may be the damage to the city, which is inescapable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlIp8utsA1A
;