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2021-07-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

FBI probe shows amount of chemicals in Beirut blast was a fraction of original shipment

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Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-31 00:50|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 The Question is...Where is the rest of it?

Posted by Sonny Black 2021-07-31 07:17|| 2021-07-31 07:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Can DOJ and our premier agency track down the rest of the shipment? Or are they too pre-occupied with tax returns, lawsuits over immigration and pursuing conservatives in Washington and other places on Jan. 6th.

Posted by JohnQC 2021-07-31 09:21|| 2021-07-31 09:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Can one believe anything the FBI says?

Posted by Gerthudion Whomoper3485 2021-07-31 13:02|| 2021-07-31 13:02|| Front Page Top

#4 The Question is...Where is the rest of it?

Fertilizer is most efficiently used to feed crops. That's probably where it went. Lebanon has been an Iranian province in all but name since the 80's, when Hezbollah took over after Israel evicted the PLO, so there's no shortage of ordnance of all kinds.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2021-07-31 15:02|| 2021-07-31 15:02|| Front Page Top

#5 There's a possibility that militias opposed to Hezbollah might have stolen some of the fertilizer since it's harder for them to get explosives. When you're building a car bomb, fertilizer, while inferior to Semtex, is better than grocery store chemicals. Given the amount of weaponry sloshing through Iraq and Syria due to decades of insurgency, I'd be surprised if better bomb materials than fertilizer weren't readily available. Lebanon has long and porous borders. It's known as the bazaar of the region for a reason.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2021-07-31 15:10|| 2021-07-31 15:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Occam's Razor: the fertilizer disappeared out the back door and was sold.

Posted by magpie 2021-07-31 17:05|| 2021-07-31 17:05|| Front Page Top

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