In Lebanon, a country scarred by civil war and its role as a geopolitical pawn, the official explanation behind the Beirut explosion is just one of many.
Los Angeles Times reporter Nabih Bulos was less than 500 yards from the center of the massive explosion in Beirut. He lived to tell the taleThe story begins in late 2013 with a Russian-owned, Moldovan-flagged ship, the MV Rhosus, making an unscheduled stop in Beirut’s port. Its cargo included thousands of tons of high-density ammonium nitrate, a common fertilizer and explosive, to be delivered to an explosives company in Mozambique.
A security officer keeps watch in Beirut’s port. The capsized Orient Queen cruise ship is seen in the background.But conspiracy theorists like those belonging to the so-called 9/11 Truth Movement soon contended there was more to this explosion than met the eye. Meanwhile, many Lebanese insisted that the blast was accompanied by sounds of fighter jets. They attributed their familiarity with the sound of jet engines to the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, during which southern Beirut was pounded by Israeli warplanes.“No way this material can blow up in this way on its own. I believe it was a missile,” Jimmy Geagea, a coordinator at a Beirut-based seminary, said in an interview. “Look, no doubt there was government negligence.
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