Beirut 2020 explosion

Videos

 * Patrick Henningsen
 * @bigreegs1985
 * @ItsSkagg
 * Reuters
 * Aljazeera
 * +18 | Explosion in Beirut | August 4th, 2020 | Lebanon - R&U Videos, August 5, 2020
 * Explosion in Beirut: new footage (VIDEO)- Rusvesna, August 5, 2020 (video)
 * Two explosions, second much stronger, those who filmed are killed.
 * Mushroom cloud over Beirut: Video from 7 different angles - CGTN America, August 4, 2020
 * Unseen footage shows moment of Beirut explosion in 4K slow motion - by Agoston Nemeth, via Newsflare

Events in 2013

 * Blame for Beirut explosion begins seven years ago with a faulty Russian cargo ship - Bloomberg News via National Post, August 6, 2020

Allegations

 * ‘A bomb of some kind’? Trump says US military officials think deadly Beirut blast was an ATTACK - RT, August 4, 2020
 * BREAKING: Israel Bombed Beirut - Richard Silverstein, August 4, 2020
 * Ex-CIA Analyst Confirms Beirut Blast Initiated by “Military Munitions,” Lebanese President to Examine Role of “External Actors” - Richard Silverstein, August 6, 2020
 * ‘External interference through rocket, bomb or other act’ possible cause of Beirut blast – Lebanon’s president - RT, August 7, 2020
 * Senior Israeli Opposition Leader: Hezbollah Arms Cache Caused Beirut Explosion - Richard Silverstein, August 8, 2020

Aftermath

 * Macron delivers stern message to Lebanon’s leaders on visit to stricken Beirut - Politico, August 6, 2020
 * French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a stern warning to Lebanese leaders after landing in Beirut Thursday, saying that other than emergency humanitarian aid, there would be no international aid without reforms.
 * First blood of the "Lebanese Maidan" - a policeman is killed (+ PHOTO)) - Rusvesna, August 8, 2020
 * "Attempted coup in Lebanon" (photos) - Cassad, August 8, 2020
 * Lebanon: The Beirut Blast, Destabilisation, Chaos, an attempt at Regime change - Feroze Mithiborwala, Countercurrents, August 9, 2020

Chemical reaction

 * 2NH4NO3 → 2N2 + O2 + 4H2O + 236 kJ (1.47 kJ/g; while TNT is 4.2 kJ/g)
 * 2750 tons NH4NO3 is roughly 965 tons TNT (and only part of it was involved in the second bang).
 * Smoke color?
 * Explosives expert shares his thoughts on video from the scene - CNN, August 5, 2020
 * May said when he was in Baghdad, the telltale sign of an ammonium nitrate explosive was a yellow smoke cloud. The pink or red cloud that was seen, he said, was "not consistent with ammonium nitrate  (FWIW ; opinions may differ - the red-shifted low angle of sunlight may be the only difference)

''Nitric oxide is a colorless, flammable gas with a slight odor. [https://scied.ucar.edu/nitrogen-oxides#:~:text=Nitrogen%20dioxide%20is%20a%20deep,reddish-brown%20color%20of%20smog. Nitrogen dioxide is a deep red-orange gas] that is poisonous but not flammable. It, along with aerosols, is responsible for the reddish-brown color of smog. At high concentrations it is highly toxic, and can cause serious lung damage. Nitrogen dioxide is a strong oxidizing agent, and is thus very reactive with other compounds.

Analysis

 * Lebanese Kataeb Party’s Secretary-General Nazar Najarian killed in Beirut blast - Siranush Ghazanchyan, Radio Armenia, August 4, 2020
 * Beirut Explosion - Moon of Alabama, August 4, 2020
 * Beirut Blast Wrap-up - Moon of Alabama, August 5, 2020
 * A video taken from the top of the grain silos next to the warehouse shows uncontrolled explosions of small fireworks within a port warehouse near to where the ammonium nitrate was stored. The small crackling fireworks explosions are followed by a very huge one.


 * Mideast Geopolitics & Poetics The US, Israel and Beirutshima - "Taxi", Plato's Guns, August 6, 2020
 * Two Scenarios On Beirut’s Deadly Blast – OpEd - Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, Eurasia Review, August 6, 2020
 * Israel Is in Shock, in a Sickening Show of Hypocrisy - Gideon Levy, Haaretz, August 7, 2020
 * Who Profits from the Beirut Tragedy - Pepe Escobar, Asia Times via The Saker, August 8, 2020