It was only after a huge explosion ripped through Beirut that most people in Lebanon learned about the 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in a hangar at the city’s port.
And in the explosion’s devastating aftermath, many Lebanese are expressing immense shock and sadness at the destruction, and great anger towards those who allowed this to happen.
Mark Daou is a former candidate for the Lebanese parliament, he joins us from Beirut to discuss the latest updates.
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They did to China port and now the did to the Lebanon the just rent the building and store the Ammonium nitrates and started the fire
Typical left wing opportunist blaming it all to the government. He can’t even name names but blame it all to the current administration.
The fellow being interviewed should know the name of the importer in court docs!
Iran
This guy all he is blabbering about is of political vendetta at this tragedy and not interested in helping people?
Isreal…Game player
This guy talks but for not say anything.
Great reporting
Future of America if Biden wins …..food supply would be shut down and all would have to count on government on order to eat…shame
We as a human race must unite against ALL politicians across the globe.
Don’t be stupid it’s Israel with whom you were at war till just the day before this blast
Corruption.
i think mossad got it stock piled to get hezzbulls to walk in to it one day demonstrations but hezzbull found out a got it detonated so the side looks bad had its bannkcruty
Ohhhhh, I think we know who did this!!!!….. it was the amish!!!!
Prime Minister Hassan. President Aoun. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE! Don’t try and blame others..
Israel is responsible
They keep using that same explanation for massive explosions. Didn’t this happen in China not long ago? What next…a submarine? Or did that happen already too?
Israel is terrorist.
Lebanon was screwed economically before this , now the country has lost revenue from the port, imports will not be so easy to do. The destroyed grain silos, all of this will result in the overthrow of the current government and leading classes……Al the death and misery caused by this is incalculable.
In most of the cases, corrupt governments , are guilty for such tragedies . God help us , please .
*Welcome to August*
More than 200 killed or Missing
4000 heavily injured or crippled
Over 150,000 eardrums burst or lightly injured
300,000 lost their homes
Firefighters are still trying to rescue people that are underground trapped due to building collapse …
Careless Government
Those Who Are Blaming Their Government Are Fools… Actually Israel Bombed In A Form Of The Crackers Explosion
My comment is,, it was fault by then govt,, or local authorities,, why ? Why they’re allowed to keep in 6 yrs in a wrong place ,,wrong people,,in other words,,, it was due to negligence and lack of knowledge
Pray for lebonan people
Hope for the Future
17 Shall not Lebanon in a very little while
become a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field be regarded as a forest?
18 On that day the deaf shall hear
the words of a scroll,
and out of their gloom and darkness
the eyes of the blind shall see.
19 The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
and the neediest people shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
Thx for that enlightening infos
Russian ships left chemicals unattended which were taken into the warehouse. My assumption would be the chemicals were unallowable in Russia or were not in a condition where they could be used.
Yes. Just read the scrip. You are sucks already.
If 85% of grain are stored there. Here are a few questions need to be answered:
1. Did some one raided the silo for all the grains stored there before they set up the fire to set off the explosion to cover it up?
2. Who is the genius that came up with the bright idea to store grains near a highly explosive ammonium nitrate?
3. Was it an inside job to break the last straw?
I heard someone was welding and that set off fireworks which set off chemicals. The chemicals must have been improperly contained or deteriorating.
Who was smoking near this chemical???? Without safety knowledge???
😢😢😢
aljazeera asik cari sape yg salah je lah.. jimbit
Yet aljazeera is useless
Definitely should check out pakistan.
MOSSAD,,
DO YOU REALLY NEED TO ASK THAT?
Sounds like bs to me.The government is to blame end of story.They knew it was there and was given money to hide it there.Pressure from who we know terrorists.
You don’t store that much unless you plan on making bombs.
The ammonium nitrate has been there since 2014, so the current political leadership isn’t the only group that should be held accountable.
I s r a e l + u s a
This gentleman told the truth about Hezbollah I hope they don’t cut his head off .
Why acting nobody knew anything. Israel has been warning the UN and the world for the past 2 years about the massive build up of explosives by Iran backed Hezbollah. They wanted to blast Israel but their calculations went wrong
of course China is responsible
I like the courage of the guy. He considers himself among the dead of the blast. That is why he is not afraid to expose everything despite possible threats.
The responsible????
Is the irresponsible!!!!!
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
So Sad
“Justice Systems” are a joke, but a deadly joke!
This guy seems misinformed. All reports are the explosives were impounded when the ship carrying it stopped for service on its way to deliver it to another country. It was never imported.
I don’t know how ammonium nitrate blasted in open place. Can any one explain.
Pleas my God be wtith them It’s very danjerous acsydent to Levanon people and Government pleas world be with them አምላክ ከእናንተ ጋ ሆኖ ይርዳችሁ እጅግ ያሳዝናል ሞቴን ፣ህመሜን ፣ርሀቤን ጥማቴን በእጅህ አድርገው ከእጆችህ መዳፍ አታውጣኝ ስሞትም በእጅህ ብለው የሚፀልዩ ፀሎታቸው የሚሰማላቸው ምስጉኖች ናቸው ! በእግዜር በሽታ ታመው የሚሞቱ እድልኞች ናቸው ! ከሞት የሚቀር የለም ግን ?
Is it strategically located near the grain silo? Those could have been a lot of help to the people.
You ain’t seen nothin yet. Funds will pour in to help rebuilding. Watch how fast the money disappears.
Central Bank
Sad day indeed for all concerned. A result of poor statesmanship. Lesson not learned from similar incidents elsewhere. Combustible items are to be treated with absolute care. Hope this tragedy is well taken note of.
why not find a way to divert the blame to israel and america?…hezbollah come on you guys are better than that!…tell everyone it’s mossad and it’s an attack on islam!…
Al jazeera.. fitna news.. look what they did to Malaysia.. western lapdog in an arabs name.. boooo! They blocked all the comments trashing them. NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THEIR COMMENT SECTIONS!
Videos about this should include that there was a large fire for over 15 minutes with several large explosions .
KARMA..never leaves you….
already happen dont blame anybody
ALL RESPONSIBILITY IS ON HEZBOLLAH, PARTY OF SATAN GOD !
corrupt politics whole system corrupted .
Why do you let this fool interrupt you.
Big explosion is the best method to get rid of airborne CCP virus.
As I predicted……….
This is the price you pay for hosting hezbollah on your soil. Get rid of them and set Lebanon free.
Time to restrain Iran and get rid of Chizbulla – Al Gazeera can build a platform and discuss these issues concerning peace talks with Israel and create a platform that will educate the arab public and change the future of the viewers – all citizens of M.E. countries. it is obvious that the reporter is scared to even suggest “who’s in control” of the port, or even explore the use of these materials. as someone from Israel I send condolences to the families in Lebanon – may your god save lives even of potential victims in Israel – probably the end target. when will you have the guts to stand for human rights prosperity and peace rather than heating your backs with iron wires and send missiles to Israel – for decades you’re spreading threats and talking death from holes in the ground. even reporter-stylists on your TV can’t think – such ignorance disguised as innocence
America is responsible.
Today, accountability is a rare commodity. In the past 20 years, many big events happened, no one took responsibility.
“The cause has not been determined yet. There is a possibility of external interference through a rocket or bomb or other act,” President Michel Aoun said….
Yes….who would dare mess with Hezbollah’s car bomb stash, stored next to civilians, and the countries food supply.
Look`s like scene of terminator film after skynet take over the World ..
Hezbollah
Still no excuse for having a massive store of a dangerous material ” At A Shipping Port “.
2700 TONS. 6 years. What could’ve possibly been more important lmao. This dumb planet
Give me a break EVERYONE knows why It was there and what it was to be used for. The nitrate was sent to Hezbollah to be used in rockets and other munitions to be used against Israel. That is the elephant in the room.
This guy doesn’t seem to have all of his information.
Israel is responsible
It a nuclear bomb attack they used a depleted uranum bomb seven months earlier such bombs had been thrown in Syria
But I’m glad there is no international bias from us Russia or the Middle East. That would be really sick.
Only in New York…smh
My observation as a non-Lebanese is that every time I hear Lebanese politicians, activists and civilians in general being interviewed they say the same things like robots: there’s this non-corporeal corruption and elite and then they never say anything specific or provide alternatives or plans. I mean in the end the politicians you get are a reflection of the society. I saw this in my country and knew there was no solution so I migrated. I wish the Lebanese better luck. For anyone offended: I’d say the same with the USA- Trump’s not the problem, the problem is the 65 million people who voted for him and the context that created those people’s values and worldview.
Pray for Lebanon free of hezbollah and Iran. Inocent people are hostages of hezbollah and Iran.
The Iranian regime is criminal and supporter of all course in the Middle East. The Iranian regime supports another copy of Hezbollahin Yemen called Al-Houthi, and they already have made a lot of destruction by dragging the country into a war that is not our war.
credibility less channel.
from now on, this country will be known as Lebanan.
World need Jacinda Ardern.
America need Jacinda Ardern
Russia need Jacinda Ardern
Israel need Jacinda Ardern.
Why wasn’t the 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored outside the city!
The highest level politicians should be criminally charged!
That region has become an embarrassment to the world.
The leaders wealth, grandstanding is worthless, if their peoples lives are miserable and a menace to the world!
Corruption is the modern political atomic bomb 💣
Ohhhh i see…all this to blame Hezbollah at the end …well staged as usual ,well staged …
I love how that mercedes was in perfect condition compared to everything else. Thats German engineering for ya.
Deep State Swamp and their wars, Corona, Bombs, ….
Beirut, Lebanan
Wuhan, China
Najaf, Iraq
Ajman, UAE / United Arab Emirates
Hyesan, North Korea
St. Paul, Minneapolis / USA
France
Brussels, Belgium
Berlin, Germany
Hisbollah thugs have to drive to oblivion for what they’ve done.
Aljazeera reporting: Huge demonstrations against Lebanese government…they have erected gallows and are demanding senior officials be hanged…hopefully Nut-Ra-lala has a vacancy on this wooden structure.
Michel Aoun and Nut-Ra-lala have rejected an international inquiry…what are they hiding?
The people’s Lebanese army are using force and tear gas to disperse the people.
What is the government afraid of?
Even before Hezbollah’s explosion, people were demanding the fall of the WHOLE government INCLUDING HEZBOLLAH.
The unity cry of Lebanese people…”our own people are tear gassing us”.
We, want ALL of them to leave their corrupt power. They starved us, bankrupted us and now they kill us”.
Don’t worry too much about Nut-Ra-lala, he is safe and sound in his underground bunker eating cream puffs.
Ammonia Nitrate is a common fertilizer and a component used in explosives.
Ammonium nitrate is highly combustible when combined with oil and fuel which are stored at ports in all countries.
The red smoke rising together with the explosion cloud, indicates the presence of ammonium nitrate.
We wait to watch how Aoun and Nut-Ra-lala wriggle out of this one.
Thank you Aljazeera for the excellent explanation of exactly what Ammonium nitrate is…
zero sympathy
All lives matter please help
French Manacroni…leechers… after reading the hidden agenda
Democracy is garbage.