Trump: Beirut Explosion “A Terrible Attack – A-Bomb Of Some Kind” Trump Briefed By U.S. Generals

The Lebanese Prime Ministers said a massive explosion caused by an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate left unsecured for 6 years in a warehouse in Beirut occurred after late afternoon. The blast centered on Beirut’s port and unleashed a massive seismic shock and explosion with the force of a 3.5 magnitude earthquake, according to Germany’s geosciences center GFZ, and it was heard and felt as far away as Cyprus more than 200 kilometers (180 miles) across the Mediterranean.

The blast was so overwhelming in its force, destroying homes up to ten miles away, local residents thought they were under nuclear attack, especially given it briefly blocked out the sun and a mushroom cloud hovered over the city.

More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.73 killed, including 3,700 wounded. Meanwhile, Beirut has been declared a ‘disaster zone’ by Lebanon’s defense council, with countries around the world pledging emergency aid.

With the official consensus growing that the massive explosion was a horrible accident due to neglect, President Trump’s stated that the tragedy once again presented that it could be something more. He said early in the evening that after meeting with top military commanders: “They seem to think it was an attack. It was a bomb of some kind.”

The president further said that it “looks like a terrible attack” — leaving people to again question whether there’s intelligence he’s seen that points to an attack or bombing. According to the AFP:

Trump says military experts tell him Beirut blast a ‘bomb of some kind’.“It was a bomb of some kind, yes” — he emphasized when questioned on it.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also pledged aid after the “horrible tragedy”.

The US Embassy in Lebanon was warned American citizens and residents in the surrounding area of the potential for toxic gases and chemicals in the air.

“There are reports of toxic gases released in the explosion so all in the area should stay indoors and wear masks if available,” the embassy said on its website.

Summary:

• BREAKING: Lebanese Prime Minister says Beirut explosions caused by an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate left unsecured for 6 years in a warehouse
• The same chemical compound in Oklahoma City bombing
• At least 70 people killed, over 3,000 injured; death toll rising by the hour
• Ten firefighters still missing
• Sprawling port area utterly destroyed
• Widespread damage observed across the city
• The exact cause of the explosion still officially unknown
• Lebanon’s interior minister links blast to ammonium nitrate improperly stored in a warehouse at the port
• Shockwave and explosion so large that terrified residents thought they were under nuclear attack
• Countries sending international emergency aid
• Large parts of city plunged into darkness this evening
• Overwhelmed hospitals are treating patients in parking lots
• Head of Lebanon’s Red Cross George Kettani told broadcaster Mayadeen: “There are victims and casualties everywhere – in all the streets and areas near and far from the explosion.”
• Beirut City Governor Marwan Aboud said: “Beirut is a disaster city and the scale of the damage is enormous” and called the blast a “national disaster akin to Hiroshima.”

The explosion comes at a sensitive time for Lebanon, during an economic crisis reigniting old divisions. Tensions are also high ahead of Friday’s verdict in a trial over the killing of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005.

Note transiting Mars squaring the Jupiter-Pluto alignment on August 4, 2020, making a direct hit to Lebanon’s ASC/MC Midpoint Axis auguring a powerful surge of violent explosive energy, delusions that the ends justify the means fueled with intense self-righteous anger, extreme sectarian dogma, and violence.

Close-up satellite ‘before and after’ photos have been produced by Planet Labs Inc., and republished by CNN, of Tuesday afternoon’s enormous explosion centered on the Beirut port.

The images confirm every building at the vital port, through which the majority of commerce and staples, including the nation’s grain supply comes, has been utterly destroyed.