{"id":6243,"date":"2020-08-20T20:22:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T23:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=6243"},"modified":"2020-08-20T20:41:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T23:41:09","slug":"did-hezbollah-ship-the-explosive-chemicals-to-beirut-from-iran-die-welt-who-knew-about-these-chemicals-and-others-mtv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/08\/20\/did-hezbollah-ship-the-explosive-chemicals-to-beirut-from-iran-die-welt-who-knew-about-these-chemicals-and-others-mtv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Hezbollah ship the explosive chemicals to Beirut from Iran (Die Welt)? Who knew about these chemicals AND others (MTV News)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CandlesLebanon-9-1024x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6244\" width=\"541\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CandlesLebanon-9-1024x288.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CandlesLebanon-9-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CandlesLebanon-9-768x216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CandlesLebanon-9-1200x338.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CandlesLebanon-9.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 85vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From the following <em>Die Welt<\/em> report, we learned that Iran sent three shipments of ammonium nitrate to Beirut over the past few years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-levant\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"POVGusYbNh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thelevantnews.com\/en\/2020\/08\/hezbollah-shipped-explosive-chemicals-to-lebanon-prior-to-beirut-blast-report\/\">Hezbollah shipped explosive chemicals to Lebanon prior to Beirut blast: Report<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Hezbollah shipped explosive chemicals to Lebanon prior to Beirut blast: Report&#8221; &#8212; The Levant\" src=\"https:\/\/thelevantnews.com\/en\/2020\/08\/hezbollah-shipped-explosive-chemicals-to-lebanon-prior-to-beirut-blast-report\/embed\/#?secret=POVGusYbNh\" data-secret=\"POVGusYbNh\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After reading the above <em>Die Welt <\/em>article, Bambi watched a Lebanese <em>MTV News <\/em>documentary online (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com.lb\/en\/#\">https:\/\/www.mtv.com.lb\/en\/#<\/a>). It seems that more explosive chemicals were found on the site of the seaport explosion by both Lebanese and foreign experts: Ammonium nitrate and ammonium phosphate in addition to tires, fireworks, car and bike engines, a lot of vegetable oil, and a LARGE amount of coffee. In addition to the latter, some items were not declared in official paperwork such as: Methanol, more ammonium nitrate (of another source than the above) and a large quantity of vegetable oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of these simple ingredients are suspected to be bomb-making material (e.g., the coffee, etc.), according to an expert guest on MTV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who is to blame for all this, besides Hezbollah? Who knew about the dangerous chemicals and shut their eyes to public danger? These individuals, whomever they are, are all partners in the crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who should resign\u2026 AND walk straight to jail, after this criminal negligence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will Lebanon finally reform itself after the surrealistic\ntragedy?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So many questions\u2026 BUT, once again, no answers without an international (transparent and independent) investigation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until then, here are the latest SAD news from Beirut in pictures\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W1-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His name is Elias. He died at age 15 after having struggled to survive in the intensive care for two weeks. Bambi\u2019s parents know his family\/him. They are heart-broken, as you can imagine (they go to the same nearby church). What a beautiful picture taken from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imlebanon.org\/2020\/08\/20\/elias-khoury1\/\">https:\/\/www.imlebanon.org\/2020\/08\/20\/elias-khoury1\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"592\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W2-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is nothing more heart-breaking than this picture \u2639 (also taken from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imlebanon.org\/2020\/08\/20\/elias-khoury1\/\">https:\/\/www.imlebanon.org\/2020\/08\/20\/elias-khoury1\/<\/a>). Bambi\u2019s heart goes to Elias\u2019 family and friends. She is also sending her positive vibes\/prayer to Father Justinianos whose own spouse is recovering from a second surgery (arm badly injured).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another sad picture taken from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imlebanon.org\/2020\/08\/20\/elias-khoury1\/\">https:\/\/www.imlebanon.org\/2020\/08\/20\/elias-khoury1\/<\/a>. People are wearing white, not black, in order to honour Elias (as a youth or a young groom, so to speak), not as a dead young body, no (hence the white coffin)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6253\" width=\"671\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W4.jpg 606w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W4-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Elias\u2019 classmates carrying his coffin. As his <em>Jesus &amp; Mary<\/em> High School principal said it: <em>&#8220;He graduated too soon&#8221;. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6254\" width=\"636\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W5.jpg 589w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W5-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6256\" width=\"641\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W6.jpg 606w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W6-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Alaa El Mohammad (31-year-old) escaped war in Syria. He thought he was safe in  Beirut but he sadly lost his spouse (28-year-old). He drove her coffin to the border and returned to the hospital. Two of his three daughters are critically injured, if Bambi recalls this family&#8217;s story well. In this picture, he seems to be reading <em>El Fatiha<\/em> (a beautiful prayer). How will he find the strength to tell his daughters that they lost their mom, asks journalist Roula Douglas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6259\" width=\"639\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W7.jpg 599w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W7-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Good-bye day to Mr. Ghassan Hasrouty as well&#8230; May they both rest in peace!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6260\" width=\"482\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W8-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W8-768x864.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 85vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, good-bye Elias. The picture reads: \u201c<em>Elias Khoury, our smile that went away<\/em>\u201d. A picture taken from:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imlebanon.org\/2020\/08\/20\/elias-khoury1\/\">https:\/\/www.imlebanon.org\/2020\/08\/20\/elias-khoury1\/<\/a> (or was it from <em># Pray for Beirut<\/em>?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"444\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W9.jpg 610w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W9-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well said&#8230; thanks and bravo too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6262\" width=\"635\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W10.jpg 601w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W10-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi posted the story of Ralph earlier (a son, a brother, a soccer fan, sadly one of Beirut&#8217;s first victims&#8230; and heroes!). Good-bye to him too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W11.jpg 593w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W11-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 85vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lebanon&#8217;s youth deserve a country that is better governed! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6266\" width=\"632\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W12.jpg 602w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W12-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"462\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W13.jpg 598w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W13-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 85vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, this picture killed Bambi&#8230; &#8220;Bon courage&#8221; Karlen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"418\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W14.jpg 595w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W14-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 85vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That was a beautiful gesture indeed!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"476\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W15.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W15.jpg 614w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W15-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Good bye Joe&#8230; and thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"504\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W16.jpg 589w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W16-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 85vw, 589px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is Ralph again&#8230; good-bye and many thanks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"445\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W17.jpg 591w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W17-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 85vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Sahar with her fianc\u00e9. Sadly, we can also see him getting close to her coffin (perhaps trying to touch her for the last time). He is being carried on the shoulders of his loved ones, just like in a wedding (they were supposed to get married next year). As a reminder, Sahar was the courageous paramedic with the team of Beirut firefighters. Thanks to her too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"614\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W18.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W18.jpg 598w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/W18-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 85vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This last picture speaks for itself&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a sad chapter of Lebanon&#8217;s history. May healing and hope prevail, day after day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/heart-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6274\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/heart-6.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/heart-6-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 85vw, 130px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the following Die Welt report, we learned that Iran sent three shipments of ammonium nitrate to Beirut over the past few years: After reading the above Die Welt article, Bambi watched a Lebanese MTV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6243"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6280,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6243\/revisions\/6280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}