:lebanon: Beirut explosion: Six sources explain details, shine light on Hezbollah link

[Victoria33]

Right now, there are some people wanting to link Hezbollah to the explosion (Hezbollah representing the Iran/Hezbollah/Syria axis). This all seems political though, it seems to be a possibility. The people over there view each other as bitter foes. I don’t want to say “hate” but there is a lot of animosity. Now, a few sources are bringing up Hezbollah into this picture. Most or all of these are anonymous sources so that’s not too solid.

https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2020/08/11/Beirut-explosion-Six-sources-explain-details-shine-light-on-Hezbollah-link

Beirut explosion: Six sources explain details, shine light on Hezbollah link.​

France stated yesterday that “enough objective elements” indicated that the double explosion, which ravaged the port of Beirut on Tuesday was of accidental origin. Many questions remain nonetheless over Tuesday’s massive blast, killing at least 158 people and wounding 6,000 others.

Here, six sources – a former spy, a Lebanese military official, a freight forwarder in the shipping industry, a lawyer, a source close to Hezbollah commanders and a former high security source share their analysis on the tragic incident.

Two sources told Al Arabiya English that the ammonium nitrate was being slowly siphoned off by Hezbollah for military purposes. The Lebanese party has widely upgraded its missile collection after 2006 and equipped them with smart guided heads, with ranges varying from 10km to 500 km.

Sources out of Lebanon I believe are saying the country is rejecting an international investigation or probe. That obviously does NOT sound good.

 

[StudentMI]

Hezbollah is the go to target for something like this due to two factors: they’re against Israel, and they’re Shia. They have a lot of enemies in the west and in the region. I highly doubt they were involved.