WHAT WE KNOW TO BE CONFIRMED
Someone wanted that port destroyed
So we have everything documented up to who started the fires, and who's pushing 'fireworks' as their cover story.
OSINT at its finest lads.
Confirmed - Explosion was the 2,700 tonnes of Nitropril /+ ammonium nitrate:
https://mobile.twitter.com/AuroraIntel/status/1290789726283345926
Burns the exact color we saw - orange.
https://mobile.twitter.com/0rangeandwhite/status/1290786210542125058
-Not an airstrike [continuous small 'crackles' build up to the larger second explosion]
-Not started by fireworks [cover story is cover story]
Assassinations aren't done with explosions that big, and the bomb was stationary - an extremely ineffective approach to such an attack.
We can rule out single targets.
-NO RADIATION DETECTED
Starting to get a better picture of the devastation at the Port of #Beirut.
Storage warehouses 6,9,10,11, and 12 are total losses, and cannot even be identified from an aerial prospective.
Neighboring facilities are destroyed, as well.
https://mobile.twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1290713803915776008
#Lebanese Army Major General Ibrahim “it appears that the explosion occurred in a store of high explosive materials confiscated for years”
[Pictures of devastated blast site - Port]
https://mobile.twitter.com/no_itsmyturn/status/1290702444117327880
Director General of Lebanese Customs Badri Daher tells @AlMayadeenNews "tons" of nitrates exploded in Beirut Port
https://mobile.twitter.com/DavidADaoud/status/1290705338019258370
We received a number of reports from #Cyprus (250km away) which seem related to this explosion, reporting noise and rattling windows
https://mobile.twitter.com/LastQuake/status/1290686442205839361
Fireworks or some other smaller explosions happening before big explosion
UP CLOSE VIDEO RIGHT BEFORE EXPLOSION
[Also, thread with a great deal of on-the-ground-info]
https://mobile.twitter.com/Natsecjeff/status/1290681144795639808