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Meh, It's only because the government wanted to steal/use/sell/recover $ this happened. It's just common fertiliser. Used everywhere. Transported everywhere.
by aaron695 6y ago
Meh,
It's only because the government wanted to steal/use/sell/recover $ this happened.
It's just common fertiliser. Used everywhere. Transported everywhere.
If they really didn't want it they could have dumped it at sea and got some carbon credits.
Rickety ship's are a story, but nothing to do with Beirut.
- mschuster91 6y ago> It's only because the government wanted to steal/use/sell/recover $ this happened. Then they would have done so instead of letting the cargo go bad.
- rebuilder 6y agoRickety ships being used to ship explosive precursors by people trying their best to hide their involvement in that activity, to people implicated in illegal arms trading, seems like a pretty important story.
- aaron695 6y agoIf you are saying 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate was being transported for military or militant use, that to me is pretty crazy but interesting. But you'd need to say it rather than imply something Qanon style. What is going on? My theory. It's a ricky ship transporting ammonium nitrate for use farming or mining. To differentiate you'd have to see if this counterfeit ammonium nitrate really does cost more to be mining grade or it's just in the name and is for farming. How would illegal arms play out in an alternate theory?
- rebuilder 6y agoWell, the article says pretty much right at the start: "The ultimate customer for the ammonium nitrate on the ship, a Mozambican explosives factory, is part of a network of companies previously investigated for weapons trafficking and allegedly supplying explosives used by terrorists.The factory never tried to claim the abandoned material."