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> But despite the responsibility held by the country's army and judiciary, from the moment the blast happened until today, western-friendly officials and news o
by tssva 3y ago
> But despite the responsibility held by the country's army and judiciary, from the moment the blast happened until today, western-friendly officials and news outlets have placed the blame on Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, alleging that the group stored the dangerous materials in the port – which is controlled by the US-funded army.
I have never heard a western news outlet place blame on Hezbollah. The same corruption and government disfunction cited in this article is what I have heard from western news outlets.
- Gibbon1 3y agoI've never heard that either which makes me suspicious of the author.
- leggomuhgreggo 3y agoIt was a significant enough story to have weeks of meta narrative reports — so it was definitely "a thing". (Our propaganda institutions will generally put some MIC-friendly narrative out there, more or less immediately after events like this.) Here are some examples: [1] https://en.radiofarda.com/a/why-are-fingers-pointed-at-hezbollah-in-beirut-explosion-/30774252.html https://en.radiofarda.com/a/why-are-fingers-pointed-at-hezbo... [2] https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-08-05/beirut-explosion-hezbollah-will-not-escape-blame-for-blast https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-08-05/beirut-ex... [3] https://www.voanews.com/a/hezbollah-rattled-by-port-blast-probe/6274313.html https://www.voanews.com/a/hezbollah-rattled-by-port-blast-pr... [4] https://www.tv7israelnews.com/the-beirut-explosion-is-there-a-hezbollah-connection/ https://www.tv7israelnews.com/the-beirut-explosion-is-there-... [5] https://www.foxnews.com/world/beirut-blast-hezbollah-port-under-scrutiny https://www.foxnews.com/world/beirut-blast-hezbollah-port-un...