CNN has obtained documents pointing to warnings for years that a 2,750-tonne load of ammonium nitrate should be removed from the port of Beirut, a load that had been confiscated from a Russian ship in late 2013. The alert would have been ignored.
Beirut: From a Russian ship to a tragic explosion
2020-08-06T03:55:26.013Z
CNN has obtained documents suggesting that for years warnings were issued about the need to remove a 2,750-tonne load of ammonium nitrate from the port of Beirut, a load that ...