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Ruth, within the last hour not only heard its, adrian fell in love with the capital. Some reports are suggesting that it happens as a route course. I was love at 1st away the glass broke everywhere or. D the with so much is destroyed Baby Support in the heart of the capital, along a busy highway and close to densely populated neighborhoods. The without warning. What is the largest non nuclear blast in history kills more than 200 people, injures thousands and leaves hundreds of thousands homeless. Ah, authorities say the blast was caused by highly exclusive material stored at a warehouse in the in that highly exclusive material was Ammonium Nitrate at the time authorities promise that transparent investigation. They promised results in 5 days. But its been a year, and the Lead Judge in the case has been facing fierce political backlash as he attempts to prosecute some of those beliefs to be responsible for unsafely storing the chemical app support. There are still many questions surrounding the Ammonium Nitrate and how much of it was inside the warehouse. At the time of the black the multiple videos that were taken moment before the blast tell part of the story. There was a fire at Warehouse Twelth at 554. 00 p. M minutes before the explosion. The Fire Brigade received a call from the police 9 fire fighters and a female paramedic immediately responded the short drive to the port would be their last journey on board. She said it would be, it would be the fact that this up, its been, have been chavez, low over capital, should have been heads out how this, how this is kathy out of a box. And then just see how the, how they know and how the show would, how does nothing come Mother Shut alone. I dont have to miss out of any my so im the time and look at how the Lumber Seka Hadnt had to do their colleagues. They were sent to their almost certain death. They werent told about the dangers. They werent prepared and they couldnt protect themselves. Some of the firefighters are seen in the photo trying to force open one of the doors of the burning warehouse because no one at the court had the key that was known before the explosion. There was a smaller one before a larger blast. Seconds later, believed to have been caused by the soft pile of Ammonium Nitrate before and im wondering, my trade can mottled mamma. Well then you hear the fuel as miss and all as if and all her Daughter Alcohol had the most with my thought here. Last got it can feel my where my styling had more than was Tyler Tolman vapors. Vapors mom, Ammonium Nitrate haunted by little hopper in ammonium. Nitrate is used as a fertilizer, but its also a component to make box. The photos that have since emerged showed a disaster and waiting a cocktail of flavor of materials were unsafely stored together. Im wondering whether or not is it not a direct directive . Thats not a physical matter, have figured a law as im not up. I near the Ammonium Nitrate mechanical Trig Hadnt mechanical triggers, it was a billboard canon file. Im on fire works. You can send you men and not bless. You allow a fire worked and mechanical trigger. The Pressure Actor or the Ammonium Nitrate will be lucille. But what started the fire investigators who have still to find the answer, say it may be hard to find the trigger. The sight of warehouse 12 was pulverized replaced by a large water filled crater the Lead Judge and the case started baton has been looking into 3 possible theories. The 1st is a mistake in the Welding Process during Repair Work that was being done to the warehouse. The 2nd is unintentional fire. Some have suggested there might have been an attempt to hide evidence of theft. And the 3rd theory is that the explosion was caused by a targeted air rocket attack. This was later downplayed following a report by french investigators. In the days and hours before the blast was pear work was being done on Warehouse Twelth. They were the 1st of their kind to secure the facility. Since the Ammonium Nitrate was confiscated from amal dove and flagged Cargo Ship and stored there in 2014 lebanons chief prosecutor on our debt gave the order after State Security want about possible theft, not the potentially explosive materials stored there. This photo purportedly shows the syrian laborers who were doing the work, but they dont appear to be taking any precautions with the materials inside days after the port explosion, they were detained along with the owner of the contracting company. There still no proof. They had a role in starting the fire and our beliefs to have less support in our before. But theyre still being held without charge documented surface showing that throughout the years. Top officials, politicians, civil servants, military and security officers knew about the dangerous chemicals and did nothing about it. Now, me, braxton, the head of the manifest department, that support was among those who warned about the potential for disaster. His wife or roar. So now he has document that show bracks began warning about the Ammonium Nitrate in 2014, after learning it was being stored in warehouse 12 and the cash inside. Out at the oberlin beyond what i want to get at the has it, it will be out of our, she to she and i will, i find out about tosh, you know, look at what the target, its not me, i dont have the lumber seem. I would want to have your name, but the coffee there for my wife wants to have to stay my way to stay. How do you live in the house . Sorry. What was that . How do i modify . Yeah, now the ellen and the whole food didnt have to be month to month fee, but my thought and that i pick up my number, my phone on the line, you can, the kid was told or says her husband killed, compelled to go above his authority to raise the alarm bell, she says hes now paying the price for speaking up. Now me brax is being held without charge, along with other ports and customs employees and security officers. And i may, but so it has that, or i became a put the one other side mostly on hand who come on the mckenzie. Im with dr. Mon heck, ive been heck, my fiance, about a job i found with dash 9 to cut the fellow here to whom i know i suddenly my Love Leisure has. Im an attorney now the cut the seller have to sell them. And my la Fleur Joseph in the day and who will be on the dollar. A low national mom, but a dollar and casual medic, but to keep it a dollar can come and dollar weeks before the explosion. The now caretaker, prime minister has done did. And the incumbent President Michelle and acknowledge received a letter from State Security warning about the presence of Ammonium Nitrate. They said they referred the case to the relevant authorities. The State Security report dated july 22020. 00, says there was negligence on the part of the port authorities and various pages ministrations in securing the warehouse so that the Ammonium Nitrate will be stolen or catch fire. It also mentioned the 2016 correspondence between the Army Command and the customs director. It in which the Arm Command suggested offering the Ammonium Nitrate to a local Explosives Company or sending it back to the country of origin. It was signed by the commander at the time. John was she who is among a number of suspects who could face criminal charges. Unfortunately, the army did not take any measures, not in and containing them and nothing taking any measures. You know, re exporting them. Thats the low, the 137. 00 Munition Loss that states that the, the force of the armies responsible for them. I shall sophie dean is a lawyer who specializes in export compliance. He has analyzed scores of documents and explains why he believes the shipment was not legal from the start. These are slows as all the nitrate ammonium. They need a lot of administer of process. Before thinking of importing them. There is a process by law that should be done before entering them. And whats included in this process is the responsibility of the army, the lebanese army thats included in this process. So when they entered, they did not get the approval of the army, they just, you know, adjust, took a decision and unloaded the product inside lebanon to find out how the Ammonium Nitrate ended up inside warehouse 12. A team of investigative journalists have been digging deeper into its origins. What they discovered is that the shipment involved a network of shadow actors, who they say use secretive companies and took advantage of lack government oversight. And the weaknesses in the maritime Shipping Industry discovered that this company was, was it, it just an added ok. That usually is used to just the companies that act as child companies to know how to me is an investigative journalist who has been trying to piece together the circumstances that led to the explosion. Including the origins of the explosive material. Its believed to have started with a russian vessel called roses, which set sail from the port of a to me in september 2013. While dr. Greece, the crew was told to make an unscheduled Stop And Bay route to take on extra cargo to be able to pay for passage through the swiss canal. The dishes and the Russia Captain boris pro, coaches said the order came for the man who he believed to be the ships owner. Russian businessmen, igor Gretschs Skin and you got them one year. We pulled together an international team of journalists in europe in the middle east, and just look through public documents and registries we found in the mall, Doug Registry that the roses was in fact earned by panama corporation. That was ultimately owned by a business men in cyprus, and that it was being leased by the russian Businessman Ego creatures, kim, who had previously been named as the owner of the ship. This photo is purportedly of the supreme businessmen shipping magnet cheryl ambrose, my nolly, his name has been implicated in offshore Finance And Money laundering activities. He has admitted that one of his company once owned the roses, the duck ended in june, 2012. Then there is the company that organized the shipment of Ammonium Nitrate a u. K, registered chemical Trading Firm called civil row, which purchase the material from georgia and factory by all appearances. So vara was acting as a shell, which had since been de registered, but it shares the same address as the businesses of 3 syrian nationals, george ha, swanny and brothers. A mad and middle haughty. Theyve denied legs to several, but all 3 have been under sanctions by the us government for aiding the government of syrian President Bashar Asset in 2015 medulla who was accused of serving as an intermediary for government for attempting to procure Ammonium Nitrate in late 2013. That was with the ship in question. With the chemicals on board arise in beirut. Pseudo said to me, says he has information that links the owner of the roses, the 3 syrian nationals, and the supreme bank. That bank was called F B. M e, which was lebanese, owned and based in cyprus. So we had the owner of the ship and the business men acting on the clients of the thing bank, which is by the way, it closed back. I mean, its not a bank that you can come in and like to open an account or to take loan or to take a Check Book of checks or something. No, its just a close langley to the lines in 2014, the us Treasury Department sanctioned the bank for alleged Money Laundering and financing terrorists, including the iranian back. Lebanese armed group has bhalla and facilitating the purchase of chemical weapons for the syrian government. It went out oF Business, not long after F B a means a very notorious bank has been connected to multiple corruptions, smuggling sanctions, but in cases around the world its something that ad bears further investigation. When the ship docked and they report in november 2013, it wasnt able to load heavy cargo because the ship was in a state of disrepair. There was a lengthy legal dispute over port fees and debts, which meant the captain and 3. 00 crew were held there for nearly a year. That was until the authorities impounded the ship in 2014. This captain and his crew were allowed to leave the details surrounding the ships. True destination still remain a big question. It wasnt until the 4th explosion that journalists discovered shipping records, which indicated the Ammonium Nitrate was supposed to be delivered to an explosive company in mozambique. But it never arrived because the roast was stuck in beirut. When the company was contacted, it confirmed it ordered the chemicals from silverado, but because it was such a route that was the end of the transaction. Not everyone buys this. Lets be professional. It was not invented for muslim big thats my, thats my view of the shipment. Why . Because these are international laws. Even if you want to some these for this product to muslim, be there are lots of administrative processes that didnt happen. You dont have only a bill of lading, saying that this shipment is going to Muslim Beek is not enough for this type of shipment to go ahead. Another question, journalists are trying to answer is exactly how much of the Chemical Compound was inside warehouse 12, at the time of the Blast Government documents and officials say 2750 tons were offloaded from the ship and stored in that hanger on the ship was, was unloaded. There was a document that said that, out of the 2750 bag that was unloaded at 1950 back, which that 2000 bags was damaged and they could not be used anymore. Last activity we talked to several people who witnessed the whole process. One of them was the driver of that claim, one loaded ship. One of them was the owner of the company that was hired by the port authorities to unload the ship. They doubt that the amount that was removed from the ship was 2750. 00. They said they believe it was much less. Im all ok. And the 11 of the guys who signed the document that says 1950 bag with numbers. He, he said, he said clearly that he did not count sign papers. This is not unusual given that many state institutions are riddled with corruption. The way the port operates, leaves room for security lapses and theft. More often than not, the equipment used to scan cargo doesnt work. A 1000000, b, c, R C Dot to modify on the jays on the gym at it. And im the only one that im the im going to, i had to do home me lick and mckee. She has had them had to hold in a while, but it was there is little audit and oversight. Proper inventories are rarely conducted. I believe those 2000 and phone 1000. 00 that to 900. 00 they were they moved from the ship before it was the unloaded. The missing amount was there was any move in one way or another from the ship in an illegal way. Of course. What many experts have said is the size of the blast indicates that the amount of 2750 tons did not explode the us domestic intelligence agency, the F B i. And french forensic teams, provided some technical assistance in the investigation. And even though their findings have not been made public, its believed the F B, i concluded, the amount that exploded is 500 times the evidence available so far, just point to incompetence, bureaucratic ineptitude, and demik corruption. The perfect groundwork for what some call a man made national catastrophe me with the design. Its very tempting to look for an agent simple solution that was all a big conspiracy and everything. And it was a criminal effort to smuggle Ammonium Nitrate to syria on the evidence we have right now, we can conclude something like that. What we do see was that there was the use of a lot of very typical tricks that used to hide ownership. And to make things complex and buried them underneath, behind this might be criminality. It might also be incompetent. And more likely its a mix of that, sir. In a country where there has been a culture of impunity, the battle for justice has rarely been one of those in the hospital. And legitimately over, im a lead the mission of us that possible dimension on the, on the higher when the blast happened, lebanon was already a broken country. A state close to collapse, after decades of Corruption And Mismanagement by a political class, still in power. Is that correct . System that many blame for the failure to respond to the threat. Im looking for to know for this nitrate game, who kept this nitrate in lebanon . Who allowed this nitrate to enter lebanon, who knew about it and kept the nitrates here . I mean, how we want a whole compute justice. We dont want partial justice. 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