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File – In this Oct. 31, 2016 file photo, Lebanese Army Commander Jean Kahwaji, left, reacts as he leaves the parliament building after he attended the session of the presidential elections, in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s former army chief Jean Kahwaji told the lead investigator of last year’s massive Beirut port blast on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, that he recommended years before the explosion that tons of seized ammonium nitrate stored there be sold privately or sent back to importer because the military had no use for them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s former army chief told the lead investigator of last year’s massive Beirut port blast on Thursday that he had recommended, years before the explosion, that tons of seized ammonium nitrate stored there be sold privately or sent back to importers.