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‘There’s something strange’: Baffling questions, conspiracy theories grow after Beirut blast
4 years, 4 months ago

‘There’s something strange’: Baffling questions, conspiracy theories grow after Beirut blast

LA Times  

An aerial view shows the port of Beirut on Aug. 7, three days after a massive explosion that killed about 180 people. Since a stockpile of more than 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate blew up on the edge of Beirut this month, infuriated residents have been struggling to understand how the blast happened, and just what — or who — …

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Beirut's accidental cargo: How an unscheduled port visit led to disaster
4 years, 4 months ago

Beirut's accidental cargo: How an unscheduled port visit led to disaster

India Today  

The chemicals that went up in flames in Beirut’s deadliest peace-time explosion arrived in the Lebanese capital seven years ago on a leaky Russian-leased cargo ship that, according to its captain, should never have stopped there. “They were being greedy,” said Boris Prokoshev, who was captain of the Rhosus in 2013 when he says the owner told him to make …

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Beirut’s accidental cargo: How an unscheduled port visit led to disaster
4 years, 4 months ago

Beirut’s accidental cargo: How an unscheduled port visit led to disaster

Live Mint  

MOSCOW: The chemicals that went up in flames in Beirut's deadliest peace-time explosion arrived in the Lebanese capital seven years ago on a leaky Russian-leased cargo ship that, according to its captain, should never have stopped there. "They were being greedy," said Boris Prokoshev, who was captain of the Rhosus in 2013 when he says the owner told him to …

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Countdown to Beirut Blast Began 6 Years Ago With a Leaky, Troubled Ship
4 years, 4 months ago

Countdown to Beirut Blast Began 6 Years Ago With a Leaky, Troubled Ship

News 18  

The countdown to catastrophe in Beirut started six years ago when a troubled, Russian-leased cargo ship made an unscheduled stop at the city’s port. “I was horrified,” said Boris Prokoshev, the ship’s 70-year-old retired Russian captain, about the accident, speaking in a phone interview from Sochi, Russia, a Black Sea resort town just up the coast from where the ammonium …

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