Apple Donating to Beirut Relief Efforts: 'We Grieve With the People of Lebanon'

[SeattleMoose]

Hate it when innocent people get caught in the cross-fire between Group A and Group B.
Tragic loss of life....

 

[Kylo83]

Yes, "being in Israel" certainly makes you an expert on what caused the Beirut explosion. How could anyone have doubted you?

I was in the IDF i know more than you

 

[iDento]

Hezbollah are to blame, such a shame the innocent people have to be hurt because of them

As we understand, Hizbolla is not a political party that won an election even though Lebanon is a democratic state. More like a militia who run the country with Iranian weaponized backup.

 

[Jxdawg]

Bottom line, any news source (or president) that claims to know the source of the explosion prior to a thorough investigation is speaking out of hand and should be taken with an incredible grain of salt. Arguing about this on MR is fruitless.

Good on Apple for the humanitarian relief

 

[justperry]

I was in the IDF i know more than you

You claim a lot but until now haven't provided proof for your claims.
Guess what, nobody knows what happened, it's being investigated.

There might have or not have been a weapon storage next to the A.N. storage, let's assume there was.
There are plenty of cases of weapons storage blowing up by accident.
Just an example, plenty of stupid people smoking near to dangerous inflammable/explosive stuff, I have seen such behaviour, especially in countries with lax safety rules.
I've been around, I saw smoking next to a petrol station in many countries, especially developing countries.
Or this, you might have heard about these, ruptured tanks in some African countries, people then gather to steal the leaking petrol, only to die when the tanker blows up.

You come over to me as smug, patronising others.

 

[DinkThifferent]

Oh really and you believe that, you do know the leader of hizballah has admitted to having this to blow up israel and Lebanon army confiscated it, this was a hizballah port

I believe the facts. And the fact is that a Mozambican company had bought the Ammonium Nitrate for mining purposes.

Fábrica de Explosivos Moçambique (FEM), a Mozambican explosives manufacturing company, told CNN that they were the ones who originally ordered the ammonium nitrate that was left at Beirut's port for nearly seven years.

The order of ammonium nitrate was intended for manufacturing explosives for mining companies in Mozambique, the spokesperson said.

"We can confirm that yes, we did order it," a spokesperson for FEM told CNN.

Source:

Ammonium nitrate that exploded in Beirut bought for mining, Mozambican firm says | CNN

The original buyers of the ammonium nitrate that was left at Beirut's port have told CNN that it had been bought for use in mining.

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[Homme]

Oh really and you believe that,

tell that to rustavi azot who made all that in Georgia for its buyer, someone in that African country not Hezbollah

 

[sideshowuniqueuser]

Who needs Apple News when you can just get your bleeding-heart news by reading about Apple's latest marketing donations

 

[Macbookprodude]

Hezbollah are to blame, such a shame the innocent people have to be hurt because of them

Are you sure it was Hezbollah and not the IDF ?

 

[Macbookprodude]

I'm not surprised since Russians are allied with Iran and Hizbolla which is one of its proxies.

You also need to remember that Israel has had an issue with Lebanon for many years.. As an Orthodox Christian, the Lebanese Christians are a concern to me as we all look out for each other. I am not saying Israel is to blame for this, but I don't think it was Hezbolla - why they would they kill their own ?

 

[0924487]

A little bird told me that it's not an accident.

 

[canadianreader]

You also need to remember that Israel has had an issue with Lebanon for many years.. As an Orthodox Christian, the Lebanese Christians are a concern to me as we all look out for each other. I am not saying Israel is to blame for this, but I don't think it was Hezbolla - why they would they kill their own ?

I don't think they care about their own population christians or non christians otherwise they wouldn't store dangerous chemicals near a densely populated area with poor safety norms.

 

[hans1972]

I don't think it was set off intentionally, but stockpiling that much is just plain carelessness unless it is there for another purpose.

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." -attributed to Robert J. Hanlon

 

[C DM]

A little bird told me that it's not an accident.

What did that little bird know that demonstrates that?

 

[Duane Martin]

The guy above is right the religious party called Hezbolla has made life very difficult for the local population with the help of the liberals because they don't dare criticizing it.

What has that got to do with the explosion?

 

[Tech198]

I wish companies tell you how much will be donated..

I guess Apple is usually generous, but it probably won't be enough... The bigger the issue, the more money i reckon, And Apple has LOTS of it.