[lbo-talk] Iran's new defence minister and the '83 USMC Lebanon bombing

paul childs npchilds at shaw.ca
Wed Aug 17 15:25:02 PDT 2005


Sez Iran Focus:
>The U.S. court order described the blast as "the largest non-nuclear
>explosion that had ever been detonated on the face of the Earth". It
>was equal in force to between 15,000 and 21,000 pounds of TNT.

Bullshit, the Halifax explosion of 1917 AFAIK remains the largest non-nuclear explosion ever;


>From http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=feature/week2002/media02/hfxexp, and available elsewhere;


>Although the ships drew apart without much damage, the Mont Blanc was carrying a devil's brew. In its hold there was 2,335 tons of picric acid, 203 tons >of TNT (ie. 400K pounds) and 10 tons of gun cotton. Highly flammable benzene, stored in tins on the deck, began to burn with a flaring blue flame. The >captain and crew of the Mont Blanc promptly took to their lifeboats, while their burning ship drifted toward one of the Halifax piers. On the dock, most >people were not aware that the burning ship was a floating bomb.

This is more illegal aggression looking for a pretext.

PC

N P Childs

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