How a Massive Bomb Came Together in Beirut’s Port

The New York Times | Sept. 9, 2020, 12:51 a.m. | Original

Fifteen tons of fireworks. Jugs of kerosene and acid. Thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate. A system of corruption and bribes let the perfect bomb sit for years.

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