However, today if you were standing in front of almost any window you likely have shards of glass in your face or arms or body and you are bleeding because this concussion was felt for miles. Originally they thought this warehouse was full of fireworks but this did the damage of something like a strategic nuclear tipped shell or something like this. No one there has ever seen a blast this big downtown in Beirut before which immediately killed 250 people and wounded thousands in this area mostly from flying glass and doors blown out by the huge concussion. If you watch the video of this this is an incredibly large blast that few have ever seen unless they were in World War II or the Viet Nam War watching Napalm being dropped on miles of land then.
Here is something on the 1980s blast there:
On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs struck buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in ...
The April 18, 1983 United States embassy bombing was a suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, ... The explosion was heard throughout West Beirut and broke windows as far as a mile away. ... in Lebanon · Islamic terrorist incidents in the 1980s · Lebanon–United States relations · Mass murder in 1983 · Mass murder in Beirut ...
U.S. and French military barracks in Beirut hit by massive car bombs ... The explosion killed 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers. ... relatively uncommon until the 1970s and 80s, when they became the terrifying trademark of groups like ...
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