# Who needs terrorists when you can do this **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-terrorists-when-you-can-do-this/917285 "2020-08-04T22:41:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-terrorists-when-you-can-do-this/917285/1 "2020-08-04T22:41:08Z")
> **[Beirut Port officials placed under house arrest after explosion as death toll...](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-05/massive-explosion-rocks-lebanese-capital-of-beirut/12524632)** > > Lebanon's Cabinet places all Beirut port officials who have overseen storage and security at the facility in the last six years under house arrest as the investigation into the massive explosion ramps up. fire plus sodium nitrate = kaboom And if the people of Beirut say it was a very big explosion, you know you are listening to experts. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-terrorists-when-you-can-do-this/917285/2 "2020-08-05T11:59:00Z")
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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-terrorists-when-you-can-do-this/917285/3 "2020-08-05T11:59:01Z")