Lebanon’s leaders were warned in July about explosives at port – documents

  • Date: 11-Aug-2020
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Industrial
  • Country:Lebanon
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Lebanon’s leaders were warned in July about explosives at port – documents

While the content of the letter was not in the report seen by Reuters, a senior security official said it summed up the findings of a judicial investigation launched in January which concluded the chemicals needed to be secured immediately.The state security report, which confirmed the correspondence to the president and the prime minister, has not previously been reported."There was a danger that this material, if stolen, could be used in a terrorist attack," the official told Reuters."At the end of the investigation, Prosecutor General (Ghassan) Oweidat prepared a final report which was sent to the authorities," he said, referring to the letter sent to the prime minister and president by the General Directorate of State Security, which oversees port security."I warned them that this could destroy Beirut if it