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The German company “Combi Lift”, in charge of disposing of the chemicals found in the port after the explosion on August 4, found 52 containers containing more than 1,000 tons of hazardous materials.

The company clarified that these materials are enough to cause an explosion similar to the one that destroyed much of the Lebanese capital and displaced hundreds of thousands, but the question that arises is Lebanon’s need for these materials, and why were they stored in the port for a long time?

The German channel NTV quoted the engineer Michael Wintler, managing director of the environmental consultancy Hübner (part of the team), that among the materials found were formic acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, acetone, methyl bromide, sulfuric acid, peric acid . Oxyacetic, sodium hydroxide and glycerines.

Materials that can be used in assassinations.

Wintler responded, in an interview with Al-Hurra, that “the team’s mission was concentrated in a specific area. We found within it these chemicals that were stored horribly,” and noted that “they did not explode due to their presence outside Pavilion No. 12 “.

The engineer Wintler revealed that after inspecting these materials, it was found that “they have been stored in the port for more than 10 or even 20 years, and parts of them leak into the sea from the capital, Beirut, in addition to causing toxic emissions whenever they are stored thus “.

In response to a question about the uses of these materials, he noted that “they are not used in the manufacture of weapons, and can serve as pesticides or treat the soil”, but highlighted the idea that “mixing these materials can take another dimension. “

He explained that “if someone wants to carry out an assassination operation in a certain place, they can do it by mixing these materials,” noting that “the importance of these materials in this type of operation is that they are capable of killing a person.” detonated or by means of the emissions that they emit “

He concluded by saying: “If these materials had exploded, they would have caused the damage that occurred on August 4, and what cannot be forgotten in this mission is the poor storage”, highlighting that “5 ships are still in the port, and contain hazardous materials in poor storage conditions. “

“Internationally prohibited materials”

In turn, the executive director of the “Al-Aswad” group, Elias Al-Aswad, who is the president of the association “Lebanese-German Entrepreneurs”, who was assigned the task of coordinating the work of the German company with The Lebanese authorities, stated that “all the materials found are internationally banned and their use is not allowed in the processing of soil and insects”.

He added: “What is surprising is the presence of the internationally banned substance bromate for 30 years,” and wonders: “How did these materials get to the port of Beirut?”

In response to a question about the reason why these materials did not explode, Al-Aswad noted that “these materials were far from pavilion No. 12, and they were in a certain area of ​​the port, and they do not explode unless they are collected and mix with each other. “

Al-Aswad repeated his saying: “If these materials mix, they cause a big explosion.”

The German channel had quoted the CEO of the company, Heiko Filderhof, saying that “the truth must be told as it is: what we find is like a second bomb in the port.”

Juxtaposed responsibility

In this context, security sources commented on the discovery of more than 1,000 tons of chemical substances, that “the port of Beirut is a vast area dominated by chaos, as the security services fight against responsibility at a time when the that the judicial investigation into the August 4 explosion has not yet reached serious results. “

He noted that “Hall 12 used to contain ammonium nitrate and exploded, but finding other materials in the port heralds another harsher reality.”

Entry and exit permits

The security sources revealed that “there are so-called entry and exit permits, which are issued by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers to certain governing bodies of the country, allowing them to enter and remove whatever they want from the port of Beirut.”

Last November, Lebanon signed a contract with the German company “Compi Lift” worth $ 3.6 million for the disposal of “dangerous flammable materials” after it was discovered that they were stored in the port of Beirut, which was witnessed a terrible explosion six months ago.

Today, the Presidency of the Lebanese Republic announced that President Michel Aoun has informed the German ambassador that the process of packing containers containing flammable materials has been completed in the port of Beirut and that they are ready to be transported to Germany.

A few days ago, the German ambassador to Beirut, Andreas Kindle, reported on Twitter that the first part of the handling of containers of highly dangerous chemicals had been completed, and said they were ready for shipment to Germany.