Huge explosion in Damascus

[mnewsham]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_j8ID-m1pU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84pVGsP6YU



that was big as fuck...

 

[Red Squirrel]

Middle eastern area? Business as usual, but they got it on video, and for that, we thank them.

 

[phucheneh]

Is it just me, or does it sound like somebody added the background voices as a joke? It doesn't sound like it belongs in the video. Also I think they may be speaking gibberish instead of Arabic.

 

[mnewsham]

Middle eastern area? Business as usual, but they got it on video, and for that, we thank them.

Look at the size of it though, it was pretty damn impressive, I mean it takes 9 seconds for the sound of the large explosion to reach the camera, that is 3km away (give or take)....that was massive.

 

[Farang]

Man I would not want to be a guard or employee at a Syrian weapons cache

 

[mnewsham]

Man I would not want to be a guard or employee at a Syrian weapons cache

There are reports many in the Syrian army are defecting... so I guess they figured the same thing you did

 

[Red Squirrel]

Look at the size of it though, it was pretty damn impressive, I mean it takes 9 seconds for the sound of the large explosion to reach the camera, that is 3km away (give or take)....that was massive.

Oh yeah it is quite impressive for sure, and probably bigger than the typical every day explosion. What is the story behind it anyway? Is it a bomb going off or something else?

 

[Farang]

Oh yeah it is quite impressive for sure, and probably bigger than the typical every day explosion. What is the story behind it anyway? Is it a bomb going off or something else?

Total guess, but Israeli airstrike. Either way looks like an airstrike from this layman's perspective

 

[mnewsham]

Oh yeah it is quite impressive for sure, and probably bigger than the typical every day explosion. What is the story behind it anyway? Is it a bomb going off or something else?

well take this with a grain of salt BUT the reports currently are as follows:

According to Syrian activists, the Israeli Airstrike targeted the following locations:
105th Brigade (Republican Guard)
104th Brigade
Missile Brigade (Qasioun Mount)
Arms Depot (Qasioun Mount)
Jamraya Scientific Research Centre
Defense Factories near the town of Hameh.
One location near the premises of the Fourth Division in Qudsaya.
Arms Depot for the Fourth Division in Qudasya.
Scud Missile base between the towns of Ma’arbeh and al-Tal.
More than 2000 soldiers were killed.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

LOL at the guys... Does their entire vocabulary consist of Allahu Akbar?

 

[mnewsham]

LOL at the guys... Does their entire vocabulary consist of Allahu Akbar?

well in that situation it basically is "oh my god" or "Jesus fucking Christ"

 

[sdifox]

Nothing to see, it's just Israel exercising its right to bomb other people.

 

[jhu]

Oh boy. World War 3, here we come!

 

[mizzou]

lol @ nuke comments, these are just fireworks explosions


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EyBK-__fvdw

 

[AmdEmAll]

well in that situation it basically is "oh my god" or "Jesus fucking Christ"

Actually its "God is Great".

 

[sdifox]

LOL at the guys... Does their entire vocabulary consist of Allahu Akbar?

Literally it means Allah is great. Translates more or less to OMG.

 

[mnewsham]

Actually its "God is Great".

Yes i know the literal translation, however that is not what they are actually saying in context when they are saying allahu akbar

 

[Cuda1447]

Well... this should be interesting...

 

[disappoint]

Well....that escalated quickly.

 

[mnewsham]

purported map of the blast sites.

Again nothing official, just some stuff found on reddit and some Israeli news forums.

 

[zaydq]

I haven't followed very much with this whole thing... all I know is that region is fucked up. Israel, Syria, everyone.