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It is believed the blasts occurred in a dump housing munitions that Cyprus had confiscated from a vessel heading to Syria from Iran in 2009.
'There were 98 containers of gunpowder. Two of them (caught) fire and huge explosions occurred,' a police spokesman told CNA.
The island's main power station also sustained extensive damage as a result of the explosion and the electricity authority has said it will remain offline for at least a day.
Originally posted by Hellmutt
A few days ago, Gaddafi threatened to attack Europe. Could this be an attack, or was it just an accident?
Originally posted by 2012king
I already posted this but its getting more interest in here i put it in middle east issues so its probs the wrong place anyway.
Hope the lads are ok out there, i have friends in cyprus and also served out there for a few years myself.
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Originally posted by Zamini
reply to post by 2012king
You don't know how the ammunition was stored or how well prepared their military was/is. There is a break out of forest fires in the area as well. I'm thinking that the heat wave is a more probable cause, that's all.
Originally posted by Zamini
reply to post by 2012king
My opinion is based on at least 2 sources. Yours is based on...?
serving on 3 different bases in cyprus.
Originally posted by Zamini
reply to post by 2012king
serving on 3 different bases in cyprus.
Read the info just posted up there. Seems you need to look around a little better and assume less.