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		</div><p>US President Donald Trump has said American military generals have told him that they “seem to feel” the massive explosion that rocked Beirut was a “terrible attack” likely caused by a bomb.<br />
Mr Trump was asked why he called it an attack and not an accident, especially since Lebanese officials say they have not determined the cause of the explosion.</p>
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<p>He told reporters at the White House: “It would seem like it, based on the explosion. I met with some of our great generals and they just seem to feel that it was.<br />
“This was not a — some kind of a manufacturing explosion type of an event … They seem to think it was an attack. It was a bomb of some kind, yes.”<br />
Mr Trump offered condolences to the victims and said the United States stands ready to assist Lebanon. “It looks like a terrible attack,” he said.<br />
A Pentagon spokesman declined to comment on the matter on Tuesday night, referring questions back to the White House.</p>
<figure id="attachment_159881" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-159881" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/75D89958-59E9-44BB-8A34-61B0655D48EA.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" class="size-full wp-image-159881" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-159881" class="wp-caption-text">Scenes of devastation in Lebanon</figcaption></figure>
<p>The cause of the blast was not immediately known, but initial reports suggested a fire had detonated a warehouse at the port.<br />
Abbas Ibrahim, chief of Lebanese general security, said it might have been caused by highly explosive material that was confiscated from a ship some time ago and stored at the port.<br />
Local television channel LBC said the material was ammonium nitrate.<br />
Witnesses reported seeing a strange, orange cloud like that which appears when toxic nitrogen dioxide gas is released after an explosion involving nitrates.</p>
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