Makes sense for a small bomb or missile to initiate a very large explosion.
In many depots including here in the u.s. large quantities of high explosive munitions are stored above ground, unsheltered in what they call pads. Many are designed to handle several thousand tons of explosives.
Easy targets with huge visual and shock wave displays when initiated.

Good essay, 'gator. There are so many countries playing dangerous games in the Middle East and the poor people of Syria are caught in the middle of it. And of course one of the reasons we're in Syria is to remove Assad from power and install some puppet who will let Saudi Arabia build their pipeline. Jimmy covered Kerry testifying to congress and after he giggles like a little girl he tells them that the Saudis asked him to do their work for them and that they would pay for it. How much? "A lot", said Kerry.

Here's be Bibi lying his buttocks off about Iran.

"Iran is trying to gobble up one country after the other. Iran must be stopped. Its quest for nuclear bombs must be stopped. Its aggression must be stopped," said Netanyahu, who is both Israel’s prime minister and foreign minister, adding that the greatest danger to the world was weapons."

Funny, I thought it was this country and its allies that gobbling up one country after another? Pretty sure that is what we've been doing since the gift of 9/11.

As to who bombed Syria recently, I read that Israel did the deed, but in another article I read that it was us who did it because the Syrian forces were advancing on ISIS and we bombed them to protect ISIS. Yeah, I can believe that.

This isn't the one I read, but here's another one on the bombing. Not certain of its accuracy because of the sources. Can't remember who reports the propaganda. But I know who got the blame for it.

Syria war: Missile strikes on military sites 'kill pro-Assad fighters'

The pro-opposition Orient News website also reported that large explosions were seen coming from what were believed to be ammunition caches at the base.

"All the violence and instability in Syria is the result of Iran's attempts to establish a military presence there. Israel will not allow the opening of a northern front in Syria," he told Israel's Army Radio.

The Israeli government has repeatedly vowed to stop Iran from strengthening its military presence in Syria, where it has deployed hundreds of troops to help keep President Bashar al-Assad in power since the country's civil war began in 2011.

Macron wants Iran to sign a new deal with the provisions being that Iran gives up their ICBMs and withdraws from Syria and any where else they are in the Middle East. Yeah, I don't see that happening.

Oh oh, did Iran just sign its death warrant?

In a symptom on the growing tensions, Iran announced last week that it would no longer use the dollar for its international transactions, while also calling for nations around the world to unite against Washington’s “bullying.”

alien boys around here.

With all those alien allies, there ain't another choice.
Not all U.S. allies are created equal

France is an ambivalent ally, but it has a clear view of what it wants. Sometimes our interests and theirs will coincide. I respect that. Germany, on the other hand, is America’s worst ally. Its policies are selfish, and unlike France’s, they are narrowly so, advanced without a larger vision. Germany’s characteristic posture since World War II has been to shuffle around on its knees while hitting everyone else over the head with its own moral superiority. I can stand France’s glorious selfishness, but German narrowness combined with self-righteousness is hard to endure.

The German contribution to NATO is derisory. It was Merkel who created Europe’s refugee crisis by opening its borders. It’s Germany that defends the euro but isn’t willing to import enough goods from the rest of Europe to make the currency viable.

It’s Germany that quit on nuclear power and is building Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline with Russia that will give Russia more power to blackmail the West while costing Ukraine billions of dollars in lost pipeline transit fees and increasing its vulnerability to Russia.

German policies aren’t grand like France’s. While Germany and Merkel preen themselves as defenders of the rules-based international order in defiance of Trump, their policies are unilateral, narrow and advanced without any of France’s grandeur.

Merkel the Alien Girl now?

I feel alienated.

This is how most Syrians greet each other every day, in case anyone was wondering:

"Assalamu alaikum" is a common greeting among Muslims, meaning "Peace be with you." It is an Arabic phrase, but Muslims from around the world use this greeting, regardless of their language background.

The appropriate response is "Wa alaikum assalaam" (And upon you be peace.)

Latest clampdown news from Iran: In a Desperate Move to Squash Internet Freedom, Iran Blocks Telegram

The move also reflects a desire by hardliners to demonstrate their domestic dominance-and Rouhani's powerlessness to stop the bans on social media that he publicly states he opposes.

"Blocking Telegram is a victory for hardliners who humiliated Rouhani in front of the millions of voters he promised over and over again that he would not allow messaging apps like Telegram to be blocked," said Ghaemi.

The Telegram ban follows successive moves by the authorities during April to erode use of the app in Iran. The Ministry of Education issued a directive banning the use of foreign-made messaging apps at public schools, all executive branch agencies were ordered to stop using foreign messaging apps for official business, and Iran's Supreme Cyberspace Council (SCC) ordered Telegram removed from Iran's CDNs, (caching servers that allow faster delivery of multimedia data).

Iranian people have same kind of problems like Americans, everywhere: Millions Of Iranians Facing Water Shortages, Warns Energy Minister

04/23/18
Iran is facing its harshest drought in the last 50 years, and nearly half the country's population will soon face water shortages, according to the Energy Ministry.

"334 cities with 35 million people across Iran are currently struggling with water stress," said Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian April 21 in a speech to top members of President Hassan Rouhani's administration.

Classifying cities in three different categories, Ardakanian explained, "165 cities with 10.5 million people are in yellow, 62 cities with 6.8 million are in orange, and 107 cities with 17.2 million residents are in a red alert situation across Iran."

More mass migrations.
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Russia, Iran, Turkey mull unified payment system

Energy Minister Alexander Novak says Russia is considering payments in national currencies in trade with Iran and Turkey amid their escalating tensions with the US.

“There is a common understanding that we need to move towards the use of national currencies in our settlements. There is a need for this, as well as the wish of the parties,” Russian broadcaster RT quoted Novak as saying Monday.

“This concerns both Turkey and Iran – we are considering an option of payment in national currencies with them,” he added.

Everyone seeking alternatives to the United States' SWIFT payment sanctions system of punishment. The Bernays sauce on top is their equivalent payment system is called Mir.

"Our country's in some deep shit people, we are the terrorists." -- Laura, from the great state of Alaska

http://www.payvand.com/news/18/apr/1093.html

"International working groups in Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia are established and have recognized the potential hotspots for sand and dust storms to reduce the crisis and in order to decrease the risks of sand and dust storms formation we must reform irrigation patterns and also adapt ourselves to water shortage," ILNA quoted Tajrishi as saying.
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Iran is located in an arid and semi-arid area, is facing water shortage due to low precipitation amounts and climate change coupled with shortsighted managerial decisions.

Wetlands are drying up one after another, groundwater resources are depleting due to unsustainable agricultural practices and the dried up wetlands and plains will turn into sources for sand and dust storms which haunt people, especially those living southern, southwestern, and southeastern provinces every now and then..

I wish we were helping each other, and not just waging war upon the earth like nazis, that's all.

not much