Planes heard, seen in skies of Beirut before blast
(WorldNews Iran)

BEIRUT — Military crafts were heard, and in some cases seen, flying in the sky in the moments before the apocalyptic Beirut explosion, war-hardened residents of the Lebanese capital told Asia Times this week. Araz Bedros, a resident of the Metn district overlooking Beirut, told Asia Times that she and her husband were drawn to their 11th-floor balcony last Tuesday, August 4, by the sound of a loud boom. The 37-year-old was raised during the Lebanese Civil War, which stretched from 1975-1990 and also lived through the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel. “We ran to the balcony and we saw two aircraft, black planes flying. I screamed to my husband it must be Israel. And then the big...