November 19, 2015 Army Request for a Sample to be Analyzed

Lebanese Republic

Ministry of National Defense

Army Command

Directorate of Equipment

[illegible] 47882/TG/Technical

[illegible] 1/221

To: Directorate General of Customs

RE:  Inspection of Ammonium Nitrate

The Lebanese Army Command hereby inform you that upon inspection, it was proved that the nitrogen grade of the Ammonium Nitrates (2755,5 tons) stored in Hangar 12 at Beirut Port was unmarked. Therefore, the Army Command hopes to take a sample of the mentioned merchandise and perform laboratory testing to confirm its nitrogen grade, and communicate the results to the Army Command as soon as possible in order to propose the appropriate [measure] to be taken accordingly.

Al-Yarzeh, November 19, 2015

General Jean Kahwaji, Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces

On his behalf,

Major General [Walid] Salman, Chief of Staff

General Directorate of Lebanese Customs

Date of receipt: November 21, 2015

Reg. No: 295/22138

To be transferred to Regional Directorate of Beirut [Customs] for information and an opinion.

Beirut, November 26, 2015

On the behalf of Customs Director General

Raymond Khoury

Regional Directorate of Beirut [Customs]

No: 15/13658

November 26, 2015

To be referred to the Administration in Beirut for the same purpose

Beirut, November [illegible], 2015

Translated by Human Rights Watch