Fouling while Lebanon burns
Among the many other casualties of the current Israel-Hezbollah conflict is any effort to clean up the massive spill of fuel oil on the Lebanese coast, caused by an Israeli raid on a Lebanese power plant in July.
More than 30,000 tons of heavy fuel oil have spilled into the Mediterranean -- a spill to rival the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill on the Alaskan coast.
A bit of background, and satellite images, can be found here.
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As Lebanon dies so dies the world.
Mark my word, when all is said and done Israel will build a pipeline across Lebabnon and Syria to connect with the pipeline in Turkey. Then the world will understand the real reason for the invasion of Lebanon.
Posted on August 10, 2006 11:59 PM