Beirut: After Israeli Attacks Biggest Oil Catastrophe in Mediterranean Sea

Beirut: After Israeli Attacks Biggest Oil Catastrophe in Mediterranean Sea
Lebanon: Spill of 10,000 tons of fuel oil into the Mediterranean Sea

from Indymedia Beirut - 27.07.2006 02:41

At least 10,000 tons of heavy fuel oil have been spilled into the Lebanese sea, causing an environmental catastrophe with severe effects on health, biodiversity and tourism, environmentalists and the Environment Ministry said Wednesday. 15,000 tons are expected to leak into the Mediterranean from another tank that is still burning. Two weeks ago, Israeli bombs targeted the Jiyye power station, located on the coast 30 kilometers south of Beirut. Part of the oil in storage tanks has been burning ever since and the other part is leaking into the Mediterranean.

Continue to read:
http://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/2006/07/4803.shtml

Pics from the coast around Beirut:
http://beirutupdate.blogspot.com/2006/07/pics-of-environmental-damage-oil-slick.html

 

This is just sad. I wish we could take all the people who are fighting in the world and put them on Antartica to "figure it out". That way they can all kill each other and leave the rest of us (and the environment) in peace. Someone can clean up Antartica after them.

Good money too.