War's aftermath: Oil slick blankets Mediterranean sea

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http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060823/REPOSITORY/608230355/1043/NEWS01

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n oil slick caused by Israeli bombing has begun sinking to the floor of the Mediterranean, blanketing marine life with sludge, according to a Greenpeace video that shows dead fish along the sea bottom.

The scuba diver's videotape, released yesterday by Greenpeace, also shows the sunken slick sliding ominously toward a lone red sea urchin rooted in the sand, its tentacles waving in the current. The footage graphically details some of the environmental destruction a month after the oil spill began sinking, creating what has been called Lebanon's worst-ever environmental disaster.

The U.N. has said the spill could take as long as a year to clean up and cost $64 million.

"You have the bottom of the sea filled with fuel - between the rocks and little valleys. It's just dotted and covered with black tar," said Mohammed El Sarji, head of the Lebanese Union of Professional Divers.

Sarji recorded the footage, which showed oil spread four inches thick over a 100-yard-wide area of the sea bed near Beirut.
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Lebanese oil slick hits ancient Phoenician port

http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/08/lebanese_oil_sl.php

The Lebanese port of Byblos has survived the Romans, the Crusades and the armies of Alexander the Great but now it faces a 21st century menace, brought to its shores on a tide of war -- oil pollution.

A slick caused by Israel's bombardment of a power plant in Jiyyeh last month, dumping 15,000 tons of fuel oil that has spewed a black tide along a 87-mile stretch of the coastline.

Few places have been hit harder than Byblos, which dates back 7,000 years and lies 22 miles north of Beirut.

byblos oil slick 11_s.jpgThick black oil laps against the ancient stone wall of the harbor under the shadow of a 13th century watchtower. Workers use a mechanical digger to scoop it from the water and dump it into plastic tanks on the quayside.
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is Israel proud yet?

is our AIPAC proud yet?

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1. kicking back to 1st pg. so more people can read it

nt

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2. Thanks n/t