Exxon Valdez Size Spill of the 21st Century NOW In Lebanon! Thanks Israel!

[leftchick]

Eco-Terrorists as well eh?... :grr:




A Lebanese man walks on a public beach polluted with heavy fuel oil in Beirut, July 2006. An oil spill caused by Israeli raids on a Lebanese power plant could rival the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster that despoiled the Alaskan coast if not urgently addressed, the United Nations has said.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)



A crab covered in oil struggles towards the sea polluted with oil in Beirut, July 2006. An oil spill caused by Israeli raids on a Lebanese power plant could rival the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster that despoiled the Alaskan coast if not urgently addressed, the United Nations has said.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)

Lebanese oil spill could rival Exxon Valdez disaster: UN

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060808/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictlebanon_060808160758

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The Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said Tuesday the spill that poses severe ecological and human threats is already comparable to a 1999 oil tanker accident off the coast of France and had the potential to get far worse.

"In the worst-case scenario and if all the oil contained in the bombed power plant at Jiyyeh leaked into the Mediterranean Sea, the Lebanese oil spill could well rival the Exxon Valdez disaster of 1989," it said in a statement.

"We are dealing with a very serious incident and any practical steps are still constrained by the continuation of hostilities," UNEP chief Achim Steiner said in a blunt appeal for immediate cooperation to stem any damage.

"While I fully understand the complexity and political implications, many are appalled ... there has been no on-the-ground assessment to support the Lebanese government, no moves possible towards a clean-up and indeed few practical measures to contain the further spread of the slick," he said.

UNEP said 12,000 tonnes of leaking oil from the Jiyyeh plant, which was bombed by Israel on July 14 and July 15 a few days into its offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon, had already polluted more than 140 kilometers (87 miles) of the Lebanese coast and spread north into Syrian waters.

[malaise]

1. It is the silence on MSM

that is frightening.

[leftchick]

6. EXTREMELY

frightening!

:scared:

[cigsandcoffee]

2. I feel sorry for that crab.

The poor little fellow didn't ask for any of this.

[leftchick]

5. it isn't just one crab either! Sea Turtles! Tuna!

Check this out! :cry:

:cry:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=apje8CwcPPSA&refer=home

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``The quantity of oil spilled in Lebanon is already comparable to the disaster caused in 1999 off the coast of France when the Erika tanker spilled an estimated 13,000 metric tonnes (about 4 million gallons) of oil into the Atlantic Ocean,'' the UN Environment Program said.

Marine Life Affected

Marine life, such as sea turtles and Bluefin tuna, has been affected by the Lebanese spill because the Eastern Mediterranean is a spawning ground for the tuna, the program said.

The Israeli navy has maintained a sea blockade for more than three weeks, preventing ships from entering or leaving Lebanese ports without its prior approval.

Israel has bombed airports, ports, bridges, roads and other facilities in Lebanon, inflicting losses estimated at more than $4 billion, according to the Lebanese government.

[cigsandcoffee]

7. Well, I knew it wasn't just one crab.

But my heart went out to that little fellow from the photo of him. Awful stuff.

[leftchick]

10. yes me too

Poor critter is surely dead now. The Naval Blockade prevents anyone in for cleaning it up! :argh:

I knew you didn't I really posted it for other folks. The sea birds and mammals are all not mentioned either. It is just beyond imagination. And people are fussing over the BP pipeline. This makes that look like a squirt!

:(

[samhsarah]

17. He was probably a terrorist anyway.

And if not, he was most certainly harboring them. Didn't the IDF leaflet the beach? If the crab chose to stay, then the crab gets what it deserves. Isreal must defend herself from evil terrorist crabs.

[kurth]

3. No mercy for Hezbollah fishes and crabs

Very nice job, shitheads.

[NotGivingUp]

4. Everything is way out of control. We've got to stop these madmen from

destroying our planet.

[earth mom]

8. Blood and Oil...

This is TOTAL insanity! :argh:

[whistle]

9. That was no spill, but instead was a deliberate act of environmental

...terrorism on the part of the Israeli military with U.S. BushCo backing. I wonder how George Galloway will respond to this situation.

[guinivere]

11. *sigh* Not only will they destroy one another.

They will take the water and the critters with them. :mad: This crap has to stop.

[OwnedByFerrets]

12. Every day that goes by........

something else come up that makes me soooooo fucking mad!! Today its this. When oh when are we (humans) going to stop the insanity.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. how stupid is it to poison your own food base?

israel used get tons of fish each day from its sea. They are poisoning themselves.
stupid stupid stupid.

[leesa]

14. That crab is Hezbollah!

[mrdmk]

15. And that is about the size of it!

kick and nominated

[McCamy Taylor]

16. The gods are very, very angry.....