Greens fire off SOS after huge Lebanon oil spill

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from war by Haro Chakmakjian
Thu Jul 27, 2:26 PM ET

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's greens launched an international appeal for help to combat an environmental crisis caused by a huge oil spill south of Beirut, more than two weeks into an Israeli air war.

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It said an air strike two weeks ago on Jiyeh power plant which serves southern Lebanon had resulted in a 15,000-ton oil spill.

"The power plant has six fuel tanks. Four of them have burnt completely, while the fifth one, which is also the main cause of the spill, is still burning," it warned.

The spill has hit more than 100 kilometres (60 miles) of the Lebanese coast from Jiyyeh to Shekka, north of the capital, including Beirut's only sandy public beach of Ramlet al-Baida, said Green Line.



A view of oil in the ancient Phoenician port of Byblos on 26 July 2006.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060727/sc_afp/mideastconflictlebanon_060727180753;_ylt=Aj.sJVkOSm3JHfciOk_5gWCaOrgF

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[malaise]

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[Kool Kitty]

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