No. As we see with the islamic terrorist cowards occupying Gaza, the hizbollocks cowards (the Iranian occupation army in Lebanon), fought from civilian areas. It was comical to see these cowards find military style uniforms after the shooting war stopped. Just like the cowards in Gaza, hizbollocks presented an Islamic terrorist fashion show marching in uniforms.
Millions of dollars in Lebanese property was trashed as well as 1,200 Lebanese lost their lives for that fashion show.
The Iranian mullocrats must have had a chuckle.
You can certainly tell me how many Hezbollah fighters were hiding in this power plant, then.
The
Jiyeh Power Station oil spill is an
environmental disaster caused by the release of
heavy fuel oil into the eastern
Mediterranean after storage tanks at the
thermal power station in
Jiyeh,
Lebanon, 30 km (19 mi) south of
Beirut, were bombed by the Israeli Air force on July 14 and July 15, 2006 during the
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
[1] The plant's damaged tanks leaked up to 30,000 tonnes of oil into the eastern
Mediterranean Sea, A 10 km wide oil slick covered 170 km of coastline,
[2][3][4]and threatened Turkey and Cyprus. The slick killed fish, threatened the habitat of endangered green sea turtles, and potentially increased the risk of cancer.
According to Lebanon's Environment Minister
Yacoub Sarraf, Israeli jets deterred firemen from putting out the fire at the storage units, which continued for 10 days, and the Israeli Navy
blockade stopped Lebanese and foreign officials from surveying the damage of the spill.
[7]
Effects[edit]
The spill affected one-third of Lebanon's coastline. Beaches and rocks were covered in a black
sludge up to
Byblos, north of Beirut and extended into the southern parts of
Syria. The slick killed fish, and threatens the habitat of the endangered green sea turtle as well as the endangered logger head sea turtle.
[1]
- On 31 July the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) expressed its "grave concern" about oil pollution in Lebanese coastal waters. The oil slick was at the time reported to cover one third of the coastline (10 miles) and it was considered possible that the eventual slick could reach 35,000 tons of oil. Malta-based Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre (REMPEC) for the Mediterranean, which advised the Lebanese government, reportedly said "a very small quantity of tar balls" also reached the Syrian coast in the north.[1] The UNEP later revised those concerns and has stated that long-term damage from this incident has been avoided. Already in 2007, one year after the spill, the UNEP published a report that indicated that the regularly occurring anthropogenic stress from untreated sewage, boating and other activities is a greater stress on the Lebanese marine environment than the oil spill. The report indicated that the disposal of the waste from the temporary storage during the cleanup was only major issue remaining.[8]
- The Lebanese Environment Minister said, "Up until now 20,000 to 30,000 tons heavy fuel oil have spilled out into the sea," "Until now, the worst ecological disasters have taken place in the oceans and it's the first time that an oil spill has happened outside the open sea," "We can have no illusions." "If nothing is done, not only will currents flowing towards the north mean that one third of Lebanon's coastline be hit, but also Cyprus, Syria, Turkey, Greece and even Israel," "The fauna and the Mediterranean ecosystem risk suffering badly and certain species are threatened with extinction," "I have appealed to Britain, Italy, Spain, the United States, all the countries which have already suffered oil slicks to ask for technical assistance as we cannot act on our own," Lebanese Environment Minister Yacub Sarraf said.
International response[edit]
- Kuwait - They have sent 40 tons of material to thicken the oil and oil absorbing products.
- Israel - Damage assessment and cleanup operations were delayed by four weeks while Israel continued its bombing campaign.[9]
United Nations[edit]
The
United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution by 170 votes to 6 (
Australia,
Canada,
Israel,
Marshall Islands,
Palau, and
United States voting against)
[10] calling upon Israel to assume responsibility for compensation for the costs of repairing the environmental damage and restoration of the marine environment.
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Jiyeh Power Station oil spill - Wikipedia