Lebanon's month-old oil slick sinks, blanketing Mediterranean marine life

2:23 p.m. August 22, 2006

BEIRUT, Lebanon – An 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 Tuesday 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.

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U.N. officials on Tuesday expressed worry at the slow pace of the cleanup, hampered by Israeli bombardment and blockades for a month while oil continued to seep out into the Mediterranean.

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20060822-1423-mideast-oilspill.html

Israel's slick. Their mess and it's high time for the junior clean up his mess.

I really cant stand to watch the news on TV ..gave it up a long time ago....
This is so sad I came across the article in the UK web site a week ago

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May I suggest you enter ("sinking oil" density) into your favorite search engine and peruse the subject.

Bupkis. Nada. Zilch.

Then I realized I wasn't far off!

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

I think they should amend the constitution.