| A dead crab at Ramlet el-Baida public beach in Beirut which has been hit by thousands of tons of crude oil after Israeli air strikes hit numerous tanks at the plant in the coastal village El-Jyie, 30km south of the capital, 3 August 2006. As the tourist beaches of the capital stand empty, as pools of oil slosh up the waves, staining the beach and the rocks, officials estimate that an additional 15,000 tons of oils are expected to leak into the Mediterranean from a tank that is still burning. |