Nature, Wildlife Also Victims of Rockets

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-me/2006/aug/02/080206128.html

Huge swaths of forests and fields across northern Israel have been scorched by thousands of Hezbollah rocket strikes over the past three weeks, and experts said it would take nature at least 50 years to recover.

Charred branches stuck out of the ground like grave markers at the Mount Naftali Forest overlooking Kiryat Shemona, where entire fields have been reduced to heaps of ash and countless animals killed. But with 19 Israeli civilians killed by the rockets, the plight of the forest has been overlooked.

"Usually when people get hurt so does nature, and the other way around," said Yossi Sarid, a former environment minister. "People do take precedence over nature and wildlife, but the damage is simply awful."

In all, the rocket fire has destroyed 16,500 acres of forests and grazing fields, according to Michael Weinberger, the forest supervisor for the Jewish National Fund, the top administrator of Israel's forests. About 1 million trees were destroyed.

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[JHH]

1. And Israel's bombs are so smart they only kill (bad)people

[patdem]

2. WHY do they hate Sea Wildlife? What about that ecological DISASTER

the oil spilled into the Mediteranian? What no wildlife there?

[mitchtv]

3. you forgot the Lebanon coast

fouled with oil FUBAR Please LV Sun

[jpak]

5. They posted that story a few days ago

n/t

[Virginia Dare]

4. and they're sending the llamas to slaughter...

It's all bad...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1799893
:cry:

[4dsc]

6. This is nothing

compared to the 10,000 of acres of Palestinain lands, that have been destroyed by Israeli's over the years.. If fact, the ISraeli''s are still drestroying Palestinians lands today!!