Bombing of Lebanese harbor sinks fishermen's hope for the future

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http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/08/07/bombing_of_lebanese_harbor_sinks_fishermens_hope_for_the_future/


Wildlife, boats are destroyed

First, the fish died.

Just days after Israeli airstrikes destroyed a power plant near the fishing harbor and sent a huge cloud of oil seeping into the sea, Yahia Hamadi began seeing the sheen of their scales on the surface of the water.

The ones that weren't dead were contaminated, the fishermen knew, and their poisoned eggs would produce no offspring next year.

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As it happened, the trouble had only begun.

On Friday, the fishermen of Ouzai trickled into the port as usual, only to find it no longer existed.

The fish auction house was gone. The boat repair shop was gone. The small cafeteria where a fisherman could get a sandwich or a cup of tea after a long day at sea was gone. Worst of all, so were their boats: a nightlong barrage by air and sea had left hundreds of boats in charred, smoking ruins.

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Israel doesn't care

about the Labanese or the earth

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1. kicking back to first page - will Israel help with the oil clean up?

nt

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2. I thought the Jesus lovers

knew he loved the fishermen.