Lebanon To Sue Israel Over Oil Spill Caused By Bombing

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BEIRUT (AP)--Lebanon is preparing legal action to sue Israel for damages over a huge oil spill caused by Israeli bombing of a power station during the recent conflict, the environment minister said Wednesday.

The spill has been described as Lebanon's worst-ever environmental disaster, and experts say it could take up to a year to clean it up.

"This is our right, and we believe they (the Israelis) have transgressed international law... they violated it," Environment Minister Yacoub Sarraf told The Associated Press.

Israeli warplanes in mid-July bombed the Jiyyeh power station on the Mediterranean coast some 20 kilometers south of Beirut.

The bombing spilled some 110,000 barrels (more than 4.6 million gallons) of oil into the sea, threatening marine life and the local fishing and tourism industries. The slick spread to 150 kilometers of Lebanon's coast and reached Syria's shoreline to the north.

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