This is what the beach in Beirut looks like now:

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AP Photo AP Photo Ben Curtis

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The environmental disaster is taking a heavy toll on the wildlife in the area...victims that are to be added to the already horrific amount of human carnage in this vicious war..and this poison "could affect the livelihood and health of the Lebanese and people in neighboring countries"

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Amid the fighting in Lebanon, a budding ecological disaster + Casualties of War: Lebanon’s Trees, Air and Sea + Deadly sludge spoils a place of beauty + Fuel oil and fumes spill from power plant bombed by Israelis + Oil spill adds ecological crisis to Lebanon's agony + Air strike oil spill a 'catastrophe' + EU to help Lebanon cope with major oil spill