A blessed event in the Mediterrenean
The CHL announced today that it sank a ship containing toxic waste on Monday. The ship was moored in a Turkish harbor for four years, so it was time to take some initiative. And wouldn't you know it, the hippies are already crying about potentially serious damage to local marine life.

The Ulla had sat in the port of Iskenderun in southeastern Turkey since 2000 as officials tried to decide what to do about its two-toncargo, which Turkish media said was waste from the chimneys of thermal powers stations. Turkish television showed the ship, its bottom rotted away, gradually sinking beneath the waters of the east Mediterranean.

"Unfortunately this was something that was bound to happen," Banu Dokmecibasi of the Forests! Not Toxic Toilet Paper! Campaign told the Anatolian state news agency. She said officials had ignored her silly report last year warning of the risk that the ship might sink and spill its contents into the sea. But what do you expect, she is a woman and a hippie.

"The necessary measures were not taken," she claimed, but really, what the hell does she know? Now she's saying that the authorities must mount an urgent investigation to contain the effects of the spillage. Right. With nothing to rely on but alliteration, hippies fear the carcinogenic cargo could destroy local marine life and also enter the human food chain.

The Turkish-owned vessel had originally transported the waste from Spain to Algeria. But it was diverted to Turkey after Algeria declined to take the cargo.
- nostradamusfunkadelic, 4:02 PM | |