Streaks in the monitor

I have diagonal streaks inside the monitor. I can see them almost all the way across the top portion of my screen. I have a 24 inch iMac. Does anyone else have this problem?

It's possible for dirt/smoke to get behind the front glass or even inside the panel. I had them both ways from ocassionally burning incense sticks in the next room. If the stains are brownish it's probably dirt (grayish unregularities will more likely be caused by irregular backlight).
Here's a picture similar to what mine looked like.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1915086&tstart=0
However, if you take this kind of problem to Apple, they will most likely refuse a repair based on "environmental" issues (or even smoking, google for "apple warranty smoking").
Since my machine was out of warranty anyway, I decided to take things into my own hands:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2150293&tstart=90
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