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War clouds gather as nations demand a piece of the Nile
The Times ^
| 6/4/2010
| Tristan McConnell, Nairobi and Addis Ababa
Posted on 06/04/2010 2:52:34 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: dodger
Annexation of the entire watershed ~ that's the old solution. We need new solutions ~ it should be possible in the reasonably near-term future to simply bring the storm clouds in directly over the Great Western Desert and by-pass the "source" areas.
BTW, that would be the Chinese approach to things, and one of the big reasons why they are working so hard on getting control of the weather.
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posted on
06/04/2010 3:38:16 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
("Git Out The Way")
To: bruinbirdman
I would guess Egypt will win this war.
To: bruinbirdman; flaglady47; seenenuf; seekthetruth; Bushbacker1; Bob Ireland; Brytani; oswegodeee; ...
THE EGYPTIAN DOG AND THE MUZZIE CATZ
The Egyptian dog and the Muzzie Catz
Side-by-side on the river bank satz
The British lords and Clinton at State
Appeared to know as sure as fate
There was going to be a terrible spat
The only question was the date
One morning where the animals satz
They found no trace of dog or catz
But the truth about the kits and pup
Is this: THEY ATE EACH OTHER UP!
Let all the thirsty Muzzies attack each other with missiles and scimitars so they forget about Israel for a while.
Leni
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posted on
06/04/2010 4:10:27 PM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Bill O'Reilly: 9/8/09: "Communism is not a threat to us anymore" - 10/20/09 "Obama is not a Marxist")
To: GoCards
The wonder of the world is that we all haven’t yet gone mad.
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posted on
06/04/2010 4:17:11 PM PDT
by
deadrock
(Liberty is a bitch that needs to be bedded on a mattress of cadavers.)
To: bruinbirdman
1898. Captain Marchand of the L'Infanterie Coloniale arrives at Fashoda on the White Nile with the intent to claim it for France France will then construct a dam to control the Nile's water to Egypt and thereby control Egypt. Marchand is ensconced in a fort at Fashoda with 600 Senegalese riflemen, but he is confronted by Kitcherner's Army, victorious at Omdurman, The French accede to British control of the Nile.
Plus ca change. Plus ca meme chose.
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posted on
06/04/2010 4:17:58 PM PDT
by
xkaydet65
(tials being lifted)
To: 17th Miss Regt
I just love these regional skirmish’s.
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posted on
06/04/2010 4:21:49 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(Just say NO to RINOs. (FUBO))
To: DEADROCK
click click wink wink. Like it!!!!
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posted on
06/04/2010 4:51:34 PM PDT
by
GoCards
("We eat therefore we hunt...")
To: Army Air Corps
"Another region of the world becomes a hotspot."Ethiopia, Sudan = ChiComs
yitbos
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posted on
06/04/2010 5:50:07 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
To: flaglady47
"Weve got water issues all over the place in this country too."Current level of Lake Meade
![](http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070824/070824_drought2_bcol_11a.h2.jpg)
yitbos, bbm in Boulder City, NV
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posted on
06/04/2010 5:56:39 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
06/04/2010 5:56:47 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: BIGLOOK; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...
Some years back, Ethiopia was *rumored* to be employing Israeli engineers on some kind of dam or irrigation project, using Nile waters, and Sudan threatened war; Sudan also threatened to stop the entire flow of the Nile from reaching Egypt (Lake Nasser actually crosses the border of the two countries) if the so-called Peace Canal carried Nile water all the way to Israel, which had been proposed (by the Israelis — it was one of the reasons for giving the Sinai back to Egypt). Nile waters flow into a number of open-air canals in Egyptian territory, which isn’t too brainy.
The entire Middle East could be transformed using Israeli techniques of water management.
Not gonna happen.
There are similar struggles over water in other Muzzie countries, mostly pertaining to the flow of the Euphrates. Syria was almost to the point of rattling sabers due to allegations of Turks’ withholding of tributaries to the Euphrates, which is pretty crappy, considering Syria illegally withholds water from Jordan — one of the reasons Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994.
Thanks BIGLOOK.
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posted on
06/04/2010 7:20:44 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: SunkenCiv
The entire Middle East could be transformed using Israeli techniques of water management.
I'm familiar with those techniques, even though they're not needed here. Very efficient as well as very inexpensive, something even dummies can afford and employ (but the tech is Israeli and invincibly ignored by despotic regimes in Africa and the Middle East.)
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posted on
06/04/2010 7:52:02 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress!)
To: MinuteGal
***attack each other with missiles and scimitars so they forget about Israel for a while***
I second the motion!
Leni, when I wrote that book on prophecy [of which you have a copy], many scratched their heads wondering why I mentioned MuHAMmed... traditional interpretation pointed towards Europe and Rome. Who are we looking at now? :-)
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posted on
06/05/2010 7:00:05 AM PDT
by
Bob Ireland
(The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
To: bruinbirdman
California is certainly doomed.
A leftwing SCOTUS will certainly take the international Nile Precedent to allow Utah, Nevada and Arizona control over the rivers flowing into the Colorado and deny California any right what so ever to any of the water.
If it is precedent in Africa then certainly it must be followed in the Southwest.
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posted on
06/05/2010 7:08:47 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
To: MinuteGal
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posted on
06/05/2010 8:47:34 AM PDT
by
aculeus
To: BIGLOOK; AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Note: this topic is from June 4. Thanks again, BIGLOOK.
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posted on
11/28/2010 7:47:02 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/28/2010 8:55:59 PM PST
by
blam
To: MinuteGal
You do know that Ethiopia is Christian as are most Kenyans, right?
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posted on
11/29/2010 12:47:27 AM PST
by
rmlew
(You want change? Vote for the most conservative electable in your state or district.)
To: blam
Well, the rainiest state title may be obvious, eh?
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posted on
11/29/2010 6:21:41 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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