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In 1986, a major storm convulsed the region, damaging the dams and shearing soil from the ground. The structures were damaged, Dr. Ashoor said, but again they h
by dredmorbius 3y ago
In 1986, a major storm convulsed the region, damaging the dams and shearing soil from the ground. The structures were damaged, Dr. Ashoor said, but again they held. Despite the stresses, repairs were minimal. In 1998, the Libyan government commissioned a study that revealed cracks and fissures in the dams, said Attorney General Sadiq al-Soor. Nearly 10 years later, a Turkish company was finally contracted to repair the dams, the prosecutor added. But the government dragged its feet in paying, and the project got underway only in 2010... Just four months later, in 2011, Libyans marched against Colonel el-Qaddafi’s 42-year grip on power... In the tumult, work on the dam ceased...
From TFA.
Neglect has accrued over 37 years. Only 12 have elapsed since the fall of Qaddafi. NATO's direct involvement was for a brief period in 2011.
- landemva 3y ago> NATO's direct involvement was for a brief period in 2011. And USA's direct involvement in Nagasaki Japan by dropping Little Boy was for a brief period on August 6 1945. https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/little-boy-and-fat-man https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/little-boy-and-fat...
- mikewarot 3y ago"After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the United States led the Allies in the occupation and rehabilitation of the Japanese state. Between 1945 and 1952, the U.S. occupying forces, led by General Douglas A. MacArthur, enacted widespread military, political, economic, and social reforms." [1] [1] https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconst... [2] https://www.amazon.com/Resurrecting-Nagasaki-Reconstruction-Narratives-Weatherhead/dp/1501714961 https://www.amazon.com/Resurrecting-Nagasaki-Reconstruction-...
- landemva 3y agoLikewise has NATO been rebuilding Libya for the past decade and repairing infrastructure such as dams?
- 26fingies 3y ago> But the government dragged its feet in paying, and the project got underway only in 2010... Just four months later, in 2011, Libyans marched against Colonel el-Qaddafi’s 42-year grip on power... In the tumult, work on the dam ceased... You yadda yadda'd the part where NATO destroyed the government.