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| Morsi warns Ethiopia over Nile dam |
| 2013-06-12 |
| Egypt's president has warned Ethiopia that “all options are open" in dealing with its construction of a Nile dam that threatens to leave Egypt with a shortage of water. In a live televised speech on Monday, Mohammed Morsi said Egypt was not calling for war, but it is willing to go up against any threats to its water security. "If it loses one drop, our blood is the alternative," he said to a raucous crowd of largely Islamist supporters that broke into a standing ovation. "We are not calling for war, but we will not allow, at all, threats against our water security," Morsi said before adding, "all options are open." He told the crowd, "The great Nile is that which all our lives are connected to. The lives of the Egyptians are connected around it ... as one great people." Later in the speech, Morsi said that Egypt considered Ethiopia a "friend" and pointed out that he had visited the country twice since taking office. Ethiopia's $4.2 billion hydroelectric dam challenges a colonial-era agreement that had given Egypt and Sudan the majority of rights to water from the Nile. Experts believe that Egypt could lose as much as 20% of its Nile water in the three to five years needed for Ethiopia to fill the massive reservoir. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #8 So maybe they found a use for those F-16s before the Allen-based maintenance turns them into gate guards..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2013-06-12 23:17 |
| #7 Ha! Ha! Blow my dam...I'll blow your dam. And guess who's getting flooded... You can rebuild a dam as long as you have'nt drowned. |
| Posted by: Pliny the Cheap6130 2013-06-12 23:17 |
| #6 Does anyone know how to start these new tanks? |
| Posted by: irishrageboy 2013-06-12 17:20 |
| #5 A little cash might settle this entire matter for a few months. Time for the KSA to step up and use a little soft power. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-06-12 16:42 |
| #4 AEthopia could ask it's friends in Israel for help with the Aswan? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2013-06-12 15:12 |
| #3 I thought you Muslims love death? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-06-12 15:01 |
| #2 "If it loses one drop, our blood is the alternative," he said to a raucous crowd of largely Islamist supporters that broke into a standing ovation. Hokay. These mooks are |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-06-12 10:11 |
| #1 OOOOOOOOOOO, "OUR WATER, OUR BLOOD"! Makes one helluva recruiting poster. Reminds of Stalin's infamous "...Or else" letter to a Factory threatening to shut down its production of STORMAVIK ground attack planes - IIRC STALIN SAID "THESE PLANES ARE AS VITAL TO THE RED ARMY AS BREAD + BLOOD"! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-06-12 00:47 |