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| Trash mountains pile up in Benghazi |
| 2014-05-25 |
| [Libya Herald] Killings and fighting between the forces of retired general Khalifa Hafter and Ansar A-Sharia and 17 February Brigade are not the only issues people in Benghazi have to worry about. There is an environmental disaster beckoning. Huge piles of rubbish continue to grow in Benghazi following a garbage collectors' strike. The sheer volume of refuse now poses a health risk as the temperature increases in the already beleaguered eastern city. Chairman of the Board of Directors for Public Services in Benghazi Salem Shoui told the Libya Herald that rubbish collectors began striking in May over delayed pay, better facilities at headquarters and the provision of health insurance. He said many of the public services company's 5,400 employees had not received their salaries for at least three months. Others at the cleaning subsidiary have received no money for half a year, he added. Shoui said the workers had experienced a great deal of suffering over the delays and needed to provide for their families. He said government officials in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... had, in a number of meetings, promised to free up the necessary funds for the payment of salaries but these had been empty words. Shoui said their actions had been "criminal "and added that now he did not know where to turn. The massive piles of rubbish are starting to have an effect far beyond just their noxious stench. The garbage is attracting animals and mosquitoes. It is causing traffic jams where it blocking the roads. More than this, as a breeding ground for illnesses, the elderly and the young are put particularly at risk by the trash. Residents have taken to burning the rubbish in their efforts to reduce it. However, a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... they are unaware of the health implications even this may have as they breath in the fumes. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I seem to recall National Guard being used during a garbage strike, maybe NewYork City, some years ago. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-05-25 13:24 |
| #3 Stay out of this and all other middle eastern misadventures. We're gonna send in the military because of a garbagemen's strike? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-05-25 08:44 |
| #2 Allah just loves a ditch with a donkey in it. Be carful where you step when you go walking in the Moslem Values. |
| Posted by: Big Thromoth3646 2014-05-25 06:40 |
#1  Stay out of this and all other middle eastern misadventures. Leave them to their well deserved misery.From the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. ~ Darwin |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-05-25 04:32 |