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Los expertos revelan que nuestro planeta ha superado seis de los nueve límites planetarios debido, en parte, a las actividades del ser humano. Un grupo de 29 científicos de ochos países ha advertido que la Tierra está fuera del “espacio operativo seguro” para la humanidad, según un artículo publicado este miércoles en la revista Science Advances. […]
La Tierra está fuera del «espacio operativo seguro» para la humanidad, alertan los científicos
Who is responsible?.. ‘We can be 100% sure that the derelict state of Derna Wadi’s 2 dams would have been unthinkable if Gadaffi’s rich and ‘water savvy’ Libya had not been totally destroyed by the terrorist NATO war machine…‘
At least 5,300 people reported dead and 10,000 are missing.
from thefreeonline on 13th Aug 2023 by news4jax / صحيفة المرصد الليبية / anonhq / apnews / Home
A general view of the city of Derna is seen on September 12, 2023 © AP / Jamal Alkomaty
Massive flash flooding brought on by a fierce Mediterranean storm that wrecked dams and swept whole neighborhoods into the sea as it lashed Libya on Monday has left at least 5,300 people dead, according to the latest government estimate.
State-run media outlet LANA reported on Tuesday that the divided country’s eastern government, based in Tobruk, announced the updated death toll through its interior ministry and pegged the number of people still missing at 10,000. As many as 6,000 people are reportedly unaccounted for in the coastal city of Derna in northeastern Libya alone.
The storm caused two dams to collapse, sending a wall of water rushing through a wadi toward Derna, which had already been inundated with rain. Many of the city’s buildings, including entire neighborhoods, were washed away. Derna has a population of about 125,000.
The worst flooding from Storm Daniel was in the port city of Derna (population 90,000), where the failures of the nearby Derna and Abu Mansur dams, both about 50 years old, allowed a wall of water to rip through the heart of town along the Wadi Derna, which is a dry riverbed during much of the year.
Lack of maintenance of the Derna-area dams further raised the risk of this week’s catastrophe. As reported by Sky News, research published last year by civil engineer Abdelwanees A R Ashoor (Omar al Mukhtar University) warned that the city’s naturally flood-prone landscape would lead to disaster if the local dams were not properly maintained citing five floods since 1942.
His paper called for immediate steps to ensure regular maintenance of the dams and added: “If a huge flood happens the result will be catastrophic for the people of the wadi and the city.”
Before NATO destroyed the Libyan state in 2011 it was a rich and successful country, and had just completed the third of 5 stages of the amazing Great Man-Made River Project, Gaddafi’s prestigious project to green the country.
“The network of concrete pipes, which each have a diameter of 4 meters each, stretch more than 3500 kilometers. These pipes are hidden beneath the wilderness of the desert to stop vaporization of the water. There are more than 1000 wells, countless sections of concrete pipes, and 250 million cubic meters of excavation. “
NATO carpet bombed Libya and financed and armed jihadi groups to destroy Gadaffi’s dreams and try to steal the oil, reducing the country to penury and ending construction and maintenance.
The first dam is about 12km upstream from the city where two river valleys converge, and footage has shown it has been completely destroyed.
After breaching the first dam, the floodwater continued downstream along the canyon, sweeping away roads, bridges and buildings, and the second, smashing into and through the city, tearing down whole apartment blocks and washing them into the sea.
“Bodies are lying everywhere – in the sea, in the valleys, under the buildings,” civil aviation minister Hichem Abu Chkiouat told Reuters on Tuesday. “I am not exaggerating when I say that 25% of the city has disappeared. Many, many buildings have collapsed.”
TALE OF A NEGLECTED CITY
In the aftermath of Gaddafi’s NATO orchestrated murder in 2011, Derna disintegrated into a hub for Islamist extremist groups, was bombarded by Egyptian airstrikes and later besieged by forces loyal to Hiftar. The city was taken by Hiftar’s forces in 2019 but he reportedly remained suspicious and refused investment.
Like other cities in the east of the country, it has not seen much rebuilding or investment since the revolution. Most of its modern infrastructure was constructed during the Gaddafi era, including the toppled Wadi Derna damS, built by a Yugoslav company in the mid 1970s.
Hospitals in Derna have reportedly been knocked out of commission, and their morgues are full. Dead bodies are left on sidewalks outside the morgues, Dr. Anas Barghathy, who is doing volunteer work in Derna, told CNN. “There are no firsthand emergency services,” he said. “People are working at the moment to collect the bodies.”
Türkiye’s government has dispatched humanitarian aid and search and rescue teams to Benghazi to help in the relief effort. Italy and France are among the European countries that have pledged assistance to Libya.
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Thousands feared dead after storm in eastern Libya
The disaster came just three days after another North African country, Morocco, was hammered by an earthquake. The death toll there is over 2,900 and counting, making it the country’s deadliest earthquake since at least 1960.
Recovery efforts could be hindered by Libya’s divided chaos. The country has been split into two competing administrations since 2014, a division that occurred after the assassination of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi during a NATO-led terror invasion and bombing campaign in 2011.
Most aid may have to go via Tripoli, negotiating with the rival administration, backed by the Libyan parliament, operating from Tobruk.
Last week was the anniversary of the GREAT ISIS MASSACRE in Deir Ez Zor.. When will the US be kicked out, and what future for the anti-ISIS forces of the SDF/AANES coalition?
العربية(read in arabic) //from thefreeonline on 13th Aug 23 by Omar Abu Layla
August 5, 2014..Islamic State executes 700 people from Syrian al-Shaitat tribe
Justice for the victims of the al-Shaitat massacre is only just starting to emerge, and the international community must do its part.
The specter of the Islamic State continues to conjure up harrowing memories throughout their former areas of operation and control. In the Deir al-Zour province, for example, one memory of violence immediately comes to mind: the massacre carried out against the al-Shaitat tribe in eastern Deir al-Zour.
Nevertheless, in the towns of Abu Hamam, al-Kashkiyah and Gharanij—the scene of these deliberate attacks in 2014—there now exists hope for a better future at the economic, social, and security levels in spite of the trauma that continues to haunt its residents.
The al-Shaitat tribe—occupants of the town of Abu Hamam and the surrounding villages of al-Kashkiyah and al-Gharanij—are a sub-branch of the large al-Akidat tribe that extends deep into Iraq as well as Syria.
August 2014 Massacre And Media: ISIS And The massacre Of the Shaitat Tribe …
The arab al-Shaitat tribe made a name for themselves during the period of the Islamic State’s campaign, both in their singular act of resistance against Daesh in the early days of their operation in Syria and in the brutal reprisal Daesh enacted in response.
Understanding the factors leading up to the massacre and the repercussions that still continue in the region are vital for understanding the legacy of Daesh in Syria, and in working to obtain justice for the victims and their families.
Continue reading “Daesh’s Forgotten Massacre in Deir al-Zour. -Al Shaitat tribe saved by Kurdish led SDF-.”Every year WORSE… STOP these greedy bastards RACING to destroy Earth…
//from thefreeonline on 13th Sept 23 by e360.yale.edu
An analysis of policies in 170 countries found that explicit subsidies, such as price caps on fuel, accounted for 18 percent of this total. With Russia’s war on Ukraine roiling energy markets, many governments have placed limits on the price of fossil fuels, giving money back to consumers when prices exceeded those limits.
The other 82 percent of fossil fuel subsidies were implicit. These included tax breaks for oil firms, but also the unpaid cost of climate change and air pollution as a result of burning fossil fuels.
Consumers do not pay directly for the damage caused by their use of fossil fuels. Overall, undercharging for these damages amounted to 60 percent of subsidies, the analysis found.
Analysts called for phasing out both explicit and implicit subsidies. That would mean eliminating price caps and tax breaks, and also imposing a tax on the consumption of fossil fuels to account for the damage inflicted by their use.
Higher prices, analysts said, would curb the use of fossil fuels, helping to cut pollution, stem climate change, and improve public health.
Deep in the Heart of Texas, an Uphill Fight for Clean Air for All
A small part of the immense Fossil Fuel Subsidy PROFITS goes to financing and spreading insane CLIMATE DENIAL RELIGION, now flourishing online in the USA – a special insult to those of us who spent a generation campaigning against Climate and Ecocide denial by the US Govt and Corporations…. Now is the time for all Earth lovers to resist…HOWEVER WE CAN!
Announcing annual Running Down the Walls events ,17th Sept 2023, happening across the US to benefit political prisoners.
/from thefreeonline by Anarchist Black Cross Federation at It’s Going Down
Many places will be hosting RDTW 2023 on or around Sunday, September 17th – see participating cities below.
This is a non-competitive 5K run/jog/walk/roll in order to raise awareness and funds for political prisoners. Over the years, we have raised thousands of dollars and lots of awareness around the struggle to free political prisoners.
An important component of Running Down the Walls is the solidarity runs that take place throughout numerous cities. Solidarity runs that are held in our communities are designed to illustrate, through several small collective actions, that we have not forgotten our comrades locked up behind prison walls.
Runs that are held in prisons are designed to both politicize other prisoners and to illustrate that the acts of solidarity have been heard.
This annual event is also one of the primary fundraisers for the ABCF Warchest Program – a fund designed to assist political prisoners who normally received little or no financial support with monthly checks.
Other funds raised should be used to support local groups of your choosing, whether that is your own organization or another group you’d like to support. The choice is yours.
Los Angeles
September 17th from 10am – 1pm PST.
Elysian Park Fields, Bishop Canyon
(At the end of Park Road, near the park benches. Look for signs).
Donate
Philadelphia
September 17, 2023
11 am sharp (Yoga warm-up at 10am) at FDR Park
Registration deadline is September 3rd.
NYC
WHEN: 2:00-7:00pm, September 17th
WHERE: Prospect Park– Lincoln Road/East Lake Drive, east of the Terrace Bridge
COST: $10 registration, participants encouraged to get sponsors (includes vegan BBQ afterwards)
Donate at paypal.me/nycabc venmo.com/nycabc or with the Cash App : $NYCABC
Lowell, Mass
September 17th
Boarding House Park, 40 French Street, Lowell. 11am.
Seattle, Washington
September 17th. Meet at Green Lake Park @ the Arch at 11am.
Portland, OR
September 17th, Meet Under Tilikum Bridge, (East Side), 11 AM
Filed under: Anarchist Movement, Announcement, Political Prisoners, US
“We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around. We need to see unemployment rise, unemployment has to jump 40–50 percent.” Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1614947253&show_artwork=true&maxheight=750&maxwidth=500 Recent comments from a wealthy Australian property developer named Tim Gurner are going viral on social media right […]
Wealthy Capitalist Accidentally Makes Great Argument For Revolution
As part of an effort to woo Vietnam to join its illegal military and sanctions crusade against China, US President Joe Biden visited Hanoi
/from thefreeonline on 12th Aug 2023 by Western Banned Media:
VIRAL Video: ‘Confused’ Biden’s Mic CUT OFF In Vietnam
nurturing hopes of signing a “comprehensive strategic partnership agreement” with the dynamically developing Southeast Asian nation.
Washington is eyeing “swaying Vietnam to its side,” for it believes the US can use Hanoi as “a counterbalance to China’s influence in South East Asia,” Professor Anna Malindog-Uy, vice president of the Manila-based think tank Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute (ACPh), told Sputnik.
However, there is no indication that Vietnam has any interest in joining the “US-orchestrated” coalition against China, consisting of Washington’s allies, Anna Malindog-Uy added.
The Brutal History Of Agent Orange And Its Tragic Victims – All That’s …Published April 16, 2023 Updated June 7, 2023 From 1961 to 1971, the U.S. used the herbicide and defoliant Agent Orange in Vietnam, leaving behind millions of victims with deadly diseases and birth defects. For ten years in Vietnam, it rained a chemical mist.
US President Joe Biden’s meeting with Vietnamese General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other key leaders in Hanoi on September 10 comes as part of the latest page in the US’ Indo-Pacific playbook.
Suffice it to recall how Biden hosted Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Washington in May, then welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in June, and threw open the doors of his Camp David presidential retreat to his Japanese and South Korean counterparts mid-August.
The trilateral summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is regarded by pundits talking to Sputnik as part of an effort blatantly tailored to forge a new alliance against China and the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The US has also been posturing in the Indo-Pacific region by holding a slew of large military drills with Japan, Australia, and the Philippines in the South China Sea in recent days.
Biden’s Trilateral Summit With South Korea, Japan Aimed at ‘Accelerating’ Anti-China Policy
Vietnam is vital to US foreign policy for several political, economic, and geopolitical reasons, the professor underscored. Firstly, the “strategic geographical location” of Vietnam in Southeast Asia (SEA) is important to the US. Vietnam boasts “close contiguity and nearness to major global shipping lines like the South China Sea (SCS), and it has a border with China,” Anna Malindog-Uy stressed.
Vietnam plays a crucial role in US foreign policy due to its “strategic location, economic significance, and potential to counterbalance China,” according to Professor Anna Malindog-Uy.
“American companies have invested in Vietnam, and trade relations have expanded. Since Vietnam is a member of ASEAN, a regional body that is important to the US, especially on issues such as economic integration, security, and diplomacy, this makes Vietnam a vital partner of the US in advancing its interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
The US is likewise keen on upgrading its relations with Vietnam from a ‘comprehensive partnership,’ established in 2013, to a ‘strategic’ partnership.'”
Hanoi is being eyed by Washington for its perceived “potential to counterbalance China,” the expert added.
“The evolving relationship between the United States and Vietnam manifests the broader and active US engagement in the Asia-Pacific region and underscores Vietnam’s growing importance as a regional partner,” Anna Malindog-Uy emphasized.
Vietnam became a focal point for US diplomacy when it became the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in July 1995, the same month Vietnam and the United States normalized relations, concurred Carl Thayer.
The U.S. military has estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died.
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