Egypt Is Prepared To Bomb All Of Ethiopia's Nile Dams: Stratfor
The Nile begins in the mountains of eastern Africa and flows north into the Mediterranean Sea.
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Egypt and Sudan currently receive 90 percent of the river’s water under colonial-era accords while upstream countries including Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia have been clamoring for a new deal during more than a decade of talks.
The Nile flows south to north, making it one of only a handful of rivers in the world to do so and one of only two in Africa.
So, rather than Cairo sitting at the mouth of the massive water supply, it sits dead last—subject to all the whims and fancies of each upstream nation. With several factional governments upstream and the premium on fresh water, diplomacy only goes so far.
A dispatch from May 26, 2010, that cited information from a Egyptian diplomatic source points to the country’s frustration:
Sudanese president Umar al-Bashir has agreed to allow the Egyptians to build an a small airbase in Kusti to accommodate Egyptian commandos who might be sent to Ethiopia to destroy water facilities on the Blue Nile… It will be their option if everything else fails
The Blue Nile, which begins in Ethiopia, contributes about 85 percent of the flow that passes through Egypt to the Mediterranean.
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This sounds like California. As Mark Twain said “whiskey is for drinking but water is for fighting over!”
That seems like a stupid thing to do. Risking massive flooding of their homes to destroy water preservation facilities. Remember, dams don’t reduce the amount of water that flows down the river. They only store excess water that can be used later. They should build their own water control systems, not destroy other countries smart moves.
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