Read this.
UPDATE: Michaela Singer has a report at the Daily News Egypt.
Hossam el-Hamalawy
From the Daily News Egypt:
The entire gamut of civil society in Damietta remains opposed to the construction of the Agrium fertilizer plant on the outskirts of the popular tourist destination Ras El Bar.
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The proposed site of the factory falls in this direction, right outside the gates of Ras El Bar, six kilometers from the nearest residential area. If Ras El Bar — a popular tourist destination for Egyptians — is to expand, it would find the factory in its path.
Residents of Damietta are angry about the plant being built so close to their homes, and a local movement has been organized to lobby for its relocation.
Aside from the environmental concerns, there is also a concern over the impact on tourism in the area, which is a vital source of revenue.
Nasser El Emary, head of the popular committee opposing the construction of the plant, told Daily News Egypt that he possesses 400 documents on why the plant should not be built in its present location.
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Lawyers in Damietta went on strike Thursday to protest what they perceived as government dillydallying over the fate of the project and possibly ignoring the wishes of the local residents.
Additionally, 150 representatives of NGOs, trade unions and activists signed a petition that also reflected the united stance of Damietta residents against the plants’ proposed location.
The regime has shown over and over and over and over again that it cannot handle infrastructure projects, housing, sewage, water, trains, buses, roads, and now they are going nuclear?! If you cannot take care of your trains, how will you take care of the nuclear reactors?!!
And what a cheap move to appease the national sentiments of the public. And I guess it worked for the confused nationalist opposition, including Hamdeen Sabbahi (see video below) of the Nasserist Karama, who declared support for the move.
I totally oppose this move. I do not trust the regime with one gram of uranium. Power could be generated by dzillion other safer ways than nuclear energy.
Down with Mubarak!