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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 11:14 AM
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Pakistan landlords 'diverted flood water'
Source: BBC News

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UN ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon said there was evidence that landowners had allowed embankments to burst.

This led to waters flowing away from their land, he said.

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"Over the years, one has seen with the lack of floods, those areas normally set aside for floods have come under irrigation of the powerful and rich," Mr Haroon told the BBC's HardTalk programme.

"It is suggested in some areas, those to be protected were allowed, had allowed, levies to be burst on opposite sides to take the water away. If that is happening the government should be enquiring."

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11160995?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 02:03 PM
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1. Enquire, then execute. That's murder.
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cosmicone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 03:17 PM
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2. Most of these "rich, powerful landlords"
are former senior military officers and politicians who are quietly given public lands.

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mike r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 06:25 PM
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3. They'll get away with murder
What's a little big flood between friends?
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