Ain Saadeh Residents Block Roads to Protest High-Voltage Power Project
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The residents of the North Metn town of Ain Saadeh blocked several roads on Wednesday in protest of a decision to install high-voltage electricity lines in the region.
The residents began rallying at dawn threatening authorities to hamper their plans.
Internal Security forces formed of riot police and Fohoud Special Forces arrived at the scene to open the roads.
LBC TV station said that the protests kicked off on Tuesday at 9:00 pm.
MP Nadim Gemayel, former Minister Salim al-Sayegh representing MP Sami Gemayel and Lebanese Forces member Eddy Abi Lamaa joined the protesters.
The National News Agency reported that the Fouhoud Special Forces withdrew from the area and the trucks loaded with the cables went back to the warehouses.
The sit-in is expected to remain for three days, the NNA said.
The controversial plan to install high voltage electrical lines in the Metn area was highly opposed by the Free Patriotic Movement MPs in 2005 during former Prime Minister Fouad Saniora’s tenure.
The project is sought to connect a power plant in Mkalles to another in Bsalim in order to supply more power to the region.
However, when FPM member Jebran Bassil was tasked to lead the Energy Ministry in 2009, he adopted the plan.
Bassil argues that the project doesn’t pose any danger on health amid fears over the potential risks of electromagnetic fields.
05 October 2011, 12:54
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I do not think the metn region will ever elect a aounist anymore after they experienced their duplicity.
before the elections bassil was taking side with the residents, and now he is the one trying to force them to accept these measures :)
thank you God for clarifying their duplicity.
05 October 2011, 16:21
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while zionist information war department is having celebrations because some of their former allies (ok, their children) organized some sit in.
The electricity has to go somewhere.
05 October 2011, 16:30
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@habal
the mater is veeeeeery zionist oriented indeed! hahahaha...akhhhhhhh ya habal....
05 October 2011, 17:39
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@ aragon
do you knw the joke about abou ali and um ali?
one day this couple was walking on the street with ali running around. finally ali fell into a ditch.
um ali asked abu ali: do we pick him up or we do another one?
