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The reason, Radi says, is that the camps were unregulated, posing environmental and health risks...This, he says, is why the camps had to go. ... Before calling on security forces to destroy bedouin camps, Rady might have done well to read one of his organization's information packs, Guidelines for Eco-Lodge Development in Egypt. On comparing its recommendations to the actuality of the Bedouin Dream and Freedom Beach camps, he would have discovered that the sewage systems are the same--standard concrete trenches. As for water sources, he would have discovered that the four case-study lodges outlined in Eco-Friendly Lodges in Egyptian Settings rely on city tank water, just like the bedouin camps...
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More links to external sites:
The Cairo Times Online Edition (do keyword search for TDA sells contested land)
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