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Jeddah Flood Ever since over 100 people were killed in a series of seemingly unnecessary floods in the Saudi city of Jeddah last week, the kingdom's top officials have been pointing lots of fingers at one another. Jeddah lacks a citywide municipal sewage system, instead relying on septic tanks, the contents of which are pumped into trucks and eventually dumped into Misk Lake. Saudi King Abdullah responded by setting up a high-level committee to investigate the Jeddah flood disaster, pledging to question officials all the way up to Jeddah's governor Prince Misha’l Bin Majed. The king also ordered that the family of each of the flood's victims, many of whom drowned or were crushed in cars, be compensated with one million Saudi riyals, about $267,000. "A lot of people died and no one can be immune from blame," Ahmed Al-Omran, an influential Saudi critic and blogger told The Media Line. "The king made it very clear that people who are responsible will be held accountable and if there is to be a real investigation into this, a lot of people will find themselves in trouble." Attachment 11670 Attachment 11671 Attachment 11672 Attachment 11673 Attachment 11674 Attachment 11675 Attachment 11676 Attachment 11677 Attachment 11678 Attachment 11679 Attachment 11680 Attachment 11681 Attachment 11682 Attachment 11683 Attachment 11684 Attachment 11685 Attachment 11686 Attachment 11687 Attachment 11688 Attachment 11689 Attachment 11690 Attachment 11691 Attachment 11692 Attachment 11693 Attachment 11694 Attachment 11695 Attachment 11696 Attachment 11697 Attachment 11698 Attachment 11699 Attachment 11700 Attachment 11701 Attachment 11702 Attachment 11703 Attachment 11704 Attachment 11705 Attachment 11706 Attachment 11707 Attachment 11708 Attachment 11709 |
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