NO MARMITE IN TUNISIA

A LITTE BLUE TREASURE BENEATH TUNISIA'S DESERT SANDS COULD PROVIDE AN INITIAL 250,000 JOBS AND PROVIDE WATER SUPPLIES FOR CENTURIES TO COME!

It stretches between Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. The United States has been in full knowledge of the importance of this since the 60s. Their last interest in this according to reliable sources was in April 2004, when the then president George Bush received ...a report from Pentagon advisors who were warning him of the disasters that would result from global warming which in the short term would cause a huge water crisis. The report advises vigilence and to undertake the necessary steps in order to control all water resources wherever they were located. It went on to say that water resources should be one of the primary strategic American interests!

The maps supplied taken by highly developed scanners of the globe for underground water around the world, showed that a whole lake exists in the Tunisian desert. It is a sea of potable water. This discovery was supported by experts from UNESCO who confirmed the existence of such underground reservoirs scientifically and geographically.

It is estimated that the reserves are around 60 billion cubic metres or the equivalent of the Egyptian High Dam.

The experts reckon that these reserves will change the face of agriculture for ever in the desert and ensure real economic development from the extreme south to the extreme north of Tunisia, eradicating unemployment once and for all as well as perhaps needing foreign labour brought in! Water should be sufficient for centuries to come.

This is a very important finding, particularly when it is projected that the superficial waters in the country are due to come to an end by 2030.

It was said that the old regime used the excuse that agriculture as an industry in Tunisia was not good enough because of lack of water and because of this it cost too much to produce, so recommended that many things should be imported from abroad, with the exception of citrus fruits and olive oil. In a direct contradiction to this, it was said that the Agricultural Ministry was looking to lease 9,640 hectares of the best and most fertile land in Tunisia to foreign investors (according to Reuters,) which was in the north and east of the country and spread over 16 regions. There was a news blackout about this!