{"id":139180,"date":"2023-09-15T00:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/our-part-in-creating-the-libyan-disaster-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T00:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:29:25","slug":"our-part-in-creating-the-libyan-disaster-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/our-part-in-creating-the-libyan-disaster-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Our part in creating the Libyan disaster | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMuammar Gaddafi\u2019s overthrow | Old advice on moles | Pickled onion failure | Goldilocks misgendered | A singular arseAre we proud of our victory in helping to overthrow the dictator Muammar Gaddafi? After 12 years, Libya still has no government that can maintain critical dams. No one asked the Libyans if chaos was better than Gaddafi. Our success in promoting misgovernment has now cost many thousands of lives (\u2018Sea is constantly dumping bodies\u2019: fears Libya flood death toll may hit 20,000, 13 September).Joseph HanlonLondon\u2022 Re deterring moles with a pickled onion (Letters, 12 September), my family copy of Markham\u2019s Farewell to Husbandry, dated 1660, says this: \u201cAn excellent way to take Moals, and to preserve good Ground from such annoyance: Put Garlick, Onions, or Leeks, into the mouths of the holes, and they will come out quickly as amazed.\u201dRichard NormanCanterbury Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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