In this country, you get two power bills: One from the electric company, the other from the 'Mafia'

But he's not a politician. Nor is he in charge of the banks or the media.From his penthouse apartment in Beirut's suburbs, the businessman looks out over the orange and white rooftops of the city.

But to Mr Saade, his syndicate is simply filling the gap left by the failures of the state to power the country's 6 million citizens.'What would people do? Stay in the dark?' One belongs to the state electricity utility, Electricite du Liban, the other is from their local 'generator man'.Without them, the country's economy would grind to a halt.

Soldiers have been deployed to some petrol stations, where commuters queue for hours and violent fights have erupted between people desperate to fill their tanks enough to earn a living. In Lebanon, the fuel shortage has also created a black market, where petrol or diesel can sell for five times as much.

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