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[Global Warming] Global Warming » When climate change affects real people,”¦ « Talk ...: When climate change affects real people, and is something other than part of the 'culture wars' for a few Westerners: “We had the best land in the whole of Syria, anything could grow here. Continued here: When climate change affects ...

[EcoWorld] Global Warming Threatens Egypts Coastlines and the Nile Delta: “We will pay for this one way or another,” General Anthony Zinni, who commanded U.S. forces in the Middle East until he retired in 2006, warned recently.”We will pay to reduce greenhouse gases today and we’ll have to take an economic hit of some kind.

[SWJ Blog] 27 September SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Sheikh Hasina expressed concern about the effects of climate change on Bangladesh, which has already felt its impact with rising sea levels, deadly cyclones and monsoons. She said, "Scientific estimates indicate, of the billion people expected to be displaced worldwide by 2050 as a result of climate change factors, one in every 45 people in the world, and one in every seven people in Bangladesh, would be a victim." That could result in disaster for some 22 million Bangladeshis.

[Environment Magazine] Environment Magazine - Glacier Retreat: Reviewing the Limits of ...: and the Karakoram of India and Pakistan””who face reductions in water supplies that make it difficult for them to irrigate their fields and provide pasture for their flocks.27 Even in the Alps, a fairly prosperous region, many farmers lack the water they need to irrigate their fields, especially in the drier valleys that lie in the rain shadow of high ranges.28 Worldwide, these mountain populations number in the tens of millions, yet receive relatively little attention. The ad hoc responses of the farmers””digging new irrigation channels, shifting to more drought-tolerant crops and crop varieties, and seeking off-farm income””compensate only partially for the losses that they have faced, and it is probable that migration to other areas, already present for other economic and social reasons, will become more common as glacier retreat further reduces water supplies.29

[Small Wars Council] 27 September SWJ Roundup - Small Wars Council: Today the US military is more nimble, mobile, and focused on rapid responses against smaller powers than ever before. One could argue that the Gulf War and the postwar standoff with Saddam Hussein hastened needed military transformation and strategic reassessments in the post–Cold War era.

[Jihad Watch] Report: Saddam transferred WMD's to Syria - Jihad Watch: I never heard Hugh say chaos in Iraq would erase the Islamic Jihad, but it's pretty clear that it would hinder in in some way shape or form, for each sect would indeed provide resources and footsoldiers to oppose the other, which does infact spell out to less resources and footsoldiers used against infidels.

[Cold Truth] Cold Truth » Blog Archive » As droughts expand and water supplies ...: Another 1.3 million people or more are in peril because of the absence of water, the Christian .The World Health Organization says the effects of water shortage can be massive outbreaks of disease, malnutrition, crop failure and death.

[Believers Global Watch] Believers Global Watch » Blog Archive » Energy Daily Express.com ...: In the meantime, water consumption is a contentious issue with state regulators for a number of big solar projects. Already, solar developers in California have had to resort to technologies that are less water intensive because local officials have refused to make large quantities of water available for their projects.

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