Thursday, February 7, 2013

Could Climate Change Be Al-Qaida's Best Friend in Africa?

Slate: French troops are currently planning a swift exit from Mali, but the local government's battle with Islamist insurgents rages on. Meanwhile, the international community continues to ask itself what went wrong in a country once seen as a model for the region. But some climate analysts say they saw the civil war brewing--and, more importantly, that climate change could be an increasingly prominent factor in crises in the region. There's a lot of debate in the global security establishment about...

URL: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/02/07/mali_islamist_insurgents_could_climate_change_be_al_qaida_s_best_friend.html
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