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2012-06-30 Arabia

War-torn Yemen faces a new crisis: famine

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Posted by Water Modem 2012-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Yemenis use 40 percent of their available water to grow qat, a mildly narcotic plant that's the country's largest cash crop and highly prized across the Arabian Peninsula. That's far more than they allocate to grow food.

Sounds like a self inflicted problem and a self correcting issue.

Insallah

Posted by DarthVader 2012-06-30 00:38|| 2012-06-30 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Gaia's wrath is slow to start, and slower to end.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-06-30 05:27|| 2012-06-30 05:27|| Front Page Top

#3
Well then, let them eat the khat.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2012-06-30 19:27|| 2012-06-30 19:27|| Front Page Top

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