Global warming is the cause of the latest crisis in Darfur? UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon apparently doesn't believe that the United Nations is mocked enough as he has said that the slaughter in Darfur was triggered by global climate change and that more such conflicts may be on the horizon, in an article published this weekend.

Global Warming Causing Darfur Crisis Claims UN Head

He writes: "Two decades ago, the rains in southern Sudan began to fail. According to U.N. statistics, average precipitation has declined some 40 percent since the early 1980s. Scientists at first considered this to be an unfortunate quirk of nature. But subsequent investigation found that it coincided with a rise in temperatures of the Indian Ocean, disrupting seasonal monsoons. This suggests that the drying of sub-Saharan Africa derives, to some degree, from man-made global warming." All that is missing is save the cheerleader save the world.

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There's even more: "It is no accident that the violence in Darfur erupted during the drought. Until then, Arab nomadic herders had lived amicably with settled farmers. A recent Atlantic Monthly article by Stephan Faris describes how black farmers would welcome herders as they crisscrossed the land, grazing their camels and sharing wells."

"But once the rains stopped, farmers fenced their land for fear it would be ruined by the passing herds. For the first time in memory, there was no longer enough food and water for all. Fighting broke out. By 2003, it evolved into the full-fledged tragedy we witness today."

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Is there drug testing at the United Nations? I knew Darfur could be blamed on America. Somewhere the embattled Kofin Annan is smiling - no wait he is laughing out loud.