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Northern Hemisphere Pollution a Cause of '80s Africa Drought
vinces99 writes "Decades of drought in central Africa reached their worst point in the 1980s, causing Lake Chad, a shallow lake used to water crops in neighboring countries, to almost dry out completely. The shrinking lake and prolonged drought were initially blamed on overgrazing and bad agricultural practices. More recently, Lake Chad became an example of global warming. But new University of Washington research shows the drought was caused at least in part by Northern Hemisphere air pollution. Particles from coal-burning factories in the United States and Europe during the 1960s, '70s and '80s cooled the entire Northern Hemisphere, shifting tropical rain bands south. That meant that rains no longer reached the Sahel region, a band that spans the African continent just below the Sahara desert."
Um, perhaps you ought to check out a real history book some time. African slavery was run my Muslims. American businessmen were just one of the customers. Even today there is enslavement of Black animist and Christian Africans by Arab Africans in Sudan. Look on YouTube for "Simon Deng" if you want to see the personal testimony of a Sudanese man who escaped his Islamic masters. Sure, the imperialist European powers brought much bad in addition to the enormous good - but let's put the slave situation into historically accurate perspective, please. Especially since slavery still goes on today - and once the Caliphate is re-formed (by the Muslim Brotherhood, and their Salafi, Wahabbi and Al Qaeda mates) and an "Age of Jihad" is formally declared then we'll again see mass slavery again (non-Muslim women being espeicially prized as sex slave concubines with no rights). Saudi Arabia did not ban slavery until 1962 (and it still continues underground). In Britain there have been an epidemic (at least 60 gangs in recent years) of Muslim men deliberately grooming and drugging white British girls (around 12 seems to be the target age group). This article provides background about how slavery is explicitly permitted by Islam (and unlike the Abrahamic faiths) is still considered canon today. Here's an article that discusses the modern Islamic rulings that permit slavery (not just Qur'an 4:3):
http://sheikyermami.com/2013/03/23/sex-slaves-are-not-forbidden-by-islam/