2007May9: “(In) Somalia, alternating drought and floods led to migrations of varying size and speed. A prolonged instability grew out of those conditions – and the warlords capitalized on it. It’s a glimpse at how climate change can cause the type of instability and failed states that lead to extremism and terrorism. Ungoverned spaces, filled with desperate people, are also the perfect recruiting grounds for terrorist groups,” said General Charles F. Wald, USAF (Ret.) Former Deputy Commander, US European Command testifying before the Committee on Foreign Relations US Senate (Wald, 2007).
Reference: Charles F. Wald testimony before the Committee on Foreign Relations US Senate. http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/hearings/2007/hrg070509a.html
Image Description: Somalians sit in the sun as they wait for food provided during Operation Provide Relief, Somalia. Image credited to SSGT Charles Reger, Department of Defense employee. Photo taken 1992Nov17. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Somali_children_waiting.JPEG Image Permission: This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made during the course of an employee’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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