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Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

Global leaders are very worried about water shortages

Author:     Nathan Halverson
Source:     Grist/Reveal
Publication Date:     12 Apr 2016
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Stephan:   For 10 years I have been telling my readers that my analysis of the data tells me that water is destiny and that underneath the geopolitical issues the corporate media talks about is a second more fundamental level centering on water -- too much, or too little -- and that this is really the dispositive one. Finally a few in the independent media are beginning to see this point. Here is an example which contains some important information that will help you understand what is going on in the Middle East.
A Yemeni woman walks with donkeys carrying water gerry cans in Yemen's volatile province of Marib. Credit: Ali Owidha/Reuters

A Yemeni woman walks with donkeys carrying water gerry cans in Yemen’s volatile province of Marib.
Credit: Ali Owidha/Reuters

Secret conversations between American diplomats show how a growing water crisis in the Middle East destabilized the region, helping spark civil wars in Syria and Yemen, and how those water shortages are spreading to the United States.

Classified U.S. cables reviewed by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting show a mounting concern by global political and business leaders that water shortages could spark unrest across the world, with dire consequences.

Many of the cables read like diary entries from an apocalyptic sci-fi novel.

“Water shortages have led desperate people to take desperate measures with equally desperate consequences,” according to a 2009 cable sent by U.S. Ambassador Stephen Seche in Yemen as water riots erupted across the country.

On Sept. 22 of that year, Seche sent a stark message to the U.S. State Department in Washington relaying the details […]

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