OP-ED: Placing the terrorist threat to the food supply in perspective - (Right Side News)
April 24, 2008 – 8:36 pmhttp://www.rightsidenews.com/20080423790/global-terrorism/placing-the-terrorist-threat-to-the-food-supply-in-perspective.html
High food prices have sparked a great deal of unrest over the past few weeks. Indeed, the skyrocketing cost of food staples like grain has caused protests involving thousands of people in places such as South Africa, Egypt and Pakistan. These protests turned deadly in Haiti and even led to the ouster of Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis.
With global food supplies already tight, many people have begun once again to think (and perhaps even worry) about threats to the U.S. agricultural system and the impact such threats could have on the U.S. and global food supply.
In light of this, it is instructive to examine some of these threats and attempt to place them in perspective.
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