Maybe we could get them to pick up the cigs and exterminate them that way (sigh)!
"Beasts of burden fading into dust in Timbuktu deserts; Camels no longer dominant in ancient salt trade" by Karin Brulliard, Washington Post | December 16, 2009
Just a reminder, readers: the Washington Post is the CIA 's newspaper.
Straight from the horse's mou..., well, try the other end.
TIMBUKTU, Mali - Out there, along with miners and traders, there are now Al Qaeda-linked insurgents in 4-by-4s....
PFFFFFFTTTTTT!!
Being trained by white guys, or.... ?
The ancient trade is not disappearing, but it is changing. And the gradual substitution of trucks for camels is just one evolution taking place in Timbuktu and the desert that surrounds it, extending north like an infinite ocean....
Honestly, this is all most Americans know about Timbuktu.
Camels are good for caravans only until they are about 6 years old, Salah Ould Youba said. Their teeth weaken after that, making it difficult for them to eat desert foliage and increasing their risk of starvation. Still, he said, they are better than trucks, which require expensive fuel. Camels require leaves and water, which are free. “It’s better with a camel,’’ Youba said. “I do not want to lose the tradition of my father and my grandfathers.’’
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