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Article: Black mischief. (overreaction to Persian Gulf war environmental damages) (editorial)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- February 25, 1991
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Black Mischief
TELEVISED COVERAGE of the Gulf War daily reminds us that burning oil can make a bully smokescreen. But it's not the first time. Remember the satellite images of the fiery battle of the Fao Peninsula during the Iran-Iraq war? There were sooty plumes aplenty back then, but only now do we hear the claim that such fires could plunge a large portion of the Northern Hemisphere into chilling darkness "for months or years."
Sound familiar? There he goes again. It's Carl Sagan and his new sidekick, Jordanian Royal Science Advisor Dr. Abdullah Touchan. They're back on TV with a retreaded prophecy, this time of non-nuclear doom and gloom. But the ...