Faith + Reason = Truth

A vast, ancient lake located beneath Darfur in The Sudan has been detected by satellite imagery.  It's being described as the size of Lake Erie in North America, making it one of the world's largest lakes.  However, after scouring several articles about the discovery, announced on July 17 by scientists from Boston University, I cannot see any details about the depth of the lake, which of course is crucial for determining how much water is actually contained.  The BBC also has coverage and background on how the killings, rapes, and all around sub-human barbaric behavior that goes on there on a daily basis is rooted in a lack water in the area due to long droughts which have brought different groups of people in contact with each other to battle over the scarce resource.  And you thought fighting over oil got nasty!  Here's a bit of what the BBC had to say:

"Analysts say competition for resources between Darfur's Arab nomads and black African farmers is behind the conflict.

More than 200,000 Darfuris have died and 2m fled their homes since 2003.

'Much of the unrest in Darfur and the misery is due to water shortages,' said geologist Farouk El-Baz, director of the Boston University Center for Remote Sensing, according to the AP news agency."