Yikes!!

I couldn't find this online... but in today's Al-Qabas, page 5, (and in other papers I assume) there is a paid press release by famed Kuwaiti astronomist (فلكي) and local legend Dr. Saleh Al-3jairi (الدكتور صالح العجيري) in which he warns against a global catastrophe that could fall on the planet around the year 2024, on a scale that makes the recent Tsunami disaster seem like a picnic!!

Among the highlights:

1. Water will become such a scarce resource that World War 3 will break out over territorial water sources.
2. Nuclear weapons will be used in this war, destroying the Earth and plunging all of civilization into a long and harsh nuclear winter.
3. Humans will freeze to the point of having to amputate their fingers.
4. Without their fingers, humans will not be able to sustain or protect themselves .
5. Defenseless humans, having lost their fingers, will be attacked and eaten by wolves(!)
6. A few years later, the nuclear dust will fade away and the sun will shine again.
7. Life returns to the planet and the few surviving humans will recall the nightmare years of the nuclear winter.

I have always had the utmost respect for Dr. Al-3jairi, and always felt that he is unjustly ignored with his annual Ramadan predictions... so I find this press release rather... um.... puzzling.

STOP PRESS: I just realized that Q had this subject on his blog yesterday.. so move along, please :-)