First Snow in 100 Years Falls on Baghdad, So Where's the Global Warming?

Snow in Baghdad, Friday Jan. 11, 2008
News in Balance:

Light snow fell in Baghdad early on Friday in what weather officials said was the first time in about a 100 years reports AFP.

Rare snowfalls were also recorded in the west and centre of Iraq, plunging temperatures to zero degrees Centigrade [32 degrees Fahrenheit] and even colder, an official said.

The snow in Baghdad, which melted as it hit the ground, began falling before dawn and continued until after 9 am, residents said.

Incredibly, Reuters reports recent colder than average temperatures across the world have been blamed on global warming. I'm confused.

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