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Marsh o'Potamia
Once-vast marshlands being restored in Iraq |
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25 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Marsh o'Potamia Once-vast marshlands being restored in Iraq The marshlands of Iraq, drained nearly dry by Saddam Hussein, are making a surprisingly robust comeback. Seen by some as the inspiration for the biblical Garden of Eden, the lush wetlands once covered nearly 3,600 square miles near the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. Mid-century drainage projects took a toll, but the marshes were primarily destroyed by Hussein ... |
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Marshing Our Mellow
Legendary Iraqi marshes slowly on the mend |
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23 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Marshing Our Mellow Legendary Iraqi marshes slowly on the mend Despite certain, er, unfortunate events elsewhere in the country, one part of Iraq, subject to some of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein's worst crimes, is experiencing a glimmer of hope. For years after the 1991 Gulf War, much of Hussein's industrial machinery was turned toward a massive dam-building project that drained some 90 percent of the southern wetlands where Marsh ... |
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