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Article: Dying of Thirst.(decline of marshes in Iraq due to environmental policy of Saddam Hussein)(Brief Article)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- August 11, 2003
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Fed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the marshes of southern Iraq once formed a mosaic of wetlands, lakes, and waterways, covering an area equal to New Jersey. The largest marshes in the Middle East, they sheltered a unique ecosystem and culture. In his assault on the Marsh Arabs in the early 1990s, Saddam Hussein choked off the marshes' water supply, dessicating all but the center of the Hawizeh marsh.
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