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Article: The not-so-fertile crescent. (Middle East).(Brief Article)
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- Earth Island Journal
- Article date:
- March 22, 2002
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IRAQ -- After the end of the Gulf War, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein called for a massive construction project to destroy the culture of the rebellious Marsh Arab society by draining the marshlands of southern Iraq. This vast engineering project devastated a critical flyway for 40 species of migrating waterfowl. Comparing satellite images from 1992 and 2000, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) concluded that nearly go percent of the Mesopotamian marshlands -- an area also known as the Fertile ...
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