Friday, August 26, 2005
The Real Quagmire in Iraq
Here's some little reported good news from Iraq--the restoration of the wetlands in the south. Located in the Basra, Maysan and Dhi Qar provinces, the Mesopotamia marshlands once covered nearly 3,600 square miles. Saddam Hussein ordered them dammed and drained in 1991 as punishment, after Marsh Arabs in the area supported the Shia rebellion right after the Gulf War (part one). At their nadir, the swamps covered only 300 square miles. Once Saddam was deposed by coalition forces two years ago, the dams were burst and the water again flowed into the low areas and now some 37% of the original marshes mapped in 1970 have been restored.
You know, you'd think at least the Greens would be happy about this.
You know, you'd think at least the Greens would be happy about this.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 9:33 PM 
