"IRAQ MARSH ARABS" presented by Over the Wire Films ~ Phin Percy & Julie Dermansky

Spread throughout Southern Iraq near the border with Iran, the Marshland Arabs rose against Saddam Hussein following Desert Storm from their nomadic territory, known as the Cradle of Civilization.Hussein retaliated by engineering the largest act of eco-terrorism in history, by cutting off the natural water supply to the marsh. In a few months his acts transformed a lush and green oasis into a barren and arid wasteland, unsuitable for any form of life.This act of vengeance greatly damaged the eco system, and came close to wiping out the oldest living civilization on the planet, along with their culture.After Saddam's fall, the damns were broken, the area re-flooded, whoever, the marsh has only partially been restored. A drought over the last two years has made recovery in the area slow, and climate change makes a full recovery of the marshlands, improbable.

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