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The soldiers reading this guide would have had the truly remarkable opportunity to see the marshes in the south well before the more recent wars & Saddam's orde
by hedgehog 5y ago
The soldiers reading this guide would have had the truly remarkable opportunity to see the marshes in the south well before the more recent wars & Saddam's order to drain them. Worth reading about for anyone interested in the country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Marshes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Marshes
- quercusa 5y agoWilfred Thesiger's The Marsh Arabs is a fascinating look at the natives of the marshes. It appears that the marshes may be recovering to some degree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Arabs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Arabs