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This documentary is worth a watch if you can find it: Miracle in the Marshes of Iraq (BBC). https://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Miracle_in_the_Marshes_of_Iraq

• zahma 5y ago
  Thanks for the link. I also suggest reading Rory Stewart’s book about his public service in this region of Iraq as part of the invading armies’ custodial government, the CPA. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_Hazards https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_Hazards The book explains a lot about the underlying political forces and cost of war. Also notable, he’s the guy who walked across Afghanistan just prior to the invasion. He wrote a book about that too which has to be my favorite travel writing.