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2003-10-11 Iraq

Iraqi Engineers Revitalize Marshes That Hussein Had Drained

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Posted by Mike 2003-10-11 9:56:09 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Someone heard of Greens protesting for the ecological destruction brought up by Saddam Hussein
from the draining of the marshes to setting up
hundreds of oil wells on fire? No? Just what I
thought.

Posted by JFM 2003-10-11 10:43:34 AM|| 2003-10-11 10:43:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, I expect to hear them complain about the destruction of the fragile post-marsh ecology created during Saddams reign.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-10-11 11:08:39 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-10-11 11:08:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Yep, they're endangering the rare Hellhole Rat

Posted by Shipman 2003-10-11 11:20:19 AM|| 2003-10-11 11:20:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Someone - Bremer most especially - needs to give Ali Shaheen a medal. Independent thought, follow-through, and willingness to go against the "status quo" need to be applauded - and rewarded - in the "new" Iraq. If we ever do capture Hussein, we need to gather a delegate of Marsh Arabs and Kurds to try him, judge him, and impose the consequences of his behavior - the more long, drawn-out and painful the better.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-10-11 11:36:23 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-10-11 11:36:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Wetlands that are not deep are amazingly resilient. When the US & Canada decided to treat the Great Lakes like the valauble resources they are Lake Erie was one of the first to clean itself up because it is realtively shallow.

Still remember when the Cuyahoga caught fire. I bet there was some serious polution flowing into Erie from that mess.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-10-11 12:26:14 PM|| 2003-10-11 12:26:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The other thing about this article that caught my eye was the patience of the Marsh Arabs. They understand, much better than the UN, EU, and Democrat Party, that things that took a long time to screw up take some time to fix...

Posted by snellenr 2003-10-11 1:43:02 PM|| 2003-10-11 1:43:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 So how long would it take us to restore the wetlands at Le Marais?

Posted by Dishman 2003-10-11 1:51:03 PM|| 2003-10-11 1:51:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Uh-oh--anti Semitisme! Le Marais is the Jewish Quarter!

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-10-11 4:59:12 PM|| 2003-10-11 4:59:12 PM|| Front Page Top

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