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Drained By Saddam, Restored by Nature: Iraqi Marshlands Make a Comeback

Description:After nearly two decades Iraq's southern marshlands are thriving once again. Many believe the area was the site of the biblical Garden of Eden, and for centuries it teemed with life, sustaining a large population of Marsh Arabs. But then, in the early 1990s at the height of his power, President Saddam Hussein, turned his attention to the marshlands and in particular the Marsh Arabs whom he accused of treachery during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. (3:13)

Source: Reuters

Tags: reuters , Azzam Alwash , Iran-Iraq war , Jassim al-Assadi