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Iraqi Sewage, Pollutants Threaten Ancient Mesopotamian Marshes 70% of Iraq’S Industrial Waste Is Dumped Directly Into Rivers Or the Sea Established 1961 7 Thursday, May 6, 2021 International Iraqi sewage, pollutants threaten ancient Mesopotamian marshes 70% of Iraq’s industrial waste is dumped directly into rivers or the sea CHIBAYISH, Iraq: In southern Iraq, putrid water gush- es out of waste pipes into marshes reputed to be home News in brief to the biblical Garden of Eden, threatening an already fragile world heritage site. In a country where the state lacks the capacity to guarantee basic services, 70 per- Netanyahu loses mandate cent of Iraq’s industrial waste is dumped directly into rivers or the sea, according to data compiled by the JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin United Nations and academics. Netanyahu’s mandate to form a government follow- Jassim Al-Assadi, head of non-governmental organi- ing an inconclusive election expired yesterday, giv- zation Nature Iraq, told AFP the black wastewater ing his rivals a chance to take power and end the poured into the UNESCO-listed marshes carries “pollu- divisive premier’s record tenure. Netanyahu, on trial tion and heavy metals that directly threaten the flora and over corruption charges he denies, had a 28-day fauna” present there. Once an engineer at Iraq’s water window to secure a coalition following the March 23 resources ministry, Assadi left that job to dedicate him- vote, Israel’s fourth in less than two years. The 71- self to saving the extraordinary natural habitat, which year-old’s right-wing Likud party won the most had previously faced destruction at the hands of Saddam seats in the vote, but he and his allies came up short Hussein and is further jeopardized by climate change. of an absolute majority in the 120-seat Knesset, The pollutants also “indirectly impact humans via the Israel’s parliament. — AFP buffalo”, fixtures of the marshes and known for the “gue- mar” cheese produced from their milk, he said. Dozens of rotten fish float on the surface of polluted Iraqi marshes in the southern district of Chibayish. — AFP According to Nader Mohssen, a fisherman and farmer born in the marshland’s Chibayish district, “the buffalo IS ‘blows up’ Iraq oil wells are forced to go several kilometers (miles) into the the wastewater pipes keeps people away. Local authori- 2019 that “climate change in Iraq is expected to reduce marshes to be able to drink something other than pollut- ties say they are not entirely to blame for the lack of annual rainfall, which will lead to a surge in dust storms, a KIRKUK: Jihadists yesterday killed a policeman ed water”. And “around the sewerage pipes, most of the proper wastewater management. They say residents are reduction in agricultural productivity and increased before blowing up two oil wells in Kirkuk, a northern fish die”, he added, gesturing to dozens of rotting fish at fault for making illegal connections to the rainwater water scarcity”. With each scorching summer, the coun- province claimed by both Iraq’s federal government floating on the marsh water surface. drainage systems because they are not connected to the try draws closer to this reality. In 2015, every Iraqi had and the Kurds, officials said. A security official told sewerage system, while the federal government does not 2,100 cubic meters of water available per year, UNEP AFP that “Islamic State group assailants” killed a Foul play, foul water provide the necessary funds to the provincial council to says, adding that by 2025, this figure will have fallen to policeman and “wounded two others”. The attackers Pollution is only the latest threat to one of the world’s build wastewater treatment plants. 1,750, threatening the long-term stability of agriculture then “blew up wells 177 and 183 at the Bay Hassan largest inland delta systems. The rich ecosystem, nestled and industry in the country, as well as endangering the field,” the oil ministry said in a statement. The first between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, barely survived Looming climate change health of its 40 million people. — AFP fire was “brought under control in record time”, but the wrath of Saddam, who ordered the marsh be drained “Such wastewater management units would cost “firemen are still active at the second” well several in 1991 as punishment for communities protecting insur- around $69 million,” Haydar Razzaq, head of the Dhi Qar hours after the attack, the ministry added. — AFP gents. The drainage reduced the marshland by half of its province’s wastewater department, told AFP. He added Ousted Myanmar 1991 area of 15,000 square kilometers (5,800 square that work on some units had begun, but, as often hap- miles). pens in Iraq, construction halted abruptly and never lawmakers set up A former regime official was condemned to death in resumed. French journalist abducted in Mali 2010 for what the UN called “one of the worst environ- For Assadi, who recently worked with European and mental crimes in history”, although he reportedly died of American experts on the issue, the solution is simple and ‘people’s force’ BAMAKO: A missing French journalist said he was natural causes in prison last year. A few years ago, natural: use plants to clean up the marshes, in a tech- kidnapped in Mali by a jihadist group with links to nique called phytotechnology. Al-Qaeda, according to a video circulating on social Mohssen and other marshland residents-several thou- BANGKOK: A shadow government of ousted Myanmar But his requests to authorities have so far fallen on media yesterday, the latest foreigner to be taken sand families straddling three provinces in the rural, trib- lawmakers said yesterday it has set up a “people’s deaf ears. He underscored that when UNESCO hostage in the West African country. The video of al south and struggling to make ends meet-believed they defense force” to protect civilians, as the police and mili- inscribed the marshes on its World Heritage List in 2016, Olivier Dubois, who worked with several French would see their home flourish again. tary deploy deadly arms against anti-coup protesters. Iraq pledged to preserve the ecosystem and provide media, could not be immediately verified independ- Once the canals and earthen dykes built by Saddam’s The country has been in turmoil since the military functional services to the marshland communities. But ently, although Reporters Without Borders (RSF) regime were destroyed, the water returned, and with it deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering a today, as the UN classifies Iraq “as the fifth most vulner- and an official at the French foreign ministry con- more than 200 species of birds and dozens of types of mass uprising of daily protests and a nationwide boycott able country in the world” to climate change, the reha- firmed he was missing. In the undated video, which wildlife, some on the verge of extinction elsewhere. from civil servants. bilitation of the marshes is no longer a question of her- lasts about 20 seconds, Dubois, 46, said he was Tourists too-mainly Iraqis-began flocking to the region So far, nearly 770 people have been killed in deadly itage preservation, but one of survival. abducted on April 8 in Gao, central Mali, by the again to take boat tours and lunch on grilled fish. crackdowns, according to a local monitoring group- But today, the overwhelming stench emanating from The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned in Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), the though the junta has a far lower death toll which it biggest jihadist alliance in the Sahel. — AFP blames on “rioters”. A group of ousted lawmakers who call themselves the Indian FM to join G7 virtually “National Unity Government” (NUG) and are working underground to oppose the junta announced their own Malaysia tightens curbs in capital “people’s defense force” to “stop the use of violence after COVID exposure against people”. It is intended as a precursor to a KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will tighten coron- “Federal Union Army”, the NUG said in a statement- avirus curbs in the capital to combat a fresh spike in NEW DELHI: India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Monday evening on the sidelines of the foreign minis- referring to a long-touted idea of bringing anti-coup dis- cases, with only essential businesses allowed to Jaishankar, in Britain for G7 meetings, said yesterday he ters summit. Blinken has already received two coron- sidents together with Myanmar’s ethnic rebel fighters operate and restaurant dining-in banned, authorities would hold his talks virtually after being exposed to avirus vaccine doses. The US State Department said it into an army. said yesterday. The partial lockdown in Kuala possible coronavirus cases. The foreign ministers of had been advised, including by public health profes- Some in the anti-coup movement have called for unity Lumpur, initially set to last from May 7 to 20, comes Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the sionals in Britain, that its health protocols “would per- among Myanmar’s myriad rebel armed groups to defeat a day after officials announced tougher restrictions United States are wrapping up three days of talks in mit us to continue with our G7 activities as planned”. the military’s well-trained soldiers. A few of the groups in several districts surrounding the city. — AFP London ahead of a G7 leaders’ summit next month in “We have no reason to believe any of our delegation is have condemned the military coup and the use of vio- Cornwall in southern England. at risk. We will continue to follow the guidance of pub- lence against unarmed civilians. Some are also providing India is not part of the Group of Seven wealthy lic health professionals going forward and abide by the shelter and even training to dissidents who flee into their democracies but was invited to the talks by Britain, same strict COVID-19 protocols,” spokesman Ned territories.
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