fertile crescent [was: Looters Sack Baghdad Antiquities Museum]

[johnhall]

> From: fork-bounces at xent.com [mailto:fork-bounces at xent.com] On Behalf
Of
> Joseph S Barrera III

> 
> The rich Mesopotamian marshlands known for centuries as the Fertile
> Crescent have almost completely disappeared, with only 10 percent of
> the important ecosystem still remaining, according to a study based on
> satellite images of the region.
> 

The damage was intentional.  The Marsh Arabs opposed Saddam.