Posted on 08/06/2010 1:05:22 AM PDT by caveat emptor
Saddam Hussein drained the unique wetlands of southern Iraq as a punishment to the region's Marsh Arabs who had backed an uprising. Two decades later, one courageous US Iraqi is leading efforts to restore the marshes. Not even exploding bombs can deter him from his dream.
Azzam Alwash is an anomaly in Iraq, a country devastated by war and terrorism. As he punts through the war zone in a wooden boat, his biggest concerns are a missing otter, poisoned water and endangered birds. Who thinks about the environment in southern Iraq, and who is willing to risk his life to save a marsh?
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
pretty nice looking hut
That photo of the hut caused the song “Kashmir” to start running through my head. Looks like it could have been a Led Zeppelin album cover from the mid-1970s.
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