‘Gushing oil and roaring fires’: 30 years on Kuwait is still scarred by catastrophic pollution Oilwells set alight by Iraqi forces in 1991 were put out within months, but insidious pollution still mars the desert.
Impacts www.nytimes.com Drought and abundance in the Mesopotamian marshes Once vengefully drained by Saddam Hussein, the wetlands in southeastern Iraq have since been partially restored. Now the region and its isolated settlements face a new set of challenges.
