Marsh Arab Communities Visible in Declassified U2 Spy Images (IMAGE)
Caption
The U2 images of southern Iraq present the layout, size, and environmental position of Marsh Arab communities in the late 1950s and early 1960s, many of which disappeared after massive hydroelectric dams impounded the rivers, and after the government of Saddam Hussein deliberately drained the marshes.
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University of Pennsylvania/Emily Hammer
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