.Drought a new present from our neighboring countries
Drought, lack of water and rising food prices are the new enemies of Iraq.
Recently, voices have risen loudly in Iraq warning of the dangers of decreasing arable lands because the lack of water in the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which bisect the country.. This crisis has caused serious problems in the lives of many Iraqis in such areas as electricity and oil refineries. It has made Iraqis’ life more difficult.
The lack of water came because the dams that neighboring countries are building on the two rivers. The last dam that Turkey built stores 100 billion cubic meters of water--three times what the dams in Syria and Iraq store. This dam will cause the loss of 47 percent of the Tigris' water and the loss of 40 percent of Iraq’s arable land. In turn, according to experts, that will probably lead to the forced emigration of millions of those who lose their land.
Iran, the other neighbor, diverted the watercourse of the Al Wind River that had been flowing into Iraq; the diversion will cause it to flow only inside Iranian lands. Tehran did the same thing to many other rivers which dried out thousands of acres in the countryside along the Iraq/Iran border. That deprived thousands of Iraqi farmers of their income. And the lack of supply of certain grains, vegetables and fruits have led to higher food prices.
Many Iraqis wonder, why do our neighboring countries go so far to hurt Iraqis?
Some countries send those who kill us under the pretext of Jihad, but those two countries choose to kill us in a different way. It is slow, but it is very effective.
In the past our forefathers said if you deprive someone's livelihood, it means you have sentenced him to death. Our neighboring countries aren't taking into consideration the international treaties that govern international relations, especially these treaties that control water rights and common water sources.
People in Iraq have concluded that if their neighbors have the ability to stop passing oxygen--in the form of water--to Iraq, they will do it.
Thank God no one can stop us from breathing the air--except God himself.
Inside Iraq
Recently, voices have risen loudly in Iraq warning of the dangers of decreasing arable lands because the lack of water in the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which bisect the country.. This crisis has caused serious problems in the lives of many Iraqis in such areas as electricity and oil refineries. It has made Iraqis’ life more difficult.
The lack of water came because the dams that neighboring countries are building on the two rivers. The last dam that Turkey built stores 100 billion cubic meters of water--three times what the dams in Syria and Iraq store. This dam will cause the loss of 47 percent of the Tigris' water and the loss of 40 percent of Iraq’s arable land. In turn, according to experts, that will probably lead to the forced emigration of millions of those who lose their land.
Iran, the other neighbor, diverted the watercourse of the Al Wind River that had been flowing into Iraq; the diversion will cause it to flow only inside Iranian lands. Tehran did the same thing to many other rivers which dried out thousands of acres in the countryside along the Iraq/Iran border. That deprived thousands of Iraqi farmers of their income. And the lack of supply of certain grains, vegetables and fruits have led to higher food prices.
Many Iraqis wonder, why do our neighboring countries go so far to hurt Iraqis?
Some countries send those who kill us under the pretext of Jihad, but those two countries choose to kill us in a different way. It is slow, but it is very effective.
In the past our forefathers said if you deprive someone's livelihood, it means you have sentenced him to death. Our neighboring countries aren't taking into consideration the international treaties that govern international relations, especially these treaties that control water rights and common water sources.
People in Iraq have concluded that if their neighbors have the ability to stop passing oxygen--in the form of water--to Iraq, they will do it.
Thank God no one can stop us from breathing the air--except God himself.
Inside Iraq
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