Dead bodies and blood contaminate Tigris River

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/27/dead-bodies-and-blood-contaminate-tigris-river/


Dead bodies and blood contaminate Tigris River.

“Iraqis used to love fried river fish, but are afraid to eat anything caught in the Tigris nowadays, since there are so many dead bodies floating in the river.” They were dumped there “during the sectarian blood-letting that has divided the capital.”

[MNDemNY]

1. Eve of distruction.

[leftchick]

2. before the US destrution and occupation of Iraq.....

The Tigris....

[babylonsister]

3. Jeeze...

:-( :cry:

[leftchick]

4. another article

yet another war crime.... :(



Pollution Chokes the Tigris, a Main Source of Baghdad’s Drinking Water
by Dahr Jamail

Water from the Tigris River -- consumed by Iraqis in Baghdad every day -- is contaminated with war waste, and much of it goes untreated despite obligations of a US company to reconstruct vital facilities.

http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/481

[babylonsister]

5. I hate us, too. nt

[Sequoia]

6. I'm really getting sick to my stomach reading this.