TIL Iraq used to have one of the worlds largest marshes until Saddam drained them into a desert

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/iraq-s-garden-of-eden-restoring-the-paradise-that-saddam-destroyed-a-709866.html



Submitted March 25, 2015 at 07:46PM by mjackl http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3095hx/til_iraq_used_to_have_one_of_the_worlds_largest/