Specific Issues
- In 2003 Al-Mishraq, a state run sulfur plant near Mosul, was the site of the largest recorded human-made release of sulfur dioxide when a fire (thought to have been deliberately started) gained control and burned for almost a month.
- The draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes
- The redirection of the Glory River
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