Cradle of Civilization: Garden of Eden; Hanging Gardens of Babylon;, Oasis of Hell.
It was one of the worlds cultural showplaces.
After Gulf -1 Saddam drained the Southern Swamps (not the right term) but it was a
estuary for birds, and much wildlife, and it became a dessert between DoucheBag and Kuwait.
If the land had not been drained the tanks could have never made it North so fast as
tanks do not operate well in 8 top 10 feet of water and mud.
There is little hope for that ecosystem to recover even in a hundred years.
Iraq Wetlands
Poluted area DU expended rounds, abandoned vehicles, craters, dirty hippies, etc.