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Deputy: Tigris will dry in 2025 and Iraq on the verge of a water war
On: Friday 5/11/2012 6:55
Baghdad / range
confirmed the Committee on Agriculture and Water parliamentary Iraq is on the verge of a war of water that did not put an end to the excesses of neighboring states on water rights, stressing that the year 2025 will be the dry river Tigris.
agency quoted "Baghdadi News for Rapporteur of the Committee reproach league as saying that" Iraq failure in the formulation of water policy to maintain its share of water originating from the states of Turkey and Iran, expressing the regret of not putting an end to the excesses of Iraq's two neighbors. "
The league that "political conflicts and trenching political parties, the Interior has given a great opportunity in front of Turkey and Iran to expand its excesses and play on the strings and files the task of the most important of the water."
and stressed the league "the need to put an end to these abuses to continue, it would pull out of Iraq to fight a war of water with these two the two countries, as well as the Tigris River will dry in 2025. "
Turkey is seeking to re-work building a dam, "Ilisu" on the River Tigris, who warned Congress of its effects on Iraq, which they see as it will reduce the imports of the Tigris River in half, which absorbs 11 billion cubic meters of water, as well as its effects on the lives of plants and animals and cause the migration of peasants from their lands, not to mention the problems of desertification and the like.
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