Iraq's Dying Garden of Eden

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In Iraq, climate change has transformed the once mythical mesopotamian marshes into deserts. It's not only temperatures that exceed 125°F and record low rainfall, but dams built by Turkey, Iran, and Syria on the Tigris and Euphrates river have stopped the flow of water before it can pass the border. Thousands have already been displaced in a drought that threatens the entire country.
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@jordanjenks2369 Год назад

I feel for these people. It reminds me how fortunate we are to have fresh drinkable water whenever we need it.

@Dirtygurl4719 Год назад

Which you have to pay

@thorasmith3150 Год назад

"whenever we need it" For now.

@MayorMcheese12 Год назад

Idk bout that one. Water over here in the western US is getting low as well.

@tuforu4 Год назад

ABU GHRAIB TORTURE CAMP IN IRAQ TKS PENTAGON

@boivilla7458 Год назад

For now....tomorrow the water may never come.

@SquizzMe Год назад

My parents left Iraq in the mid-90s and never saw the old country ever again. Even though I was only 8, it's still a gap that's basically impossible to fill. Always being a foreigner, yet never having a home to return to feels like exile...."And they admitted that they were foreigners and strangers on earth."

@burkebreathed9139 Год назад

You are home.

@jackharper5642 Год назад

so why don't you go back ?

@armorwolf7934 Год назад

You can go visit it now my mom went this summer this vids hilarious it literally just shows poor areas go watch jay pelfrey and gus1thego go to iraq people don’t like any good news so they always talk about bad things ecpeccially in middle east

@armorwolf7934 Год назад

However this is a sad serious thing and water is probably expensive there I’m sure they get imports but those are costly. I’d say vist it before it gets worse

@suckyxmcsuck Год назад

❤

@KenshinButtuosin Год назад

'What is hard? Hard is an understatement'. This hit me even harder.

@suckyxmcsuck Год назад

My family can trace our history back to this marshes. These marshes were more than a place to grow a flock; it was a place of civilization and pride. This video genuinely breaks my heart, and the tears of Freha are my tears as well.

@ashikislam8370 Год назад

hey iraqi. are you missing saddam hossein? if saddam alive. Israel has no power to kill palestaine. he could bring water from neighbhour country. democracy means corruption. only bad leader are get profit from democracy. they will send your money to america and canada.

@nelleboo30 Год назад

Some entity cut off the water supply

@theecstatic9686 Год назад

And a place to play with goat butthole...

@dmo848 Год назад

Sorry to hear this friend

@raidenwolfe6495 Год назад

I pray for you, I will never meet you or hear from you ever again but my heart is filled with sadness and my eyes with tears for you and all your families 🙏 I am so so sorry for you all 😪

@YananoBere Год назад

I'm deeply worried about how badly drought will devastate the developing world. It is so much worse than many people realise and we are so vulnerable and don't have the infrastructure to cope.

@AthenaGate Год назад

The droughts over time will cause more and more migration, link that with the rise of authoritarian governments all across the world, and you probably have one of if not the greatest humanitarian crises to ever exist.

@scientifico Год назад

the developing world has had to live under the brutality of the "developed" world for quite some time. The question you need to ask is what will the developed world do when climate collapse takes phoenix, or salt lake city or any of the foolish cities built on deserts. Unlike these people, the west is not used to this kind of loss.

@yallarecrazy5838 Год назад

Rich country’s won’t bat an eye until they can’t stuff their mouths with the next crabby patty due to water shortages.

@ough. Год назад

Iraq back in those days especially the Abbasid caliphate was never that bad. It’s sad to see it gone

@pluckybellhop66 Год назад

@@scientifico So it's everyone else's fault that Saddam drained the marshes? The man in the video explicitly stated that the main problem is the government doesn't care. Something could be done, they just dont care.

@svsuke Год назад

Vice has kept informed over the last couple years , hoping yall get the funds you need 🙏

@BreakOutOfTheAlgorithm Год назад

Of course they will get the funds they need. They are claiming this is climate change and pushing the agenda. They have all the money they need to make as much propaganda as possible. You have to go back at least 3 years to get proper reporting from vice. The last 2 years have been nothing but propaganda. Prayers for the people that are affected by this. 🙏

@nepadron Год назад

They are owned by Disney though

@Praisethesunson Год назад

@@nepadron Yeah but that mouse is notorious for not writing checks

@tuckerbugeater Год назад

@@Praisethesunson they attack 90 percent of their audience at least once every 3 videos.

@nepadron Год назад

@@Praisethesunson but they OWN it, a financial loss for vice is a loss for Disney. You are giving your money to Disney.

@raymo036 Год назад

As an iraqi I love these documentarys that yall do on iraq to showcase the kind of problems we face. Much appreciated vice. Keep up the good work on the reports on iraq. Hopefully more to comd

@mchaves7663 Год назад

What's the situation like at Iraq these days? Has the violence and terror attacks stopped?

@raymo036 Год назад

@@mchaves7663 still riots and violence going on because of all the politics and trying to create a government. Its a mess at the moment

@laqueefasteinberg4981 Год назад

that problem is america

@saladinchimaev-1643 Год назад

America destroyer in Iraq

@ielea9068 Год назад

@@mchaves7663 The situation in Iraq is reassuring And life is back again There are a lot of Youtbers coming to Iraq We, the people of Iraq, welcome all arrivals to us. Iraq is beautiful and safe

@thequackashow619 Год назад

Heartbreaking but even more heartbreaking knowing nothing will change 🥴 Sending prays to Iraq

@castorchua Год назад

They'll eventually wipe themselves out

@nomadmum2593 Год назад

The poor Iraqi people have been through so much. They need the International community to do something ASAP. Thanks Vice for publishing important videos like this.

@nomadmum2593 Год назад

@na "You all pretend to help?" Who exactly are you all? Bit of an assumption there about millions of people.

@kaptenhiu5623 Год назад

The international community is also at fault here. Look at those dams in Turkey and Iran. They use the water for themselves. selfish neighbors.

@memphispatriot Год назад

@na Nah, not international, local. Their neighbors are the ones who built the dams and stopped the water.

@memphispatriot Год назад

@na Flights leave everyday, why don't you head on over there and give them a hand?

@martinvanburen4578 Год назад

They are surrounded by rich Muslim countries and have oil barrels to help their own country. What they need to do is give up their crazy religion and change to modern democratic country.

@zone7permaculture587 Год назад

Bless the people of Iraq

@chinavirus841 Год назад

Then gtfo the country

@castorchua Год назад

And that lovely old lady praying for vengeance. What a beautiful culture.

@flavortown289 Год назад

@@castorchua What?

@JP-bd8km Год назад

Yeah, already blessed.

@ough. Год назад

@@castorchua damn that’s what I thought too, I’m scared but I know

@1985collado Год назад

I remember being there in 2006 and it was full of life..

@MO_CODE Год назад

as an iraqi 🇮🇶 , thank u for this video to show iraqis suffering

@PAXperMortem Год назад

This is really depressing...

@shroudedgrove4679 Год назад

That's why it's news worthy

@amarfateen Год назад

So heartbreaking! Thanks for reports like this....

@George_Washington185 Год назад

💯💯👏🏽

@elennet4116 Год назад

It's so fun 😂

@charlie3184 Год назад

I'll never stopping loving vice you guys really put the j in journalism

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@nonchablunt Год назад

Iran is the prime example of how you can have 'an unlucky geography' with certain neighbours. Georgia is another example.

@user-pi1jc6wj9y Год назад

Iran has grudges against Iraq because of the battle of Dhi Qar before Islam and the battle of Qadisiyah in the early days of Islam Until now the two battles were led by the Iraqis against Iran

@littlerayofsunshine69 Год назад

Man, when you said packing up their house, you really meant packing up their house.

@cancerino666 Год назад

Can't afford to build a new one. Every log helps.

@maneonedbd8460 Год назад

Vice always gives the real insight 🙌🏽 thank you for blessing us with the best content …

@thomasdoubting Год назад

"Blessing"... Yea, God's *blessing* is clear to see... 🤮

@Aiden_Muslim Год назад

@@thomasdoubting Grow up.

@frogneckmen857 Год назад

Sending love from pittsburgh to the people of Iraq. Hope the world's eyes see the struggles of the people and the land they live on.

@tego7241 Год назад

@shroudedgrove4679 Год назад

Unfortunately your message on RU-vid comments won't do anything. Lol

@JP-bd8km Год назад

Don't send too much love, already she's 7 kids.

@colinyuan5404 Год назад

Send money not love... Iraqi don't need US love...

@JP-bd8km Год назад

Send contraceptives, even grannies are manufacturing too much babies in some countries. 👀👀👀 Less population, less pollution, quality resources.

@muhammadalrawi Год назад

سلاما يا بلدي العراق 🇮🇶 😔🌸

@farazkhan7035 Год назад

very good journalism. keep up the good work. may allah help the iraqis with peace and prosperity.

@SpeaksYourWord Год назад

@red Pakistan and Iraq should build joint canals to transport all the water. Win win for both.

@mishalsalem5331 Год назад

i hope the best for your nation aswell

@chinavirus841 Год назад

@@SpeaksYourWord Iraq doesn’t need Pakistani help Pakistan provide nothing

@SpeaksYourWord Год назад

@@chinavirus841 🤡

@chinavirus841 Год назад

@Dismissed well it’s true Pakistan and India provides nothing for Iraq. So how about you people stay in your own country

@posmatram2780 Год назад

FYI it is not due to climate change but because Turkey Syria Iran use almost all river water

@michaellipken9726 Год назад

Good point but what can Iraq do? We don't want war I'm sure they don't so how do you convince Turkey and Syria to be less stingy with the water?

@veggiedisease123 Год назад

Also, Saddam purposefully drained a lot of the marshes after an uprising in the '90s.

@cancerino666 Год назад

Turkey Syria Iran started using almost all river water because of climate change. There is less water overall, Iraq is seeing the differential.

@crazboy Год назад

This ! Has nothing to do with climate change . The real problem we will have is securing of natural resources

@davidz3879 Год назад

@@cancerino666 No, they're using more water because of population growth.

@michaeldolenak5950 Год назад

It’s so frustrating that nothing is general is being done for the planet, it’s so discouraging.

@jaflaf3201 Год назад

To me it's rather ENcouraging tbqh. Iraq is cursed land. The almighty warned its inhabitants over and over to repent or leave. They never hearkened unto the Lords words. Look at the place. You tell me that iraq is not cursed?!

@twomp5613 Год назад

Things are being done all the time

@meligutierrez9826 Год назад

@@jaflaf3201 shut up

@robgeheim4842 Год назад

I ditto that. Dictators are more interested in invading other countries instead of helping mankind. I'd wish putler and pooh send resources to Iraq instead of wasting it on Ukraine and maybe soon Taiwan ... Plant trees, not war ...

@terramater Год назад

It's insane and worrying how lakes are disappearing all over the world. Our crew recently filmed a disappearing lake in Austria and the Great Salt Lake in Utah, which is not only about drying up but also about what we found underneath its surface.

@tanyabrown9839 Год назад

In Australia right now we have major floods in three states... the climate change is hammering things all over the world.

@iche9373 Год назад

"It's insane and worrying how lakes are disappearing all over the world. " Yea, but no need for you to use an ableist language ("insane")

@castorchua Год назад

@@iche9373 Crazy isn't it?

@xochitlahuia Год назад

@@castorchua LMFAOO

@eushak_3340 Год назад

@@iche9373 I smell satire

@omaroba1490 Год назад

Another great news video thanks.

@andriesholtzhausen5182 Год назад

Thank you, this is a very insightful report. 😎

@jonsi789toftdal3 Год назад

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@Anakaraya Год назад

The destruction of the iraqi marshlands is heartbreaking for not just the people of the marshlands, not just Iraqi people, but the world. Civilization sprung from these marshlands. This is where the first city states emerged. It’s heartbreaking to watch it disappear. That’s thousands of years of not just natural history, but also historic society, just gone.

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@shroudedgrove4679 Год назад

The world won't be affected

@pluckybellhop66 Год назад

Why did Saddam drain the marshlands??

@mlg1279 Год назад

Not really! It was not the "first". There was human civilization before the Sumerians

@raclark2730 Год назад

@@pluckybellhop66 There were rebel groups hiding out in them.

@ihabalwash5829 Год назад

It just breaks my heart to see the cradle of human civilisation devastated like this, we need global experts and environmental organisations and activists to stand with us because the Iraqi government is very corrupt and most of the political powers in Iraq are backwards and stupid plus turkey and Iran are cutting off the water so the fate of the original garden of Eden is very grim and needs all the help it can get... Thanks to Vice for doing their part.

@shebamaree9026 Год назад

where do you get your information saying this place is the original Garden of Eden? You are wrong.

@MakimaLover32 Год назад

@@shebamaree9026 Bible

@adash7841 Год назад

Well you people created Isis religious extremism now nature is punishing you for it.

@t.mblock8658 Год назад

@@MakimaLover32 where in the bible does it say garden of Eden was in Iraq?

@mehdijendoubi7504 8 месяцев назад

@@t.mblock8658Genesis 2:10-14 lists four rivers in association with the garden of Eden: Pishon, Gihon, Hiddekel (the Tigris), and Phirat (the Euphrates)

@jibril2473 Год назад

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The time is near when the River Euphrates will dry up to unveil a treasure of gold. Whosoever may be alive at that time, should not take anything of it." Riyaad As-Saaliheen 1822

@randomh9191 Год назад

Putting full focus on the government as the sole perpetrator of this calamity while giving a shoutout to one of the main causes of it (Turkey and Iran's dams) is really misleading. What Iraq is going through right now is done by outside players; namely, the U.S., Turkey, Syria and Iran. And I can hardly blame Syria either since they are being pushed by Turkey in every aspect.

@higherup9862 Год назад

Let's start at the root cause of Iraq's destruction, namely the USA & Europe. Turkey is only another victim of the western elite. You can look at any problem the world is, has and will face. At the source of every problem is a white man or a bunch of white men. That's FACTS!

@patrickthomasshaw8014 Год назад

I was quite surprised on the lack of reporting on how the dams have effected the water ways. The same issue is happening with China daming the tributaries of the Mekong in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

@jaegrant6441 Год назад

If we have a look at the majority of conflict zones of the last 30 years. The people were living a traditional life. Healthy happy, simple.

@msch6020 Год назад

Was thinking that also. Guessing the govt can still help them though, possibly hah

@Adam-gf3jg Год назад

In Saddam's time Iran and Turkey did not even dare to build any dams, because they knew Saddam would just bomb them. It's just now when Iraq is weak that this is happening. Iraq now spends over $40B buying Iranian and Turkish products and thats where the authorities in Baghdad need to come into play and use this as a pressure tool but they aren't doing it simply because they are only puppets to foreign countries.

@noorihassen4794 Год назад

شكرا لكم على هذا الوثائقي

@vinayakiyadav7265 Год назад

If you’re an individual who wishes to reverse climate change, please let us also take some action; even if it may be small, it has to be consistent. We can begin with just developing a general sense of respect for animals and nature after which we can create greater awareness and a political revisions concerning the environment.

@theecstatic9686 Год назад

I love the climate changing...

@SS-vk3yo Год назад

Things will never change and only get worse.

@dakinesc09 Год назад

2180 BC The Nile dried up and Egypt was decimated with famine. Was that climate change caused by the cars they were driving in 2180 bc? Or was it their solar panel factories? You have no idea how much if any impact human activity has on this change vs. natural climate changes, just as happened in 2180 BC.

@poppypocket8732 Год назад

You cannot reverse what is already prophesied in the Word of God.

@samipatel7118 Год назад

Another Vice banger ❤

@oglingling Год назад

This is very said and makes me feel helpless.

@alfonsomunoz4424 Год назад

All over the world water scarcity is a problem. It's tough seeing these people in a bad situation.

@checkma8s Год назад

Some live for excess

@scp-2348 Год назад

Water excess is also a problem. My asian country's getting more and more typhoons each year,killing our crops with floods and strong winds.

@sumerianfarmer5363 Год назад

This is more than that, The neighbours are cutting off the water

@crand20033 Год назад

Not tough to see for Saddam. After the First Gulf War, Saddam Hussein aggressively revived a program to divert the flow of the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers away from the marshes in retribution for a failed Shia uprising in 1991.

@AlexIncarnate911 Год назад

Yes exactly! How dare anyone claim that countries surrounded by deserts and are part of a region known for its water scarcity are more susceptible to water shortage! I can’t believe how stupid people can be… I mean look at developed countries they have huge lakes, rivers and glaciers as well as infrastructure to sustain all that. People don’t understand that they are equally susceptible!! Poor them, they don’t have dust storms to make it more obvious 😢

@jilllamb3949 Год назад

My heart is broken by this world

@jaeljade3609 Год назад

I think us here in the west have played a big part in this. Unfortunately I don't think we will stop till it's all gone.

@yahiiiaplays1252 Год назад

The West's water supplies are running out too. You'll feel it very soon.

@charliecostella Год назад

If you think that then maybe you should take action. 😉

@mohammedkh4321 Год назад

@@charliecostella I am Iraqi, and in fact the answer is yes and no, yes, because the West destroyed Iraq and weakened the government, which is afraid of Iran and Turkey, which cuts off water from us. When Saddam was in power, Iran and Turkey were afraid to cut off the water

@legend7951 Год назад

@@charliecostella What action could they reasonably take? your average everyday person does not have the means to take action on issues of this size, the best we could do is try to bring more attention to it so that those who do have the means can take action on behalf of those who cant

@erf2324 Год назад

@@legend7951 going back to the 19th century will fix

@SalmanKhan-ze3zh Год назад

Iraqis speak such clear Arabic

@G77e5 День назад

No iraqi acnt

@jdmmg4904 Год назад

So heartbreaking:(

@shroudedgrove4679 Год назад

Not really

@manuell4968 Год назад

@@shroudedgrove4679 🤣🤣

@jsbass89 Год назад

Really powerful piece, also... that reed room at the end of the story is kind of fascinating!

@cynthg9547 Год назад

I feel so bad for the people who have to struggle so hard to live this way

@straya4837 Год назад

Its so distressing. I feel for the people, the animals & just the hopelessness. ..how can it get better. Im here with running water, food & pets....it will come to us before too long.

@davidsmith-ws4bz Год назад

What an eye opener. Very interesting doco

@yashshah5971 Год назад

I always find it interesting with Vice videos on how you do the editing of the journalist speaking in English but getting the responses in the local native language (arabic in this case). Does the Cameraman double as a translator? Is there another translator/intermediary that isn't shown? How is this done?

@thedoctor.a.s1401 Год назад

This breaks my heart

@Stickyshift12335 Год назад

Mine also. This is very sad

@shroudedgrove4679 Год назад

@@Stickyshift12335 Whaaaaa whaaaa 🍼

@thedoctor.a.s1401 Год назад

@@Stickyshift12335 ik right wtf is the UN doing, just sit around and watching

@misslittlesunshine70 Год назад

Thank you, Vice for shedding the light on one of the biggest problems of the developing world. The MENA region has always known Iraq as the capital of knowledge and literature. Seeing it struggle this way just for basic rights aches my heart. World leaders are doing NOTHING!

@lenniefei6710 Год назад

What the heck is MENA???!!! You are Africa regardless of your location on the continent!!!! So sick n tired of your BS!!!

@misslittlesunshine70 Год назад

@@lenniefei6710 Middle East and North Africa is also a sociocultural and political term. Yes we are part of Africa but because we share a language with the Middle East, it makes us a region too

@misslittlesunshine70 Год назад

@@lenniefei6710 I'm proud to be African ofc but that's not the point of my comment though... you're deviating away from my point

@lenniefei6710 Год назад

@@misslittlesunshine70 If u r actually proud why use the acronym MENA instead of just Africa?!

@misslittlesunshine70 Год назад

@@lenniefei6710 oh dear, please go educate yourself instead of questioning my identity.

@user-ow3rd2zh3c Год назад

Thank you for this report, which reflects my suffering

@MrTUBEular10 Год назад

We have the Tigris and Euphrates drying up, the cradle of civilization is disappearing, and all of it irreversible. There's not much time left for the rest of the world.

@akhandbharat1593 Год назад

That's not cradle of civilisation

@lizclayton8464 Год назад

This is a horrible situation, but my sense is that the reporter 's narrative is that this is primarily caused by climate change. He barely mentions the building of the upstream dams. I feel like he's only given us part of the story.

@quantumfeet Год назад

dams from turkey and Iran killing Iraq's river silently, while politician were focusing on magical dust problems

@checkma8s Год назад

Its in the video but only for short time...

@MikeCalhoun Год назад

Dams didn't cause their worst drought in decades.

@Jdhdbsbsjdnraqowirjfndksjdndj Год назад

Thank you Vice News and your incredible teams of reporters and crew!!!

@tedtan6449 Год назад

As prophecied, Euphrates drying up and Tigris affected as the rest downstream.

@beatrizcascelli Год назад

Great video!!!

@dr.shukrialhassen8040 Год назад

Thanks Vice News. It was an impressive and expressive report!

@jaflaf3201 Год назад

Very basic journalism if you ask me. I'd probably not even call it real journalism mere journaling

@crowbaril903 Год назад

Vice runs laps around every cable network new station. Id like to have the same thing on a local level, that would be awesome

@MrKamilovski Год назад

This is just heartbreaking

@dimaabdulla8748 Год назад

Thank you for letting people know what happened in great Iraq .

@Istredd109 Год назад

Heartbreaking, the old man said it best: my heart is cracked like this land.

@TWOMARKISS Год назад

Prayers ☀️🙏

@Dovid2000 Год назад

Water is a precious commodity, and too often we take that for granted. May God help the poor people of Iraq who once lived in the marshes and who are now required to seek a livelihood elsewhere.

@CharlieFlank Год назад

Thanks Voice

@mrb2081 Год назад

The cause of this isn’t climate change, the cause is recent dams that have been built upriver in Iran & Turkey. When you dam the flow of water feeding wetlands such as these in Iraq, the wetlands dry up. It’s pretty simple. But of course “they” won’t recognize that simplicity, instead it’s my fault because I don’t drive an electric vehicle or have solar panels on my roof 🤦‍♂️

@margiehelberg4594 Год назад

These conditions are definitely NOT the result of climate change. The building of dams and more dams and the late leader Hoesein building channels to divert the water for industrial purposes have led to this. The same started happening with the Colorado River in USA. Where the river was supposed to meet the sea the whole delta had dried up and all wildlife, fish and plants disappeared. The US government has investigated and all dams not serving a purpose any longer were demolished to return the water to the river.

@tego7241 Год назад

@aroraptor7550 Год назад

Climate change compounds the problem. One thing can be caused by two things ya know

@coles5451 Год назад

@@pychang21 Melting glaciers will lead to more water, not less

@coles5451 Год назад

@@pychang21 That's still besides the point. More water and higher temperature should lead to more rain. There were no deserts in the time of the dinosaurs.

@MakimaLover32 Год назад

@@coles5451 why are deserts growing then?

@I_am_somebody_1234 Год назад

Also, vice still got some talent, this was good

@froggboy Год назад

This brought me tears

@DeusUltraviolaceus Год назад

Beautiful building/structure at the end with all the straw. So much detail. It must have taken an incredible amount of work

@KimCarney Год назад

Oh my 😢

@filipberetta Год назад

can i somewhere look up pictures or videos (non biased) of the euphrates and tigris river? I looked it up on google maps, shown to me data from 2022 but the river (actually both) looks pretty normal to me.

@petuniaromania6294 Год назад

Do you have an update on this situation? What is the name of the river being dried up? Thank you.

@Mana0264 Год назад

Both the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers are drying up.

@Hasan-we7qp Год назад

"It's raining outside, so it's all a hoax" - every American ever

@dannydandaniel8040 Год назад

Heartbreaking.... The cradle of civilization, The fertile crescent, the garden of Eden. The birthplace of humanities second go at civilization after the younger dryas catastrophe, GONE.... 14K years of stability gone by n half a generation :(

@lancemarchetti8673 Год назад

This is so exciting !

@hasanchoudhury5401 Год назад

So sad. We are experiencing the sixth extinction indeed. Respect for the people of Iraq.

@brownnino23 Год назад

Vice is one of my favourite programs, but this I have to question deeply, Eufraties and Tigris which are the reason of Mesopotamias (Iraqs) former wealth, but the main reason all this area has dried out has little to do with global warming and 90% to do with water disputes between neighbouring countries where Turkey has build huge dams and irrigations upstream!. Very little of the water that used to flow to Gulf is ending there now.

@cwatson42785 Год назад

It's really sad to see that lady trying to find a way to move all her precious life's belongings and it's literally logs and straw. It really puts things in perspective for sure. Hope she found a better situation.

@hatan6556 Год назад

Thanks for spreading the problem of the marshes of Iraq. I hope it will come back better and the residents will return to live in it in peace 🙏🏞️

@memorymbewe5862 Год назад

Did you say come back,it will get worser because it's will dry up completely according to the BIBLE.

@sgreg6325 Год назад

God be with you all. Australia

@JR-ch8rt Год назад

It's so devastating to see those poor people suffer like that. It's not their fault.

@zain271 Год назад

I'm one of these poor people

@JR-ch8rt Год назад

I don't mean be disrespectful but I literally cried watching this brother. It's so unfair.

@DavidRodriguez-gl5pn Год назад

That area had an incredible drought that basically killed off Mesopotamian cities thousands of years ago. Sounds like no one believed it would happen again

@harishs8567 Год назад

Lightning does strike twice

@hussainert2350 Год назад

Thanks Vice .l’m hussen from Iraq .We are suffering from the government and we ask the international community to intervene and help

@tego7241 Год назад

@h.o6987 Год назад

Which country do you want to live ? It looks heartbreaking

@hussainert2350 Год назад

@@h.o6987 I wish to live in Britain. Because I can't fulfill my dreams in these difficult and harsh circumstances

@akhandbharat1593 Год назад

Wait isn't intervention the main reason for the problem?

@hussainert2350 Год назад

@@akhandbharat1593 So what do you think is the solution? Isn't the international community established to help peoples?

@anantpatel3608 Год назад

This is why I love vice

@tego7241 Год назад

@nwdrifter Год назад

Bless all people of Iraq, so unfortunate.

@jaflaf3201 Год назад

Bless all the dwindles of this world. Who knows where dwindling leads to

@BosnianBornBeast Год назад

Vice and Ground News (App used to tell if stories are more leaning to the right, left or just in the center/independent) are my top two news places to get information from.

@danlaw1208 Год назад

Thanks for bringing new and unique content as usual. New subscriber here

@frankenos6482 Год назад

In the mountains or maybe where they live at night pretty cold, the moisture in the air, the fog net would be perfect,to produce fresh drinking water

@abdinusnus2406 Год назад

The golden mountain 🏔 is about to appear 😢and Iraq will be a battle ground

@astrologystar6060 Год назад

A country wasted with no hope of return. All due to greed. That's more catastrophic

@Rizclinton994 Год назад

Hi vice, u should do a documentary, pls find the gold mountain by using drone + lidar.

@itsmuna8155 Год назад

Where can I find the photo in the thumbnail. Extremely interesting

@Thegingerbreadm4n Год назад

watching this from my lakeside great lakes home has given me priveledge.

@paulprendergast3247 Год назад

I'm watching this from my shitty council flat next to the Mersey and I too still some how feel privileged

@dotsmassacre Год назад

That is not the only problem, in the north west mineral salt has been climbing for 50 years to the point where lakes in the Ramadi region have become almost completely saline.

@gabrielgibson4815 Год назад

May god bless and protect the people of Iraq

@nathanesguerra8745 Год назад

and where's your god?

@gabrielgibson4815 Год назад

@@nathanesguerra8745 there is no such thing as your god or my god....only one living God of heaven and earth

@meanthe9159 Год назад

The same thing is happening to Salt Lake City. We started with lake Bonneville and then human beings came along and dried up the last of the remaining great salt lake …. Utah lake is going to disappear too

@timothykarimi8105 Год назад

Thank you Vice for shining some light on this tragedy of a truth

@OurLoveEndures Год назад

Very sad...God help these people

@Blake5467 Год назад

I understand the people's frustration, but I feel their anger towards the government is unfair. In this case, I do feel that it is completely out of the Iraqi Governments control when the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are being dammed up in other countries. What do they expect the government to do? Go to war? These outside countries are not just going to dismantle their Dams, regardless of what the Iraqi government can offer them - global power demand has only gone up every year, and it has only gone up; there has never been a moment in history where it's gone down. Iraq is honestly screwed in General, and I have my suspicion that country won't exist given a few more generations.

@castorchua Год назад

Oh well

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@rowanaldean Год назад

With the right managment any country can thrive. The rest of the MENA region has built societies in deserts (including notably Saudi and the UAE). The problem is the backlog of work that needs to be done and the mindset of the older generation who have lost hope in their lifetime and aren't willing to relinquish their positions to younger and/or more knowledgeable people. Brain drain is extreme in Iraq due to a severe mismanagement of the country and resources as well as corruption. Many highly educated people would rather give remittance than earn pennies for low skilled work in their home country. You can observe this same set of problems beginning in Lebanon recently too - the populations mindset being the main difference.

@user-cu2gy9fc4o Год назад

I know my english is not good but i feel the need to say this. Many solutions are available and one of them was proposed by some Iraqi engineer and if it was approved Iraq would be exporting water and not begging for it. But after that proposal the Iraqi government just didn’t care and never spoke about it whatsoever. If you are Iraqi you will know that this government is not here to build it is here to destroy (and what is left to destroy after these 20 years or so?).

@akhandbharat1593 Год назад

They wanted caliphate they got the caliphate

@Denka_ Год назад

its october and its normally cold where I live. But this year its 80F still!? Summer hasn't ended yet and its almost Halloween. Something is seriously wrong.

@rjjenkins5601 Год назад

Check weather past and see when that happened last. Because it has

@Denka_ Год назад

@@rjjenkins5601 I did check, every year was 50F but this year.

@daclachoang368 Год назад

Wow we are lucky to have food on our table everyday and we are still complaining . ..God bless these people

@TeenTitan131 Год назад

The sign of many more to come

@Novastar.SaberCombat Год назад

Thank you for covering these kinds of serious, globally impactful crises. In fact, just LOOK at how mankind is at war with one another, when instead, all humans should be HELPING one another. Otherwise, they're bound to wake up to an empty tomorrow and more after that.

@cageybee7221 Год назад

if only there was someone in charge of iraq who knew that the country would need to stand up to and even terrify it's neighbors to prevent something like this from happening....oh wait...