Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Tue, 04/05/2005 - 22:02.
That page you link to is pure boosterism! How about some information on how the local indigenous population is being impacted by the GAP? I know Iraq has long been unhappy with it, because much of the water that would naturally flow into their country is siphoned off for irrigation in Turkey—just like the Colorado River is a mere trickle by the time it reaches Mexico, thanks to the massive hydraulic works of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. But how are local Assyrians, Kurds and Turkish peasants being hurt? Priced off their lands by big state-connected ag-biz interests that get the irrigation contracts? Details, details!
And am I correct in assuming that GAP is a Turkish acronym for Southeast Anatolia Project?
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That page you link to is pure boosterism! How about some information on how the local indigenous population is being impacted by the GAP? I know Iraq has long been unhappy with it, because much of the water that would naturally flow into their country is siphoned off for irrigation in Turkey—just like the Colorado River is a mere trickle by the time it reaches Mexico, thanks to the massive hydraulic works of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. But how are local Assyrians, Kurds and Turkish peasants being hurt? Priced off their lands by big state-connected ag-biz interests that get the irrigation contracts? Details, details!
And am I correct in assuming that GAP is a Turkish acronym for Southeast Anatolia Project?