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Nature Adds to Occupation Blows in Baquba

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By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*

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BAQUBA, May 15 (IPS) – Farmers in the Diyala province in Iraq have been hit by just about every crisis possible. First the security disaster dried up supplies and markets, then lack of electricity cut irrigation, and now comes a drying up of water resources.

Nothing now seems more difficult in Iraq than the business of farming.

"The shortage of water is the biggest threat that…

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