You can barely see the bridge over the Karun River in the background. Such sandstorms have become endemic in recent years. They are mainly blamed on Saddam Hussein, who drained much of the marshland in Iraq to deny a hiding place to rebels.
You can barely see the bridge over the Karun River in the background. Such sandstorms have become endemic in recent years. They are mainly blamed on Saddam Hussein, who drained much of the marshland in Iraq to deny a hiding place to rebels.