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Water pollution in Iraq threatens Mandaean religious rites

Water pollution in Iraq threatens Mandaean religious rites

  • Until 2003, nearly all the world’s Mandaeans lived in Iraq, but the cycles of conflict since the US invasion have driven minorities out of the country
  • The wars that drove many Mandaeans out of the country also aggravated a water crisis set in motion by deposed dictator Saddam Hussein’s ecological policies
By AP ·