Water Crisis Hits Baghdad
Some resort to digging wells as the capital´s taps run dry.
By Basim al-Sharaa in Baghdad (ICR No. 223, 8-June-07)
Muhammad Sa’ad wiped the sweat off his forehead after a hot day spent filling pots and plastic containers with water. It took him so long because there was barely a trickle from his kitchen tap.
For three weeks […]
