Iraq+OV

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Video: [] The video shows direct footage from Iraq and how the water sources, such as the Euphrates River, is drying up. It also interviews citizens who look to the government for help with the water shortage.

[|Iraq suffers sever water shortage] I chose this translation article as a primary source because it gave the people's point of view for the cause of the water shortage. It also explains how the water shortage directly affects the people of Iraq. Some citizens haven't tasted clean water for weeks, because the sewage is infecting the drinking water.

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[|Iraq Seeks To Ease Water Shortage] In this article it explains different solutions to ease the water shortage. Iraq believes that Syria and Turkey are restraining adequate water supplies. It also explains that Iraq wants to work with neighboring countries to collaborate about different solutions to the water shortage since it might take up to three years for every Iraqi to have access to safe water.

[|Water Shortages Have Impact In Iraq] This medical article explains that the water shortage is affecting over two million people in Iraq. It is leaving citizens without electricity and safe drinking water. It explains that there are natural and man made causes to the water shortage.

[|Water Shortage Fueling Displacement of People In Northern Iraq] More than 100,000 people living in Iraq have been forced to evacuate their homes due to the water shortage since 2005. People have evacuated their homes in order to find new water sources. The Iraqi's have depended on the karez water system for farming and drinking water which should hold up during droughts, however 70 percent of the active karez have dried up.