U.S. Intentionally Destroyed Iraq’s Water Supply

The Secret Behind the Sanctions by Thomas J. Nagy

I felt my readers should get the opportunity to see a sample, or all of this information (through links provided).

“Over the last two years, I’ve discovered documents of the Defense Intelligence Agency proving beyond a doubt, that contrary to the Geneva Convention, the U.S. government intentionally used sanctions against Iraq to degrade the country’s water supply after the Gulf War. The primary document, “Iraq Water Treatment Vulnerabilities,” is dated January 22, 1991. It spells out how sanctions will prevent Iraq from supplying clean water to its citizens.

“Iraq depends on importing specialized equipment and some chemicals to purify its water supply, most of which is heavily mineralized and frequently brackish to saline,” the document states. “With no domestic sources of both water treatment replacement parts and some essential chemicals, Iraq will continue attempts to circumvent United Nations Sanctions to import these vital commodities. Failing to secure supplies will result in a shortage of pure drinking water for much of the population. This could lead to increased incidences, if not epidemics, of disease.”

The document goes into great technical detail about the sources and quality of Iraq’s water supply. The quality of untreated water “generally is poor”, and drinking such water “could result in diarrhea”, the document says. It also notes that Iraq’s rivers “contain biological materials, pollutants, and are laden with bacteria. Unless the water is purified with chlorine, epidemics of such diseases as cholera, hepatitis, and typhoid could occur. “The document notes that the importation of chlorine “has been embargoed” by sanctions. “Recent reports indicate the chlorine supply is critically low.”

Food and medicine will also be affected, the document states. “Food processing, electronic, and particularly pharmaceutical plants, require extremely pure water that is free from biological contaminants,” it says.

The document spells out what is in store: “Iraq will suffer increasing shortages of purified water because of the lack of required chemicals and desalination membranes. Incidences of disease, including possible epidemics, will become probable unless the population were careful to boil water.”

The document gives a timetable for the destruction of Iraq’s water supplies. “Iraq’s overall water treatment capability will suffer a slow decline, rather than a precipitous halt”, it says. “Although Iraq is already experiencing a loss of water treatment capability, it will probably take at least six months before the system is fully degraded.”

This document, which was partially declassified but unpublished in 1995, supposedly can be found on the Pentagon’s website (I couldn’t find it).

More recently, documentation has become available via other DIA papers that confirm the Pentagon’s monitoring of the degradation of Iraq’s water supply. These documents have not been publicized until now.

There are 5 documents listed by Mr. Nagy which are definitely an eye opening read, they list the systematic destruction of the Iraqi water supply through the result of war, the lack of chemicals for water treatment, and how the “embargos” placed on Iraq were in place to expedite this objective.

If you read his entire report, you will see how this was carried out thoughtfully, and systematically. You’ll read about dozens of “life threatening” diseases that either have, or will crop up as a result. The projections of diseases, deaths and the target groups make for a chilling look at the effects our Alliances, the embargos, the agenda toward Iraq, and the strategic planning that had to take place to set all this suffering in motion.