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Iraqi marshes face environmental crisis

High level of saline in the waters of Iraq's southern wetlands have pushed the fragile ecosystem past the tipping point. Marsh dwellers are abandoning their lands as an ongoing drought is killing off local wildlife and fish at unprecedented rates. Edward Baran reports.