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How Does Iraq's War Affect The Environment
We can’t value the Iraq’s invasion outcomes without looking at the consequence of it on the Iraq’s soil. The article shows how the Iraq’s health sector was weak and there were many environmental issues because of the previous wars that Iraq was involved in. However, after 2003 the situation of environment and health system get worst; the weapons used during that period create a massive impact on the health of the Iraqis physical and mental health, not only that but the effect of the weapon used during the invasion will keep disturbing Iraqis for decades, and with the hazardous material used during that period the Iraq’s environment get deteriorate to leave a county with a struggle to provide her own people with their basic needs. The Iraqis people suffers from the invasion of their country, although it seems not ending soon and many generations will stay suffering from the outcomes. …show more content…
Moreover, we need to see how the war affect the health and the environment of the Iraqis people. The air strikes were targeting the industrial and military sites located in oil refineries ornament factory bases, these attacks caused a release of a biohazardous chemicals wish will damage the soil and the water. Now Iraq experience a massive air pollution that cause a damage to the biodiversity of the region (Gray). For this said, the environmental issues create many health issues and limited the nutritional and the basic needs of the

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