'Like a desert': Drought ravages Iraq's southern marshes / 32G69LB
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As drought devastates swathes of the mythical Mesopotamian Marshes, Iraqi locals, whose livelihood depends on the resources of the southern marshlands, struggle to make ends meet, with many forced to leave in search of different jobs. "We are at a loss where to go. Our lives are over", says 35-year-old farmer Hashem Gassed, who now has to cross 10 kilometres (six miles) of sunburnt land to feed and cool down his buffaloes. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES