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Pakistan

Salt Water, Slow Aid threaten Sindhis Displaced in Pakistan

Juan Cole 08/30/2010

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A new danger to Sindh: the flood waters are meeting and mixing with the salt waters of the Arabian Sea, threatening large tracts of fertile land with being ruined for agriculture for many years.

Although the floods swallowed up Sujawal, army attempts to divert waters and protect cities, especially Thatta, appear to have meet with some success.

Aljazeera English looks at the way the floods in Pakistan are interfering with relief efforts.

Filed Under: Pakistan, Uncategorized

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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