Iraqi marsh Arabs collect the remains of dried out reeds in the Hor or marshes, some 130 km southwest of the southern city of Basra, on November 18, 2009. The inhabitants of these ancient marshes are today suffering from the slow suffocation of the marshes due to drought which is altering their fishing patterns and the migration of birds and the breeding of water buffalo. During the regime of the late leader Saddam Hussein, sections of the marshes were drained. AFP PHOTO / ESSAM AL-SUDANI (Photo credit should read ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
