The great reps had largely vacated the cool northern regions and the mountainous terrain, though they still predominated in the southern marshes.

Just a small item about the Pentagon checking into the possibility of test-firing surface-to-air rockets somewhere down in the southern marshes.

The Assyrians searched for Marduk-apla-iddina II, especially in the southern marshes, but he was not found.

The Iranians would consider only two meeting places: one in the middle of some southern marshes, the other several miles behind Iraqi lines.

With this, the tides of revolt spread throughout Iraq, from the southern marshes to the Kurdish mountains.

It's a wet root that grows in the southern marshes.

Thanks to British oversight and protection, Saddam Hussein's cruel efforts to drain the country's southern marshes have been completely reversed.

Peron wondered about the great centuries-long project to reclaim the southern marshes of Turcanta Province.

Al-Taey took the offer and began working on everything from housing projects in the southern marshes to the master plan of Baghdad.

It's hard to imagine a plainer instrument: a reed plucked from the southern marshes and given a penlike tip with a sharp knife.