officials were constantly disappointed by the ingratitude of the ma’dan for the gift of state-initiated modernization
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The marsh ecology itself was identified as an enemy to be overcome
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the actual conduct of counterinsurgency remained anchored in developmental discourse. Iraqi officials justified the construction of new diversionary canals as necessary for agricultural expansion
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