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Abu Gharaib
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Likewise, long before Abu Ghraib became the world’s most infamous prison, it was known for housing not inmates, but seeds. In the early 1970s samples of the many varieties used by Iraqi farmers were starting to be saved in the country’s national gene bank, situated in the town of Abu Ghraib. Indeed one of Iraq’s most well known indigenous wheat varieties is called ‘Abu Ghraib’.

Abu Ghraib seed vault
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Abu Ghraib: Site of Ancient Seed Vault
« on: August 14, 2009, 01:43:53 AM »

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wow, a friend just told me tonight that Abu Ghraib was once the site of an incredible seed vault full of ancient seeds of every variety. Looted and destroyed by the Americans, of course. God, you can't make this shit up.

As the use of biotech crops continues to grow, the seeds in the (Svalbard) vault will represent an ever-smaller share of the seeds actually growing in fields around the world. An apt symbol of this is what happened in Iraq, the birthplace of agriculture, following the United States-led invasion. Even though Iraq’s traditional varieties were preserved in Aleppo, Abu Ghraib, the United States encouraged the use of seeds provided by American companies, many of them G.M.O.s, which were distributed by the United States military as part of Operation Amber Waves. Order 81, issued in 2004 by Paul Bremer, the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, prohibited Iraqi farmers from reusing these seeds, forcing them instead to purchase licenses from corporations to receive new seed each year.

Seeds of false hope the occupation of Iraqs farming
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On the fifth anniversary of the occupation in Iraq, an old piece of news must be brought to the surface; the war is rapidly destroying traditional farming practices in the area, instating a legal model that calls for a dependency on the seeds of large corporations like Monsanto. Why do I call this old news? CPA (Coalition Provisional Authority) Order 81 (PDF) outlawing the practice of seed saving was put into place in Iraq in 2004 with only a few clips of media coverage. Instead “economic restructuring” in the name of a US-mandated ‘free market’ model, advertised in the name of Iraqi prosperity, was the only news we saw hit bylines in America’s papers while Iraq’s farming economy silently collapsed under the occupation’s rule.

Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 81
Patent, Industrial Design, Undisclosed Information, Integrated Circuits and Plant Variety Law

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Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 81
Patent, Industrial Design, Undisclosed Information, Integrated Circuits and Plant Variety Law
CPA/ORD/26 April 04/81 / Coalition Provisional Authority (Iraq) 26apr04
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Pursuant to my authority as Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and under the laws and usages of war, and consistent with relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 1483 and 1511 (2003),

Having worked closely with the Governing Council to ensure that economic change as necessary to benefit the people of Iraq occurs in a manner acceptable to the people of Iraq,

Acknowledging the Governing Council’s desire to bring about significant change to the Iraqi intellectual property system as necessary to improve the economic condition of the people of Iraq,

Determined to improve the conditions of life, technical skills, and opportunities for all Iraqis and to