New York Times: The Indus River flows through a valley in northern Pakistan. Arguments over control of the Indus River system have been a source of tension between the two rival powers on the subcontinent.
For centuries, water has been a potent weapon between warring states. When Pisa was at war with Florence, Leonardo da Vinci and Machiavelli planned to divert the Arno and leave Pisa dry.
For at least as long, water has been a casus belli. India and Pakistan have contested one another`s access to the Indus......
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 30th, 2011
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