Water Wars: External Links 2003

The following are articles and commentary for the year 2003 related to the main article water wars.

Also articles and commentary for: 1990-1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2004; 2005; and 2006.

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• "Drying Up: The Global Water Privatization Pandemic," Lip Magazine, 2003.
• "Water resources during armed conflicts" and "Water Wars in the East(ern United States): The Newest Legal Battlefield," Water Year 2003.org.
• Dean E. Murphy, "The Politics of Water. California water war takes new turn. Cities' needs taking precedence over agriculture's historic rights," New York Times (San Francisco Chronicle), January 5, 2003.
• Alex Kirby, "UN makes water point," BBC, January 27, 2003.
• "Water for Profit," CBC News (Canada), February 2003.
• Bankole Thompson, "Water Wars Rage in Detroit and South Africa," The Michigan Citizen, February 4, 2003.
• Bob Carty, "Whose Hand on the Tap? Water Privatization in South Africa," CBC Radio (Canada), February 9, 2003.
• Jumana Al Tamimi, "Many Arab Countries Face Serious Water Shortage," Gulf-news (Global Policy), February 16, 2003.
• "UN water aims 'unrealistic'," BBC, February 28, 2003.
• Rudolf Amengo-Etego, "Stalling the big steal - Water: Privatization," New Internationalist (FindArticles), March 2003.
• Heather Sharp, "Iraq's 'devastated' Marsh Arabs," BBC, March 3, 2003.
• Alex Kirby, "UN warns of future water crisis," BBC, March 5, 2003.
• Alex Kirby, "Gulf environment faces worse threats," BBC, March 14, 2003: "If war comes to Iraq, the fate of the environment will probably be low on the list of the combatants' concerns."
• Ben Sutherland, "Water shortages 'foster terrorism'," BBC, March 18, 2003.
• Tim Hirsch, "'Ideological battle' over world's water," BBC, March 18, 2003.
• Ben Sutherland, "'Real conflicts' over world's water," BBC, March 20, 2003.
• Fred Pearce, "Scientists to resolve future water wars," New Scientist, March 21, 2003.
• Tim Hirsch, "Iraq marshes vanishing," BBC, March 22, 2003.
• Marcela Olivera and Jorge Viaña, "Winning the Water War," Human Rights Dialogue 2.9 (Spring 2003): "Making Human Rights Work in a Globalizing World."
• Pratap Chatterjee, "Bechtel's Water Wars," CorpWatch, May 1, 2003. re Bechtel
• Vandana Shiva, "Bechtel And Blood For Water: War As An Excuse For Enlarging Corporate Rule," ZNet, May 12, 2003; Global Policy.
• Vandana Shiva, "From Water Wars To Water Democracy," navdanya.org, May 15, 2003.
• Carla A. Montemayor, "The Manila Water Privatization Fiasco and the Role of Suez Lyonnaise/Ondeo," Presentation for the Summit for Another World (during G8 Summit in Evian, 2003), May 20, 2003.
• Daniel Dickinson, "Tanzania fears toxic water apocalypse," BBC, May 22, 2003.
• Adel Darwish, "Analysis: Middle East water wars," BBC, May 30, 2003.
• David R. Baker, "Debate rages over who will run Iraq's utilities. Privatization vs. public control emerges as key issue in shaping future of country," San Francisco Chronicle, June 8, 2003.
• Alex Kirby, "Why world's taps are running dry," BBC, June 20, 2003.
• "Water Wars," The Council of State Governments, July 2003.
• Kari Lydersen, "Lake Michigan danger: The Real Parasites," Conscious Choice, August 2003.
• Deepa Fernandes, "Suez' World Water Wars. The Skirmish at the WTO Over Privatization," CorpWatch, September 9, 2003.
• Tony Clarke and Maude Barlow, "Water Wars," Polaris Institute (Global Policy), December 4, 2003.
• Dan Vergano, "Water shortages will leave world in dire straits," USA Today, December 6, 2003.
• Mae Buenaventura, Bubut Palattao and Lidy Nacpil, "Debt, GATS and the Privatization of Water," Jubilee South, December 12, 2003.
• Yong Chang Jang, "Korean Workers Prevent Water Privatization by Vivendi," Jubilee South, December 12, 2003. re Vivendi Universal
• "Profiteers Plunder California's Public Water Resources," Public Citizen, December 19, 2003.