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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">US Sent Wheat Seeds Containing Pests To Syria</h1>December 3, 2021<br></div>
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<p>Syrian agriculture
officials have been complaining that the wheat seeds, recently provided
by the United States for farmers in the Al-Hasakah province, contain a
high degree of nematode (plant-parasitic worm) infection that would harm
the soil.</p>
<p>In the laboratory examination that used saline solution, researchers
found a number of grains are infected with wheat allele, which is a
nematode infection. In the visual examination of the sample, there were
broken grains and some strange dark galls.</p>
<p>"We put the sample
under the microscope. We noticed the presence of larva. Its length was
about 2 millimeters. The engineers started examining the samples, and
the result was catastrophic. The samples examined were 1 kilogram, and
they contained 30 to 34 nematode seeds," said Jamal Abdullah, head of
the examination committee at the Al Hasakah Agricultural Faculty</p>
<p>The Syrian
Agriculture Ministry also confirmed the invalidity of the wheat seeds
provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to
farmers. It found that the seeds are not suitable for cultivation due to
a high rate of 40 percent of nematodes. Farmers have been warned
against the seeds, which, once planted, will incur pests that jeopardize
any plantation in the lands.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I know what you're saying but which country
has ever benefited from US invasion? Libya went from richest country in
Africa with gold reserves, no national debt & well educated people
with a good living standard to poverty & slaves openly sold in the
street. Iraq,Afghan,Syria? <a href="https://t.co/0tjM4yzLEi">pic.twitter.com/0tjM4yzLEi</a></p> — Kate (@affleckquine)
<a href="https://twitter.com/affleckquine/status/1466785146493931524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a>
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<p>"We were offered the American seeds, but we didn't accept it. The
American occupation destroyed all the people. They burned crops, stole
crops. We do not trust the American seeds. We want Syrian seeds. The
insects would ruin the land for six years," said Ali al-Mohammad, an
Al-Hasakah farmer. In response to the news of contaminated seeds, USAID
vowed that the wheat seeds had gone through treatment and testing for
safety and quality before they were donated.</p>
<p>The offering of the
invalid wheat seeds, however, has been widely regarded as a U.S.
misconduct in Syria. Since 2014, the United States has been wrecking
havoc in the country through shelling, airstrikes, and political
manipulation. It has also greatly undermined the Syrian economy by
seizing the control of the country's gas and oil fields and imposing
suffocating sanctions.</p>
<p>"It was America that
destroyed us. Had it not been America, we would have lived in
prosperity. America entered and destroyed us. We have no fuel, no
services, no roads, no bread," said Mahmoud al-Hassan, a farmer in
Al-Hasakah.</p>
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