Israel destroys irrigation ditches in demilitarized zone on Syrian border
Israel destroys irrigation ditches in the lower Tarfiq in the demilitarized zone. Syria complains.
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Israel attacks over Arab water plan
Fire is exchanged over “all-Arab” plan to divert the Jordan River headwaters (Hasbani and Banias) and presumably preempt Israeli National Water Carrier; Syria halts construction of its diversion in July 1966.
Cuba cuts off water to US at Guantanamo
On February 6, 1964, the Cuban government cuts off the normal water supply to the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, in retaliation for the US seizure of four Cuban fishing boats days earlier near Florida.
US attempts to flood Vietnam
The US military, in ‘Operation Popeye,’ uses silver iodide for cloud seeding over Indochina (Vietnam), in an attempt to extend the monsoon season and stop the flow of materiel along Ho Chi Minh trail. “Continuous rainfall was intended to slow down the truck traffic and was relatively successful.”
Neo-Nazis drop bombs in Maryland sewage plant
A group of teenagers associated with a neo-Nazi group attempt to spark racial conflict by dropping bombs into a sewage pumping station in Maryland, USA, an event they hope will be blamed on African Americans. Damage is caused to the pumping station.
Feud over the Buffalo National River turns violent between environmentalists and local populations
Feuding between two groups over the fate of the Buffalo National River in Arkansas and a potential dam project turn violent when a canoe race on Memorial Day, 1965 is disrupted by barbed wire strung across the river and gun shots near the canoes. Small injuries caused by the barbed wire to canoeists are reported.
Israel attacks Jordan water works
Israel destroys the Arab diversion works on the Jordan River headwaters. During Arab-Israeli War Israel occupies Golan Heights, with Banias tributary to the Jordan; Israel occupies West Bank.
Youth International Party threatens to spike Chicago’s water supply with LSD ahead of Democratic National Convention
The Youth International Party in the United States threatens to spike Lake Michigan with the hallucinogenic LSD. Lake Michigan serves as the city of Chicago’s drinking water supply. The threat is targeted at the Democratic National Convention of 1968. No known poisonings occur.
British defend South African dam
President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia calls on British government to send troops to Kariba Dam to protect it from possible saboteurs from Rhodesian government.
Palestinians attack Israeli water pumps
First attack ever by the Palestinian National Liberation Movement Al-Fatah is on the diversion pumps for the Israeli National Water Carrier. Attack fails.