Pakistan targets terrorists’ water
In military action aimed at Islamic terrorists, including Al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, homes, schools, and water wells are damaged and destroyed in Pakistan.
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Terrorists bomb water pipe in India
Twelve Indian security forces are killed by an IED planted in an underground water pipe during “counter-insurgency operation in Khanabal area in Anantnag district.’
Police kill dam protestor in China
Tens of thousands of farmers stage a sit-in against the construction of the Pubugou dam on the Dadu River in Sichuan Province, China. Riot police are deployed to quell the unrest and one person is killed. Witnesses also report the deaths of a number of residents.
Taiwan to target China’s water in defense?
A 2004 Pentagon report on China’s military capacity raises the concept of Taipei adopting military systems capable of being used as a tool for deterring Chinese military coercion by “presenting credible threats to China’s urban population or high-value targets, such as the Three Gorges Dam.” China promptly denounces “a U.S. suggestion’ that Taiwan’s Military target the Three Gorges dam, leading the US to deny that it had so urged.
Violent protests in South Africa
Poor delivery of water and sanitation services in Phumelela Township leads to several months of protests. No one is killed during the protests, but a few people are seriously injured, and municipal property is damaged.
US halts water projects in Gaza
The United States halts two water development projects as punishment to the Palestinian Authority for their failure to find those responsible for a deadly attack on a US diplomatic convoy in October 2003.
Police kill water protestors in India
Four people are killed in October and more than 30 injured in November in ongoing protests by farmers over allocations of water from the Indira Ghandi Irrigation Canal in Sri Ganganagar district, which borders Pakistan. Authorities impose curfews on the towns of Gharsana, Raola and Anoopgarh.
Riots over water shortage kill prisoners
There are two incidents in early November at Abidjan’s main jail, La Maison d’arr?t et de correction d’Abidjan (MACA) , in which prisoners are killed. The first incident is sparked by a lengthy water shortage; prisoners reportedly had not had water for 5 days except for small rations of drinking water. At least 7 prisoners die and 30 are injured in the ensuing riots. U.N. human rights officials said they were investigating the riot and could not give a final…
Government shuts off electricity and water supplies in northern Cote d’lvoire
On November 4, the army carries out “Operation Dignity” and mounts surprise attacks on Bouake, stronghold of opposition forces and the largest city in the north, shattering an 18-month ceasefire. The Government cuts off electricity and water supplies to the north the day before the attacks. They remain off for about a week.
Murusade and Duduble subclans clash over water well in Somalia
Murusade subclan and Duduble subclan clash over a water well, with 23 fatalities. Separately, a dispute between the Dir and Marehan clans over control of water and grazing lands in Heraale leads to a death in October.