"Wrecks in the Shatt-el-arab - sunk by the Turks to block the channel. the Shatt-el-arab is the principal stream of the delta of the Euphrates and Tigris after their junction." image: a view across a wide river delta, with a local dhow sailing past two deliberately sunken ships, their masts protruding through the surface of the water. Distant trees and vegetation on the river bank lines the horizon.