Earlier the inquiry at Lymington Town Hall heard that Wightlink had agreed with Natural England that material dredged from the river would be used to replenish Boiler Marsh, a natural habitat in Lymington Harbour.
Asadi grew up in Chubayish and he was here when, just after the fall of Saddam's regime, the marsh people took shovels and broke Saddam's embankment, letting the water of the river rush out onto the plain.