Je suis assez curieux aussi, le phénomène a duré des mois et était vraisemblablement bien visible depuis le sol - pourtant, il semble que personne ne soit allé au fond des choses, malgré la popularité de ce mystère. 
Edit : Boingboing cite quand même deux témoignages de soldats américains : http://boingboing.net/2007/02/14/google ... lpful.html
Citer: on Z Swanson, CPT, AR, with the Office of the Speechwriter for the Commanding General in the Combined Arms Center at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, says:
Referencing the Iraq map of Baghdad that was posted on BoingBoing.net - the area that is displayed in the screenshot and link to Google Maps is the northern end of Sadr City.
I was posted there at FOB Eagle (about a km east of that screenshotted area) from Mar 2004 - Mar 2005 with the 1st Cav Division, and that canal is what used to be known as the "Army Canal" to the Iraqis.
The canal is indeed filled with raw sewage and trash. It's possible that it appears red in the photo due to either camera/film problems or someone may have dumped something in that particular section of the canal that day that changed the color. It's normally a nasty combination of grey/green.
Interesting bit of trivia about that canal by the way - the entire eastern half of Baghdad eventually dumps all its waste water sewage into that canal as it moves south, and then the canal joins up with the Tigris River outside of the city. Now guess where most of the people who live along the river south of Baghdad get their water supplied from?
Citer: Bryan William Jones says,
Regarding the canal of blood: I was told by a friend of mine (US Army Captain who spent a not inconsiderable time in Baghdad) that in parts of Baghdad, there are slaughter houses that dump the "waste blood" of animals into canals, turning them red with blood.
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Citer: commodore metropolis says:
June 12, 2009 at 7:11 pm
i found this red lake a long time ago on google earth and have done a little research on an occasion or two.
1) the red lake has persisted through at least two image updates. therefore, it’s not something that existed on a single occasion.
2) aerial images on google earth are generally not altered to highlight unique features such as this lake. therefore, the lake most likely is actually as bright as it appears in the aerial photos (or close to it).
3) mere blood, garbage and/or algae would not appear this vivid and bright. the most likely culprit for the bright, vivid, red color is metal and/or chemical pollution. for example, mixtures of iron and copper can make water appear very red.
4) there is surprisingly little solid information regarding this interesting phenomenon. therefore, maybe some helpful and curious iraqis can help us all out. find out what this is and post your comments on google earth. thanks.
Citer: Anonymous says:
September 12, 2009 at 2:41 am
Look at the size of this section of the canal and then compare it to the sizes of the cars and houses/shacks. There is no earthly way that thing is full of blood. Common sense should tell you it is too large for a single or even a dozen slaughter houses to empty enough blood to turn it that bright red. I’ll give you an example. Look at one of those structures near the lake. Let’s say that one of those structures near the canal is a slaughterhouse and it kills approximately it’s own volume(that’s on the extreme high end)sized amount of animals a day. Even at that amount it would be like a drop of blood in a gallon of water and like I said that amount is way more than it ever could in real life. So, just by using common sense we can rule out the blood factor.
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