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would end up. When the war became especially bloody, between national, Egyptian, resistance movements and
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to Suez and Port Said. The Sweet Water Canal refers to a combination of the
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treated drainage into the canal, and seepage from trash.
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was fought near Sweet Water Canal, on August 28, 1882.
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