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Iraq's Mosul Dam Could Burst At Any Time (blastingnews.com)
MarkWhittington writes: The Mosul Dam, located near the city of Mosul in Northern Iraq, was started by Saddam Hussein in 1981 as a way to bolster his regime and provide power to the surrounding area. It was completed in 1986 and has since generated 3,420 gigawatt/hours per year. Unfortunately, the dam was built on an unstable foundation of gypsum and thus needs constant repairs to plug leaks and maintain its structural integrity. Even more unfortunately, such repair efforts have stopped since the Islamic State seized control of Mosul. The dam could burst at any time, as a consequence. The flood could kill a million people and render a million more homeless. Radio Free Europe reports that Italy's Trevi Group has been contracted to repair and maintain the dam, but it seems like there's a lot to catch up with. (Also at The Guardian and Mother Jones.)
Come hell or high water, this should be dealt with pretty dam fast.
If you're a zombie and you know it, bite your friend!
Because we aren't barbarians who would kill a million innocent civilians for a pr win
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
Cry me a river ... oh wait!
Must have balls of steel.
I wouldn't go into Iraq to repair a dam no matter how much you paid me.
The chances of getting captured by ISIS make it not worth it at all.
Not all ISIS members capture people. It's 2016. Stop with the racism already. You might hurt their feelings.
Great posting sabotaged by Slashdot's 1990's level unicode support.