Just left chilling briefing on Mosul dam in Iraq; failure could leave Mosul City under 15m of water in only hours. pic.twitter.com/FqJuC4SiVy— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) March 9, 2016
"In the event of a breach, there is the potential in some places for a flood wave up to 14 meters high (45 feet) that could sweep up everything in its path, including people, cars, unexploded ordnance, waste and other hazardous materials," Power said.
ISIS no longer controls damReaders here are well aware of that fact- They haven’t controlled the dam, if they ever did, for two years- NATO troops. And allied Kurds have been in control of the dam.
“While ISIS no longer has a stronghold on the dam, repair work and structural enhancements need to continue on the dam, "to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions," Power said, adding that the U.N. emergency appeal for such efforts is only funded 8 percent.
If this dam goes. It’s on America. It’s on NATO. All the resulting destruction, death and displacement is on their watch. And they are responsible for it. As I’ve postulated already the death, destruction and displacement may be exactly what they wantCovered Mosul Dam and the catastrophe in the making 8 days ago- Many media stories again today- Why?