With ISIS gaining control of the Mosul Dam, they now have their weapon of mass destruction against Iraqis. If ISIS decides to let the water go from the Mosul Dam, it could potential killing thousands of people in floods. The waters could even reach all the way into Baghdad. Heckuva job Barry!
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| Radical ISIS Islamist successfully gain control of Mosul Dam |
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Militants from the Islamic State group seized Iraq’s largest hydroelectric dam on Thursday, giving them control of enormous power and water resources and leverage over the Tigris River that runs through the heart of Baghdad.
The fighting has trapped tens of thousands of members of religious minorities on a mountaintop, and the Obama administration was weighing possible airstrikes or airdrops of food and medicine to help them, according to U.S. defense officials and others familiar with the administration’s thinking. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
Thursday’s dam seizure was the latest in a string of victories by the Sunni radical group as it expands its hold in northern Iraq, driving back Kurdish forces, sending minority communities fleeing and unleashing bombings that have killed more than 90 people in the capital over the past two days.