[dynachrome]

If this cuts off water to large areas, it's not going to be pretty.

[smokingfrog]

damn

[dynachrome]

And this was buried in the story:

"Two Iraqi advisers to Mr. Maliki said there would be more than 1,000 American private security guards coming to Iraq to protect the 300 military and intelligence advisers that will be here to help the Iraqi government fight ISIS, far more Americans than previously acknowledged. One adviser said the number of private guards would reach 1,700."

Private security to protect the military?

[livius]

The actual term is “al Qaeda linked terrorists,” not the misleading “Sunni militants” the press keeps promoting.

[gov_bean_ counter]

https://www.google.com/search?q=Euphrates+River+dam&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=YXmrU_bQCMmUyAT_zoHABw&ved=0CDoQsAQ&biw=1202&bih=598

[Viennacon]

On one side, they’re at the dam, on the other side, they’re at the Balad air base. Baghdadi has proved a more formidable terror leader than anything we’ve seen before

[combat_boots]

I have been thinking that this would come down to the Euphrates or something. Water.

And oil.

[okie01]

If this cuts off water to large areas, it's not going to be pretty.

Reportedly, Turkey has shut down a dam on the Euphrates upstream from this one. So, at present, the reservoir is not being re-charged -- or is receiving only minor inflow from the tributaries in Syria.

[gaijin]

[familyop]