DAMN!
ISIS are striding toward a victory which means more terror.
Wow
The Iraqi government is almost as pathetic as ours
Unfortunately the US Military is currently being converted into Meals on Wheels units and can no longer perform defensive duties. The Iraqis will have to deal with this by themselves.
I would say that is in an ISIS controlled area and not defensible by the Iraq army which is in disarray. -tom
DAM!!
If the open the dam they can reduce the level behind it early and more gradually -mitigating the damage. Conversely, ISIS could just put mass of explosives at the base of the dam and let everything go in a 1-2 minutes.
Once they control the dam, they can bill the government for the electric power
The flooding will be just to get the governments attention
Ping
Islam have a prophesy that states (something to the effect of) the Euphrates with run dry and reveal a mountain of gold, but the believer should not touch it.
Mountain may be interpreted as a kingdom or government.
Does that mean Baghdad...or could it be Kuwait maybe?
(Note this is not what I believe, it’s what they believe. And, that they believe it makes it more likely than the next random outcome.)
Don’t forget they have access to the chemical weapons too.
Wasn’t it in the news a couple of weeks ago that Turkey had cut the flow on the Euphrates? Or, something like that?