Monday, August 4, 2014

Iraq's Sunni Militants Are Seizing The Country's Major Dams



Iraq’s Biggest Dam at Risk as Militants Battle for Control -- Bloomberg

Kurdish security forces clashed with a breakaway al-Qaeda group that’s trying to extend its conquests in northern Iraq by seizing the country’s largest dam.

Fighting is raging near the Mosul dam, and it is a “no man’s land,” Sheikh Ahmed Al-Simmari, a resident of the nearby city of Rabia’ah, said in a phone interview. The Kurds have bolstered their forces around the area and are preparing a counteroffensive to retake the Rabia’ah border post with Syria and nearby towns, he said.

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More News On The Islamic State's Attempts To Seize Iraq's Major Dams

With eye to grabbing resources, Sunni militants try to capture Iraq's two biggest dams -- FOX News
Sunni Militants Target Iraq's Two Biggest Dams -- AP
Militants In Iraq Seek Control Of Precious Weapon: Dams, Waterways -- NPR
Militants fight for control of key Iraqi dams -- USA Today
ISIS Terrorists 'Have Seized Iraq's Largest Dam' -- Newsweek
Islamic State takes control of Sinjar, Mosul Dam in northern Iraq -- Long War Journal
ISIS takeover of key infrastructure brings new fears for Iraq's future -- FOX News

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