The largest dam in Iraq, on the Tigris River north of Mosul, is at risk of imminent collapse and its failure could lead to the deaths of 500,000 innocent Iraqis (or 500,000 terrorists and evildoers if the White House gets to spin the story first). Should the dam fail catastrophically a flood wave as high as 20 metres could carry as far as Mosul, home to 1.7 million. The US Army Corps of Engineers has warned the American armed forces to move equipment and troops away from the Tigris flood plain near Mosul and has also reported that "little or no progress had been made to shore up the Mosul Dam since the May warning, largely because a $27-million project funded by the U.S. has been plagued by mismanagement and possible fraud".
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