Bob26003 Posted October 31, 2007 #1 Share Posted October 31, 2007 (edited) http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Iraq_dam_cou...00000_1030.html The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) published a report Tuesday arguing that Iraq's largest dam is in jeopardy of collapsing, an event that could unleash a 65 foot wave of water on Mosul, flood the Tigris River south to Baghdad and kill as many as 500,000 people."In terms of internal erosion potential of the foundation, Mosul Dam is the most dangerous dam in the world," the corps said. "If a small problem [at] Mosul Dam occurs, failure is likely." Edited August 20, 2014 by Saru Reduced quoted text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted October 31, 2007 #2 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Its up to the Iraqi Government to Fix, if it collapses and floods cities then its up to the Iraqis. the 500,000 are best moving to a safe area, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlimited Posted October 31, 2007 #3 Share Posted October 31, 2007 We have dams all over the US ready to fall...the army corps of engineers estimate we need 100 billion dollars in repairs and upgrades...all the money goes to iraq, i mean the cronies...I dont care about a dam 6000 miles away thankyou..i'm worried about ours.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted October 31, 2007 #4 Share Posted October 31, 2007 (edited) We have dams all over the US ready to fall...the army corps of engineers estimate we need 100 billion dollars in repairs and upgrades...all the money goes to iraq, i mean the cronies...I dont care about a dam 6000 miles away thankyou..i'm worried about ours.. When people say money for infrastructure and public services is spent on wars. i dont think its all true, because, spending in the UK is higher now than before the wars started, Edited October 31, 2007 by stevewinn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlimited Posted October 31, 2007 #5 Share Posted October 31, 2007 When people say money for infrastructure and public services is spent on wars. i dont think its all true, because, spending in the UK is higher now than before the wars started, we are into deficit spending...your still on the plus side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted October 31, 2007 #6 Share Posted October 31, 2007 we are into deficit spending...your still on the plus side... (bold) Think we're to be honest, but thats because lordy Gordy has been borrowing for years, not the war, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblin-5 Posted October 31, 2007 #7 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Its up to the Iraqi Government to Fix, if it collapses and floods cities then its up to the Iraqis. the 500,000 are best moving to a safe area, Actually Haliburton and its ilk got huge contracts to rebuild and fix up the infrastructure in Iraq following the invasion. They have failed abysmally According to the BBC, the SIGIR found failures in a number of the 21 contracts awarded to repair the dam, such as faulty construction and delivery of improper parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted October 31, 2007 #8 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Actually Haliburton and its ilk got huge contracts to rebuild and fix up the infrastructure in Iraq following the invasion. They have failed abysmally According to the BBC, the SIGIR found failures in a number of the 21 contracts awarded to repair the dam, such as faulty construction and delivery of improper parts Not good then is the Dam used to power anything or used for drinking water or is it just to stop the place flooding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjadude Posted November 1, 2007 #9 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Its up to the Iraqi Government to Fix, if it collapses and floods cities then its up to the Iraqis. the 500,000 are best moving to a safe area, How can you say that? Iraq is an occupied country. They can't go to the bathroom without the US permission and money. Now if we were to leave, THEN it would be their problem. I was just thinking this is the sort of thing the "insurgents" would want to exploit. Maybe W is setting them up for an even greater military surge and force our spineless congress to help rebuild Iraq with even more money. I smell a rat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggs Posted November 1, 2007 #10 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I was just thinking this is the sort of thing the "insurgents" would want to exploit. I'd agree. It's exactly the kind of thing they'd want to exploit. You'd just need some explosives - not even the need for a suicide attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted November 1, 2007 #11 Share Posted November 1, 2007 man i'm all for oversight but damn, why in gods name would they publish this for the world to see? its irresponsible How can you say that? Iraq is an occupied country well read the article, "This May, the top military commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, and US ambassador Ryan Crocker wrote a letter to Iraqi Prime Minister al-Nouri Maliki urging him to fix the "national priority."" this would suggest that it was supposed to be dealt with by the Iraqi governmnent According to the BBC, the SIGIR found failures in a number of the 21 contracts awarded to repair the dam, such as faulty construction and delivery of improper parts who awarded the contract? who won it? you are assuming it has anything to do with haliburton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlimited Posted November 1, 2007 #12 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I guess the terrorists know what to bomb next.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitro1987 Posted November 1, 2007 #13 Share Posted November 1, 2007 For the love of God, they should make this the top priority and fix it ASAP. A terrorist could kill 500,000 if he wants to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ins0mniac Posted November 1, 2007 #14 Share Posted November 1, 2007 the 500,000 are best moving to a safe area, Maybe they have nowhere else to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Monkey Posted November 4, 2007 #15 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Seems the Iraqis are not worried about the dam. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7070706.stm Maybe someone was angling for a fat contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ships-cat Posted November 4, 2007 #16 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Just a smalll thought.... Why are we "rebuilding" or "repairing" this dam ? Surely it was built prior to the invasion, and was not a target for bombs etc ? So now we are trying to repair structures that where not damaged during the war of liberation ? (or subsequent attacks by insurgents, or neglect over the 4 year interegrum period). Why is this a problem for the Coalition ? Meow Purr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjadude Posted November 4, 2007 #17 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Seems the Iraqis are not worried about the dam. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7070706.stm Maybe someone was angling for a fat contract. I agree it probably has to do with money and terrorising the population on purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Witness Posted August 16, 2014 #18 Share Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) Probably a topic that should be resurrected. Especially since the U.S. is bombing ISIS militants now in control of this facility. Can these nimrods be trusted to maintain it? I don't think so. Edited August 16, 2014 by Raptor Witness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+and-then Posted August 16, 2014 #20 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Actually, I read recently that they have hired some engineers to try to stabilize the thing. Apparently they want it to continue in it's work. The little I've learned of it though seems not very promising. Our Corps of Engineers says the thing is an accident waiting to happen. It seems to be built on a base of gypsum (think sheetrock) and without constant grouting it would collapse in weeks. So sooner or later it will probably fail. Hopefully they have a good advanced warning system for those downstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl.Of.Trumps Posted August 18, 2014 #21 Share Posted August 18, 2014 That's all the people of Iraq need 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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