It appears serene and picturesque, but those workers are rushing to salvage Iraq’s deteriorating Mosul Dam – which was once under ISIS control and straddles the Tigris River just 40 miles upstream from the city of Mosul. Failure to reinforce and maintain the dam could mean unleashing what is, in effect, a potential weapon of mass destruction. “When we started, the risk assessment regarding the potential fate of the dam was very high. “We’ve been cooperating with the Italian taskforce with the objective of protecting the dam and the people around it,” explained Iraqi counterterrorism leader, Maj. Ahmed. “But the idea long-term is for us not only to help in a military way, but in a humanitarian way, too.”

Source: Fox News January 11, 2018 15:19 UTC