Around 1 million lives are at risk whether the dam breaks,but the US’s alarmist warning about it contains another clear messageIt may be a coincidence that apocalyptic American warnings that Mosuls giant dam could imminently collapse, potentially killing 1 million Iraqis, and come at the very moment when US and Iraqi forces are preparing an all-out assault on the city,the main stronghold of Islamic State (Isis) terrorists in the country.But the alarmist language employed by the US embassy in Baghdad to report a long-standing, well-documented problem – the dam has had serious issues since it was built in 1984 – suggests concerns over the safety of Mosul’s residents are not the only calculation at work.
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Source: theguardian.com