If Iraq Dam collapses it could send 60-foot-high wall of water that would be inundate Mosul - flood Baghdad to depth of 15 feet

Tuesday, October 30, 2007...

CBSNews.com brings us this story today and it sadly starts off like this... If a dam north of Mosul, Iraq, collapses it could send a trillion-gallon wave of water roaring through Iraq's two largest cities - and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has warned that is perilously close to happening, CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey reports... The dam is on the Tigris River, 45 miles north of the city of Mosul... A catastrophic failure, engineers believe, could unleash a 60-foot-high wall of water that would be inundate Mosul - and flood Baghdad to a depth of 15 feet... Read this troubling story in full at link below...
Catastrophic Dam Collapse Feared In Iraq

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo
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* DoD posted this news article on its website
back on September 9, 2005...
Mosul Dam Repairs Benefit Tigris Basins
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What/who is the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)???

The Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), is a temporary federal agency serving the American public as a watchdog for fraud, waste, and abuse of funds intended for Iraq reconstruction programs... SIGIR, the successor to the Coalition Provisional Authority Inspector General (CPA-IG), was created by Congress to provide oversight of the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) and all obligations, expenditures, and revenues associated with reconstruction and rehabilitation activities in Iraq... SIGIR oversight is accomplished via independent audits, field inspections, and criminal investigations into potential fraud, waste, and abuse of funds...

Read more HERE
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* SIGIR Report - Highlights, October 30, 2007
* Full report HERE

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Well... I wonder where al-Qaeda and company will try to attack next!!!?
AubreyJ.........