Posted on 03/26/2017 2:12:03 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was informed by several reliable sources that the Euphrates Dam which is located on the Euphrates River north of al-Tabaqa city in the western countryside of al-Raqqah has stopped working, the reasons are still unknown until now, where the sources of the observatory suggested that the Dam has stopped because of a power outage, which is being generated from the dam automatically, also the intersecting sources confirmed to the Syrian observatory for Human Rights that the main body of the Dam and the main turbines are still under the control the “Islamic State” organization and that the Syria Democratic Forces were not able to control them until right now.
COBOL2Java has it right here.
The neutron bomb uses (microwave, I believe) radiation (clean type) to kill animal life.
It’s supposed to be neutral to infrastructure, but it may mess with electrical systems, perhaps some seals.
People much more in the know would have to sign off on the idea. It may not be advisable.
The point would be to psych ISIS out, and get them to leave without losing our men.
You’re thoughts are certainly right if the loss of the dam were to be an outcome.
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DoughtyOne was placing the neutron bombs at a sufficient distance to not affect the dam. As for killing humans, I couldn't care less about frying ISIS roaches.
That’s not a tool in the kit.
Always hate these translated pieces, but the above would seem to say that the “good” guys have control of it now.
Talking about diesel into basements, I was talking to a college student from Israel (studying tunnel engineering). I told him “and maybe you can figure out how to stop the terrorist tunnels”.
He laughed. “I was three years in IDF and still in the Reserves. I'm a combat engineer, and that is one of my jobs - to blow their tunnels up. Or fill them up with sewage and then blow them up!” (I'm thinking back a pumper truck to the tunnel to get the terrorists to stop using it immediately, and then after figuring out a plan, blow it the following day??)
Just found out there is no immediate danger go the dam.
https://twitter.com/AzadiRojava/status/846102694590853122
https://twitter.com/KonstantinKlug/status/846096088482402306
https://twitter.com/AzadiRojava/status/846103649294135298
So, we still are not in a chaos situation. The picture in the original source may not be today, but it shows relatively low water above the dam.
I totally trust the above source for being correct.
Neutron bombs are engineered to cause a lethal flux of neutrons.
I don’t think we built them and they do require a standard low yield nuclear weapon to trigger the neutron flux, it would require a fairly high altitude burst to fry terrorists and not destroy the dam. The neighbors might object.
Good. Actually glad to hear that.
As you stated, the areas along the river would be in dire straights if something happened.
ISIS could even sabotage the dam.
That concerns me too.
“It’s supposed to be neutral to infrastructure, but it may mess with electrical systems, perhaps some seals.”
More humane than clubbing them.
Thank you danger doc.
When they were being devised for use in Europe, I didn’t hear this type of concern expressed.
It was just, how dare you kill humans and leave infrastructure alone as it was?
Carter described them as inhumane, and I’m sure he probably tossed in “War Crimes” level insults too.
Yes, and who wants to harm seals.
I think they have been trying. I read this morning about an Emir who was killed near the dam. And about a battle near the dam that our air forces dispatched a lot of. They are growing desperate, they know we intend to destroy them. (and will)
Evidently those in the building don’t have explosives. At least they have not used them.
Gets my vote.
It’s a mute point since we don’t have them (at least to my knowledge).
Perhaps it might be a good idea to give them safe passage, if they’ll just leave.
Give them 72 hours to take advantage of it.
Let them go for now, if they’ll leave.
I hope you’re right though. Hopefully they have no explosives.
Correct, it is not a valid solution. No bomb is the solution on this.
The leaders don’t need to go anywhere, except to hell.
There may be some that surrender, am told they had 10 yesterday. There are a number of them who are disillusioned with this crap, but fear being killed for desertion.
Okay, thanks for the update.
ISIS, should never have gotten this far.
If Obama had aggressively bombed them back to the stone age, we could have put this to rest a long time ago.
Pump in CO2.
Old information, the dam has been secured.
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