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Iraqi Kurds retake country's main dam from jihadists: officials
Agence France Presse via The Daily Star ^ | Last updated: August 17, 2014 | 07:44 PM

Posted on 08/17/2014 10:16:43 AM PDT by GonzoII

AL-QOSH, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US air strikes on Sunday retook the country's largest dam from jihadist militants who seized it the previous week, officials said.

A peshmerga officer and two political party officials told AFP that Kurdish forces had retaken Mosul Dam...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.com.lb ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; kurds; mosul; peshmerga
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And still holding water, I take it.
1 posted on 08/17/2014 10:16:43 AM PDT by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

I hope so. Let’s hope there is no time-delay munitions.


2 posted on 08/17/2014 10:19:14 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: GonzoII

But who will provide the constant maintenance that these damn dams require?


3 posted on 08/17/2014 10:19:42 AM PDT by 353FMG
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quietly better check it (the dam and damned) thoroughly.


4 posted on 08/17/2014 10:19:45 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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"But who will provide the constant maintenance that these damn dams require?"

Iraq had told the US that they were afraid it wasn't being or properly being maintained by ISIS thus the operation to retake it. So I imagine Iraq has the crews ready to go back to work on it.

5 posted on 08/17/2014 10:23:34 AM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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To: GonzoII

Good news indeed.


6 posted on 08/17/2014 10:24:54 AM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: GonzoII

Let the Shiiteheads hit the floor.


7 posted on 08/17/2014 10:26:16 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Cap Huff

Some good news...


8 posted on 08/17/2014 10:29:59 AM PDT by Dog (Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
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To: no-to-illegals

The BBC says they’re clearing it of explosives now.


9 posted on 08/17/2014 10:30:44 AM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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To: GonzoII

Thank You.


10 posted on 08/17/2014 10:32:09 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Cap Huff

ISIS is not 8 ft tall...they can be beat.


11 posted on 08/17/2014 10:32:09 AM PDT by Dog (Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
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To: Dog

This is indeed good news.


12 posted on 08/17/2014 10:34:30 AM PDT by Cap Huff
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To: GonzoII

The Dam Buster Busters


13 posted on 08/17/2014 10:37:56 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits n firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: GonzoII

Praise God!! (The REAL God, not “Allah,” AKA Satan)


14 posted on 08/17/2014 10:39:27 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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2 questions

Political party officials?

Is the dams equipment damaged?


15 posted on 08/17/2014 10:41:59 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: GonzoII

The move north is a feint. The real move is towards Baghdad and Basra.


16 posted on 08/17/2014 10:44:46 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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ISIS/L is currenly waiting until after the US November elections ...

after a "psssst ...not yet" from the "bastard" Obama ...

to take Baghdad.



ISIS/L needs the extra time to properly infiltrate the city's security and critical infrastrucre (electricity, water, etc).


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17 posted on 08/17/2014 11:02:24 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (.)
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To: GonzoII

Very good news. The Kurds a able to mount an effective opposition to ISIS.


18 posted on 08/17/2014 11:03:37 AM PDT by JimSEA
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The U.S. should initiate high-altitude (drone targeting assisted) strategic "carpet bombing" of ISIS/L.

"Safe conduct" civilian/military transporation corridors should be established (zones of control) until "every" piece of ISIS/L slime is "exterminated".


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19 posted on 08/17/2014 11:06:05 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (.)
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To: GonzoII

Well this might delay the ISIS leaders plans to visit New York.


20 posted on 08/17/2014 11:22:29 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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