Fears of dam collapse in Iraq spurs emergency plan by military
The threat of a collapsing dam in Iraq that could send water flooding over millions of people has forced Australia's military to make emergency plans to protect soldiers and diplomats. The Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, told a Senate hearing on Wednesday that military planners were deeply worried about the state […]David Wroe writes for the Sydney Morning Herald:
The threat of a collapsing dam in Iraq that could send water flooding over millions of people has forced Australia's military to make emergency plans to protect soldiers and diplomats. The Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, told a Senate hearing on Wednesday that military planners were deeply worried about the state of the dam and had put "contingency plans" in place if it collapses. Mosul Dam in Iraq's north has been slowly deteriorating since the Islamic State terror group seized the area in 2014, killing or driving away the engineers who had long maintained the structure.
