Reuters: Abadi received a letter from Obama about the risk of Mosul Dam
Reuters: Abadi received a letter from Obama about the risk of Mosul Dam
3/22/2016 14:10
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and the Reuters news agency said that “on 11 January met with US Secretary of State John Kerry , Prime Minister Haider al – Abadi in Davos , Switzerland , and handed him a figure of President Barack Obama a message asking him to urgent action on the Mosul Dam” threatened to collapse.
Secret of Obama ‘s message was not to Abadi confirmed by two US officials told Reuters has never published the news about – regarding the organization Daash or sectarian division in Iraq , but they are related to a potential catastrophe because of the deteriorating situation to fill the largest dam of Mosul in Iraq, which could collapse , leading to a flood kills where tens of thousands of people and causing an environmental catastrophe.
indicates the intervention of US President personally to the extent issued collapse of Mosul Dam list of US interests in Iraq , reflecting fears that its collapse to undermine American efforts lead to the installation of the Government of Abadi and complexity of the war to organize Daash. it
also reflects the intervention sense growing frustration, the US government has felt that Baghdad does not take the threat seriously enough and that , as explained in interviews with officials at the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of defense and the US Agency for international development and other agencies to Reuters. a
US official request like the rest of the sources on condition of anonymity, said , “they [ Iraqis] Atthagulwn to move in this matter. ” the
Iraqi government has declined to officially comment on these assertions or on Obama ‘s message.
According to a US government document published in late February that between 500 thousand and 1.47 million Iraqis are living in more vulnerable than other regions risk along the Tigris River , “will not stay probably alive , ” the repercussions of the flood unless they are evacuated to safe areas.
as the water will wash away on the way to hundreds of kilometers shells did not explode and chemicals, as well as the bodies and buildings.
the document says that the human, physical, economic and environmental losses and wide deployment will lead to a system of government failure and the rule of law.
He declined to two American officials to disclose the content of Obama ‘s message to be exact.
in the second of March , Iraq has signed a contract worth 296 million dollars with the Trevi Group of Italy to strengthen the dam in northern Iraq, which has been needed for this consolidation since its construction in the early eighties the veins of gypsum , which can be dissolved in water.
she Italy it would send 450 soldiers to help protect the dam.
and US officials said Obama ‘s decision to send his message to Ebadi was motivated disturbing reports from the CIA a new study by the Corps of engineers US army showed that the dam is stable , larger than the previous beliefs degree.
said Paul Salem , vice president of the Middle East Institute , a research institution in Washington that if the collapsed dam, what would result from the chaos and damage that may cause the collapse of the government Abadi , an ally of the United States and represents a black dot in He will be remembered in history for Obama.
the officials and analysts Americans and Iraqis that the efforts to repair the dam located on the 48 kilometers to the northwest of the city of Mosul disrupted by the chaos that prevailed in the security situation in Iraq and the political divisions in Baghdad in addition to not check the warnings in previous years as well as cultural divisions.
the US officials said al – Abadi now focuses on the dam and oversees the efforts to fix it .
he said the US Agency for international development , a senior official , “we got to a point where there was no doubt that they [ the Iraqis] are paying is interest.”
he added that a wall of water height of 14 meters will plunge the city of Mosul within four hours of the collapse of the dam and would be equivalent to roughly tidal wave that hit Japan at the peak of 2011. the disaster
is that the Trevi company says that the preparation of the work site would take four months.
faces a dam used to generate electricity and a length of 3.5 kilometers greater risk between April and June as a result of rising water levels due to melting snow. the
officials said he must be used to transfer injection dam materials from Turkey trucks because the former factory is located in Mosul and is now under the control of the organization Daash fighters.
and stopped maintenance work after the organization Daash dominated the dam for two two weeks in August 2014 which led to the dispersion of personnel and destruction of equipment, and work resumed in recent months , but officials said that to prevent the collapse of the dam need for international expertise.
a senior Iraqi official , speaking on condition of anonymity , said the US assessment contributed to the decision to complete the contract with the Trevi Group after months of talks.
he studied Richard Kaufman , assistant professor of civil engineering Arkansas radar images University taken by satellites and found that the dam down in the soil of eight millimeters each year.
he said that the resumption of the injection work represents only a temporary solution and that it requires a long – term solution.
the new US ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones , the first Sunday of the collapse of the Mosul dam, said during a roundtable with a number of media , including the agency all of Iraq [where] “we must prepare for the possibility of a crisis and disaster in the collapse of the dam.”
potential for notification. ”
It is said that the Ministry of resources water had raised the flow of water from the Mosul dam, the increased water levels in the Tigris River proportions ” , denying at the same time” the possibility of the collapse of the dam. ”
He announced the cabinet on the first of this March that the government is taking all necessary measures for the maintenance of the dam procedures” whatever expectations for his condition ”
and issued a Prime Minister ‘s Office recently among the population guidance on how to avoid the potential risk of the collapse of the Mosul dam
Iraqi government signed on the second of March a contract with the Italian Trevi company for the maintenance of the dam , worth about $ 300 million the company is required to carry out maintenance work and Overstuffing the dam for 18 months.”
Reuters published a map of the expected effects of the flood if the dam collapsed on both Mosul and Baghdad.
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