When natural resources become a tool for terrorism . . . Militants in Iraq have a record of using water as a means of terrorism. ISIL could open the flood gates and deluge major Iraqi cities or withhold water from farms. Earlier this year, after it captured the Fallujah Dam, it closed eight of the dam’s 10 gates, wreaking havoc on local communities. “Using water as a weapon in a fight to make people thirsty is a heinous crime,” one Water Ministry adviser told Reuters. “Closing the dam and messing with the Euphrates water will have dire consequences.” washingtonpost/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/04/islamic-state-now-controls-resources-and-territory-unmatched-in-history-of-extremist-organizations/?tid=hp_mm&hpid=z3
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:21:16 +0000
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