ISIS Brings in Engineers to Repair Mosul Dam
Posted on Sat Aug 09, 2014 at 01:43:31 PM EST
Tags: ISIS, Mosul Dam (all tags)
Reuters is among those reporting that ISIS has brought in engineers to repair the Mosul Dam. It looks like ISIS intends to supply Mosul with water, not open the floodgates, as many have feared.
An engineer at Mosul dam told Reuters that Islamic State fighters had brought in engineers to repair an emergency power line to the city, Iraq's biggest in the north, that had been cut off four days ago, causing power outages and water shortages. "They are gathering people to work at the dam," he said.
ISIS' Ninwa News has released a video of its takeover of the dam. There's no violence in it and you can watch it here or download it here. It says the Peshmerga fled, leaving behind their uniforms, with the TV still running, and provides screenshots. [More....]
A screengrab from the video:
Here's a larger photo with another view.
The video also shows ISIS by this Dohuk sign.
The Yazidis may be in more danger today. Matthew Barber, the University of Chicago scholar who is on scene (see my earlier post for his account yesterday of what has been happening in Singar) is today reporting on Twitter that multiple sources are telling him that ISIS has given the Yazidis a new ultimatum with a very short deadline, possibly today: It's no longer enough to convert to Islam. They must also join the military fight against the Peshmerga.
IS’ test for proving sincerity of conversion is “participation in jihad.” To save his life Yazidi man must convert & then fight his family.