Nightmare scenario: Assault on Mosul could trigger dam disaster, 40-foot wave of death

Nightmare scenario: Assault on Mosul could trigger dam disaster, 40-foot wave of death

Special to WorldTribune.com Any missteps in Iraq’s attempt to retake Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISL) could result in a “nightmare scenario” in which the unstable Mosul Dam collapses and unleashes a 40-foot wave of death. “If the dam busts, the center of Mosul goes under water by about a 40-50 foot wave,” an […]