Italy sending 450 troops to protect engineers, unstable Mosul Dam from ISIL

Italy sending 450 troops to protect engineers, unstable Mosul Dam from ISIL

Special to WorldTribune.com Italy is deploying 450 soldiers to protect Iraq’s vital Mosul Dam from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The dam is 30 miles from the city of Mosul, which ISIL controls. Officials fear a catastrophe for local populations and farmland should the dam fall into disrepair or be sabotaged by the terrorist […]