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Mosul dam the largest in Iraq, is an important source of drinking water and irrigation for the residents and farmers of the Nineva province
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007

Open quoteMosul Dam is the most dangerous dam in the world. Close quote

  • US Army Corps of Engineers
  • in a report on Iraq's largest dam, which is at risk of an imminent collapse that could unleash a 65-foot wave of water on Mosul, a city of 1.7 million people
Photo: Jacob Silberberg / AP | Source: BBC