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THE DAMS in Iraq are being watched closely by American agents and satellites in these days before war, say United States intelligence analysts.
An usually heavy rainy season has left reservoirs brimming, worrying war planners who believe Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might use water as a weapon.
Experts say the destruction of just a few of Iraq’s dams would be more powerful than chemical weapons in slowing the advance of U.S. troops.
“He could use it as a very important nuisance factor by flooding these river systems, which we are going to have to cross,” says Gen. Montgomery Meigs, an NBC News analyst. “And the real danger here is not so much the troops, it’s to the people who live there.”
MASSIVE WALL OF WATER
The dam in Qadisiyah, near Baghdad, holds billions of gallons of water and, if blown, would create a skyscraper wall of water crushing and killing for dozens of miles, analysts say.
Below Baghdad, between the Tigres and the Euphrates rivers, the destruction of just two or three of dams might force U.S. forces to change their invasion routes from Kuwait.
http://msnbc.com/news/887737.asp?cp1=1#BODY
An usually heavy rainy season has left reservoirs brimming, worrying war planners who believe Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might use water as a weapon.
Experts say the destruction of just a few of Iraq’s dams would be more powerful than chemical weapons in slowing the advance of U.S. troops.
“He could use it as a very important nuisance factor by flooding these river systems, which we are going to have to cross,” says Gen. Montgomery Meigs, an NBC News analyst. “And the real danger here is not so much the troops, it’s to the people who live there.”
MASSIVE WALL OF WATER
The dam in Qadisiyah, near Baghdad, holds billions of gallons of water and, if blown, would create a skyscraper wall of water crushing and killing for dozens of miles, analysts say.
Below Baghdad, between the Tigres and the Euphrates rivers, the destruction of just two or three of dams might force U.S. forces to change their invasion routes from Kuwait.
http://msnbc.com/news/887737.asp?cp1=1#BODY
