Reports: Plan under the supervision Abadi al-Obeidi to target the gray air dam as a "final solution"

Agencies -arac Press -5 June: Arab news reports quoted the Iraqi army, military sources on Friday as saying that "the top leadership has developed a plan to destroy the gray dam, by aircraft in the event of a ground can not control it.

An official source at the Ministry of Defense on condition of anonymity, said that the move, which may be taken by the prime minister, Haydar al-Abadi, and Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi, in coordination with the military leaders, is to target gray bridge the air, in the event of inaccessible by ground forces.

The source pointed out, that the destruction of the dam may partially contribute to tackling the water crisis plaguing some areas, due to the closure of the dam regulation, or neighboring countries control the course of the Euphrates River.






It is worth mentioning that the "Daash" controls the dams Anbar three strategic

Namely: Dam gray, filling Fallujah, and Nazim Warrar, and cut off the water, a week ago for Habbaniyah and Khalidiya and Fallujah region, threatening to make regain control of the city of Ramadi, the more complex battles process, while affected by the closure of the dam, and low water levels in it, the provinces of Babil, Karbala , Najaf, Samawa and Diwaniya.


In turn, said a member of the Anbar Provincial Council, Holiday Ammash, that the militants "Daash" are tactical process through the close gray dam.



He pointed Ammash, that "the security leaders of the EP and the crowd and the sons of the tribes of attention to this tactic, and work to restore edit gray dam, because the purpose of the closure of the dam, not a fight against the people of the province through the water cut them, but rather to facilitate the crossing of the dry areas in the city Ramadi and its outskirts to Habbaniyah and Khalidiya, and thus complete control of the areas of Anbar. "

Ammash and added, that if the destruction of gray dam, which was created in 1959, Iraq will lose the most important dams, as it would be difficult at the moment redone because of severe financial crisis experienced by Iraq, as a result of lower oil prices globally.

In a related development, Deputy Chairman of the Security and Defense Committee in Parliament, Iskandar and berries, that the central government does not know exactly what you planned, "Daash" Bhzareth water Ramadi, either they are doing it exclusively to be able to use the dry land in their favor in the battles, or they want to use it against the population, adding that the "Daash" using water as a weapon in Ramadi, will put considerable pressure on all parties in Iraq, as there are many discussions about what can be done to restore this dam.

In turn, the local government of the province of Anbar, confirmed the closure of the organization Daash to the gates of the three dams: the dam gray, filling Fallujah, and Nazim Warrar ,, which they can flood the other regions and drying and to prevent the Iraqi security forces toward them progress and the liberalization of the city of Ramadi from the influence of the organization.

Suhaib al-Rawi said the governor of Anbar, said that "extremist organization aims behind the closure of gray dam to provide suitable for its elements to launch attacks on the towns of Khalidiya and Habbaniyah after low water levels on the floor of the two cities."

He added that "the terrorist organization is trying to besiege cities and kill their citizens to support their children because of the thirst of the security forces, and the Euphrates River is an impediment to progress guerrilla organization Daash or in the escape from the gray process if security forces have entered in order to edit."

He pointed to the narrator that "closing the gates of dams controlled by the militants organize Daash will cause disaster in southern Iraq and would considerably damage the Bohlna in eastern Anbar areas. Although militants organization they desire from the closure of gray dam in particular divert the course of the Euphrates River to Lake Habbaniyah and the flooding of areas that have become the security forces spread and impede the progress of the pieces from the eastern side of the city of Ramadi, in particular that the water level began to fall, which could not be pumps of the withdrawal of river water and pumped to Khalidiya and Habbaniyah. "

Rawi confirmed that it "calls for a military operation to restore the dams to allow water to flow to the east of Ramadi, regions and cities of southern Iraq" .


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