The Mosul dam shuffle

Workers at the Mosul Dam . Picture by Benedetta Argentieri
Workers at the Mosul Dam . Picture by Benedetta Argentieri

Between February and March the Mosul Dam, Iraq, captured media attention. At the height of the emergency it seemed the dam was about to break, but an Italian company was awarded $300 million to take care of it. After reading some articles and talking to some people I started to see a pattern of contradictions. What is going on here? The  opinions on how bad it was started to change dramatically. Is the Mosul Dam in danger or not?

Short answer: It depends who you talk to.

Particularly revealing were calls in Italy. Details of the story would change from one source to another. Often when asked for official comments  it would become another version or no answers at all. Nobody really wanted to talk about it in depth.

After a couple of months investigating the issue, I wrote an article for War is Boring. Please read and tell me what you think.

Mosul Dam

Benedetta Argentieri

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