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Steve

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you mean these guys?

ISIS Terrorists 'Have Seized Iraq's Largest Dam'

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Islamic State (IS) fighters have captured a strategically key hydroelectric dam as the Islamist terrorist group expands its offensive and takes its first steps into confronting the Kurdish forces in the north of Iraq.

The seizing of the Mosul Dam, Iraq's largest, by the Islamic State is a worrying next step for the beleaguered government in Baghdad. The strategic importance of the electricity-generating dam, which provides electricity for the 1.7 million residents of Mosul, that was captured by IS forces in June, cannot be overstated. The insurgents could use it to “flood Iraqi cities or withhold water from farms,”

The dam, which sits on the Tigris River, provides electricity to Mosul, CNN reports. "If you control the Mosul Dam, you can threaten just about everybody," Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum, told CNN. Seizing the dam "could be the beginning of a catastrophe of unthinkable proportions,"

nothing angers me more then seeing terrorists parading around in our equipment..

especially when the guys who have stood by US (the Kurds) are considered ill equipped..

Ill-equipped Peshmerga troops are finding it increasingly difficult to fend off ISIS fighters and have also seen the towns of Wana, Zumar and Sinjar fall in recent days. Sinjar is the ancestral home to Yazidi religious sect, who have been declared “devil worshippers” by ISIS,

Most residents there have fled and were told by IS forces to convert to Islam or face death. The semi-autonomous Kurdistan region was until recently a relatively safe haven for Iraq’s displaced Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities who were forced by ISIS to flee their towns.
 

Mike

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A local Kurdish woman's appreciation for President Bush stood out among nearly 8,000 attendees at the Bison Sports Arena Thursday.

Nazdar Hassan stood up and yelled with joy when Bush started talking about the elections in Afghanistan during the rally.

"It was just like a dream," Hassan said afterward.

The Dilworth woman said she told the president she was unable to vote in the Iraqi elections, but said she had voted for him in November.

"OK, wait a minute, you got ahead of the story," Bush said, eliciting laughter, when he learned she is from Iraq. "You got me to Iraq before we even got out of Afghanistan."

Now an American citizen, Hassan came to the United States as a refugee from northern Iraq in 1991, after the first Gulf War.

Hassan and her daughters, Nirosh Ismail, 20, and Niveen Hassan, 9, secured a spot close to the president near the northeast corner of the arena with help from local conservative radio personality Scott Hennen.

Hassan's sons, Ahmed Ismail, 18, and Adil Ismail, 15, were elsewhere in the arena.

Ahmed Ismail was in the press box, also with help from Hennen, when he heard a familiar voice coming from close to the stage.

"I told them right away, I said, 'That's my mom,'" he said.

"She was shaking," said Nirosh Ismail, who sat beside her mother.

After Hassan's outburst, a Kurdish man also stood up and thanked the president for liberating Iraq.

"You are right -- they are wrong!" said Hussein Weled.

The president thanked him, saying, "Nothing better than a little free speech to liven up the crowd."

Hennen, who requested the seats from the governor's office, said Hassan's outburst was spontaneous -- though he thought White House officials were pleased.

"It wasn't staged," he said. "It's genuine."

After the rally, Bush signed tickets for some family members and wished Niveen Hassan a happy birthday.

"Now I know God likes President Bush," Hassan said, "because even the weather is nice."

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