Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by jksmith on Thursday March 03, 2016 @10:52AM
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Surprised that some big infrastructure company like Halli or Bechtel didn't see an opportunity to scheme some business from this.
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by ArkyBeagle on Thursday March 03, 2016 @12:58PM
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Some of those guys were severely burned by the Iraqi Adventure. SFAIK, Halli divested of Brown-Root.
Big Engineering like that might as well be politics. And this makes me think of the St. Francis Dam.
"It's Chinatown, Jake."
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by kough on Thursday March 03, 2016 @01:32PM
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I watched that movie while coming down (ok, failing to come down) from my first acid trip. Not the right choice. Great movie though.
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by samstave on Thursday March 03, 2016 @02:54PM
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That was a funny and unexpected comment...
What movie are you talking about?
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by turkishrevenge on Thursday March 03, 2016 @03:03PM
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I'm guessing "Chinatown"
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by ArkyBeagle on Thursday March 03, 2016 @08:43PM
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You are correct, sir.
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by raisedbyninjas on Thursday March 03, 2016 @10:55AM
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Rebuilding Mosul is more lucrative that maintenance on Mosul dam?
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by dopamean on Thursday March 03, 2016 @11:30AM
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With the added benefit of being a "hero" when they go in to rebuild in such a dangerous area.
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by WalterSear on Thursday March 03, 2016 @01:26PM
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And 'hero' pay, no doubt.
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by kafkaesq on Thursday March 03, 2016 @02:31PM
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Look at the upside - when it blows they can always rent bulldozers to bury all the bodies.
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by jksmith on Thursday March 03, 2016 @11:16AM
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Indeed! Good thinking. Rebuild dam and city. Funded by US loans of course.
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by samstave on Thursday March 03, 2016 @02:55PM
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That's the business model of the IMF.
Would you prefer to be paved in gold or bombs?
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by noonespecial on Thursday March 03, 2016 @03:48PM
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Fun fact: The gold is almost certainly cheaper in the long run.
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by samstave on Thursday March 03, 2016 @02:53PM
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I'm positive they likely have.
Don't forget the fact that Feinstein's husband was head of a doc at Bechtel Corp and she was on the Military construction Appropriations committee, they funneled a lot of money through that incestuous relationship.
She left that committee in 2008, which was plenty of time for graft.
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by tdyen on Friday March 04, 2016 @06:46AM
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Why didn't the failsafe dam get built? It's a perfect big infrastructure project for IMF types to fund?
Re:Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killi...
by gambiting on Friday March 04, 2016 @10:13AM
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The work on the failsafe dam has actually started a few years ago but it got only 40% finished due to political tensions. It's not done and it wouldn't be able to hold anything as it currently is.
I'm surprised it's not blown yet, I was constantly worried someone would bomb it somehow, but 7 years later, it's still standing, so I'm unsure about any estimates given now - the Iraqis were fairly liberal in their estimates in 2006 (it'll fall by 2007) and the same predictions followed every year. Of course, they wanted vast quantities of money to fix it (and skim off the top for themselves) so there was some bias.
Check out the Haditha Dam too. Another large body of water held back by aging infrastructure further destroyed by looters who dismantled huge pieces of machinery to sell as scrap for $0.05/lb.