Mosul Dam collapse 'will be worse than a nuclear bomb' aljazeera.com

Warnings by scientists and environmentalists about an imminent collapse are dismissed by Iraqi officials as far-fetched. As Iraqi forces continue their military operation to take Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), another equally important battle to save the Mosul Dam, located 60km north of Mosul, is under way.

After six months of frantic security and logistical preparations, an Italian company has kicked off the repair works to beef up the dam, under the protection of five hundred Italian soldiers and Kurdish Peshmerga forces.