Water Wars in the Land of Two Rivers
Insurgents may threaten Iraq's dams as much as its oil -- with potentially dire consequences.
NOTE: This story was updated Wednesday afternoon.
The turmoil in Iraq already has the world worried about the safety of the country's mammoth oil fields. Now Iraqis must imagine massive waves of water crashing downriver from the country's shaky dams, which are smack in the terrorists' crosshairs.
The turmoil in Iraq already has the world worried about the safety of the country's mammoth oil fields. Now Iraqis must imagine massive waves of water crashing downriver from the country's shaky dams, which are smack in the terrorists' crosshairs.