IS OPENS OIL PIPE IN TIGRIS RIVER IN SOUTHERN MOSUL

[Wiljor]

IS militants have opened an oil pipe in the Tigris River to pollute its water

Iraq, August 3, 2016  ERBIL — A military source from the leadership of Nineveh operations said on Tuesday that the Islamic State (IS) has opened an oil pipe to let the oil flow into the Tigris River near Qayara (45 km south of Mosul) to pollute its water.   Amir Wathiq, an officer from the leadership of Nineveh operations told BasNews that IS has opened the pipe in the Tigris River since early on Monday in retaliation for the defeats it has faced lately in the area at the hands of the security forces.”   The source added that the militants have also blew up eight houses on Tuesday morning which were used by the group as bases or detention in Qayara.   The militants destroyed the houses apparently to prevent the Iraqi forces from using them while the group is withdrawing from the area.   The recent territorial gains against IS in central and northern Iraq has further isolated them in Mosul, with the Iraqi top officials claiming the liberation of the city to happen before the end of 2016.   Qayara airbase, approximately 45 kilometers south of Mosul, was liberated form IS on July 9th in preparations of the Iraqi army to pave the ground for an assault on the group's main bastion in Iraq, Mosul.   US officials previously highlighted the seizure of the airbase, saying that the government will command the Mosul assault from the base.   http://iraqdailyjournal.com/story-z13652054

[ChuckFinley]

What the heck are these guys think? The sooner they get in there and kill these guys off the better the whole situation will be.  

[blueskyline]

You $^+!:& ?$&@"(;: ! This is angering ...

[SocalDinar]

It could be much worse and hopefully it does not happen. There is a lot of Hospitals in Mosul and all have radioactive materials. If they start dumping it in the river it will close Baghdad for a long long time.

Radioactive materiel's are also used in the construction industry (X-ray equipment )

The following is a short list of hospitals.

1. Al-Salam Hospital    4.0/5 - Reviewed by Cybo Hospitals  Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq     0         2. El Hansa'a Hospital    4.5/5 - Reviewed by Cybo Hospitals  Al-Sukar, Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Neighborhood:  Al-Sukar Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq     2         3. Republican Hospital    4.0/5 - Reviewed by Cybo Hospitals  Az Zanjili, Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Neighborhood:  Az Zanjili Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq     3         4. El Arabi Center    3.5/5 - Reviewed by Cybo Hospitals  Al- Arabi, Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Neighborhood:  Al- Arabi Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq     0         5. Ibn Sena Hospital    4.0/5 - Reviewed by Cybo Hospitals  Alshohada Bridge, Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Neighborhood:  Az Zanjili Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq     0         6. الطوارئ    5.0/5 - Reviewed by Cybo Hospitals  Az Zanjili, Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Neighborhood:  Az Zanjili Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq     0         7. الحكمة    5.0/5 - Reviewed by Cybo Hospitals  Hayy Al Jawsaq, Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq     0         8. Hospital   Hospitals  bardarash, Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq Phone: 0750 364 5006 Cybo Score: 2.5/5   0         9. مستشفى البزاز العراقي   Hospitals  1, Iraq City:  Mosul Neighborhood:  Musharrifah Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq Cybo Score: 2.5/5   0         10. مركز صحي الزهور   Hospitals  Al-Masarif, Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Neighborhood:  Al-Masarif Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq Cybo Score: 2.5/5   0 11. مركز صحي الرافدين   Hospitals  The right coast, Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq Cybo Score: 2.5/5   0         12. مستوصف الكرامة   Hospitals  Alkarama, Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Neighborhood:  Alkarama Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq Cybo Score: 2.5/5   0         13. Mousl Unversity Hospital   Hospitals  The left coast, Mosul, Iraq City:  Mosul Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq Cybo Score: 2.5/5   0         14. مقر أسعاف الأيسر   Hospitals  تقاطع نفق الجامعة City:  Mosul Neighborhood:  Hy Al-Shorta Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq Cybo Score: 2.5/5   0         15. Abosalihdent   Hospitals  Al-Sukkar City:  Mosul Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq Phone: 0770 590 0185 Cybo Score: 2.0/5   8       16. مستشفى البتول   Hospitals  Az Zanjili City:  Mosul Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq Cybo Score: 2.0/5   0         17. Mosul General Hospital   Hospitals  Hayy Wadi Hajar City:  Mosul Administrative region:  Nineveh Governorate Country:  Iraq Cybo Score: 2.0/5   0         18. مستشفى ابن الاثير التعليمي للاطفال    4.0/5 - Reviewed by Cybo Hospitals  Hayy Ath Thaqafah, Al-Mausil, Iraq Country:  Iraq

Edited August 3, 2016 by SocalDinar

[SocalDinar]

Lets also not forget Daesh had control of Akashat for most of 2015 . Its only an 8 hour drive to Mosul.

And what significant about Akashat?

 

Uranium production

The Akashat Mine, located 420 km west of Baghdad, is a uranium ore production facility associated with the Al Qaim site. Iraq has reserves of uranium ore which continue to be mined at Akashat, on the border with Syria. The Al Qaim facility, 100 km to the north east, remains capable of ore refinement. By the mid-1980s Iraq had at least 164 tons of yellowcake, obtained at the Akashat mine and processed in Iraq at Al Qaim, a plant built by a Swiss company.^[1]

[ChuckFinley]

You are not kidding. That is a significant amount of potential dangerous material floating around.  

[King Bean]

BlueSky, you said it so eloquently. What are they waiting for?? And don't tell me the US elections have anything to do with timeline. That's too disturbing to even consider. People are dying, environmental chaos, genocide. Unleash the hounds. Kick some ISIS @SSes.  

[SocalDinar]

Sure is Chuck. 

Luckily the industrial materiel Iridium-192 only has a half life of 73 days.

They are getting desperate and when you corner an animal we all know what happens

 

Isis goes nuclear? Radioactive material Iridium-192 'stolen' in Iraq explained

February 18, 2016 14:04 GMT

 

 

Around 10g of the radioactive isotope Iridium-192 is missing in Iraq

Radioactive material has been declared stolen from an oil depot in Iraq, sparking fears among officials it could be used as a weapon if seized by Islamic State. The "highly dangerous" Iridium-192, which was stored in a protective case the size of a laptop, went missing from a storage facility belonging to a US oilfield company in the southern city of Basra.

 

A senior environment ministry official told Reuters up to 10g of Iridium-192 in capsules could not be traced. The substance itself is the property of Istanbul-based SGS Turkey.

What is Iridium-192 and what is it used for?

 

The material is a radioactive isotope of the element iridium, which has a shelf-life of 73.83 days and emits beta and gamma radiation as it decays. Iridium is a silvery-white metal and is roughly twice as dense as lead. Unlike the more stable isotopes Iridium-191 and Iridium-193, Iridium-192 does not occur in nature.

It is used as a gamma ray source in industrial radiography to test for flaws in metal components, such as oil and gas pipelines. It is also used as a radiation source in radiotherapy, particularly brachytherapy which is commonly used to treat cervical, prostate, breast and skin cancer.

Why is it dangerous?

The material is a Category 2 radioactive source according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iridium-192 can be fatal if someone is exposed to it for a period of hours to days without the material being handled properly. It can cause permanent damage in a matter of minutes. Exposure to the substance can lead to burns, radiation poisoning, acute radiation sickness and ultimately death.

Security officials fear the stolen Iridium-192 could be used to make a "dirty bomb", which is a radiological weapon that combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. Such a weapon can be used to contaminate an area with radioactive material rendering the vicinity hazardous.

However, there is no indication the material had come into the possession of Isis. Although the jihadist group announced the establishment of a "caliphate" stretching from Aleppo in Syria to Diyala Province in Iraq, it does not control areas near Basra where the Iridium-192 went missing.

Has any Iridium-192 gone missing before?

Yes, quantities have gone missing in the United States, the UK and other countries. In February 2013, a cannister of Iridium-192 was stolen from a van in Bacup, Lancashire.

In 2014, a man in China fell ill after taking home some Iridium-192 from his job at the Fifth Construction Co, a subsidiary of China's oil refinery operator Sinopec, in Nanjing. Last year, Mexican authorities issued an alert covering five states after a container of Iridium-192 used for industrial radiography was taken from a truck in the town of Cardenas in Tabasco state.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-dangerous-radioactive-material-iridium-192-stolen-iraq-1544658

Edited August 3, 2016 by SocalDinar

[SnowGlobe7]

[10 YEARS LATER]

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE FREAKING NIGHTMARE OF A CRIPPLING HOT MESS !!!!!! 

[sandfly]

Yep 10

[ChuckFinley]

Have to second that too. This could turn into a real S*** storm.

[Jaygo]

Would somebody just 💣 that pipeline please????

[SocalDinar]

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2016/8/9/is-planning-to-set-iraqs-tigris-river-on-fire

 

IS 'planning to set Iraq's Tigris river on fire'

IS plans on burning down a floating bridge constructed by the Iraqi army [Anadolu]

The group reportedly pumped oil into the Tigris river south of Mosul as part of a plan to burn a floating bridge constructed by the Iraqi army, officials said.

 

 

 

The Islamic State group in the Iraqi city of Mosul has pumped large quantities of crude oil into the Tigris river in an attempt to hamper an Iraqi army advance on the militant stronghold, local officials warned this week.

The Nineveh Governorate Council, which has operated out of the Kurdish city of Erbil since the IS takeover of large swathes of Nineveh Governorate and its capital Mosul, issued a statement warning of an environmental disaster on Monday.

"Daesh has laid an oil pipe that flows into the Tigris near the Qayyarah refinery, south of Mosul, in an attempt to pump oil into the river to burn the floating bridge constructed by the Iraqi army in mid-July," said the statement using an Arabic acronym for IS.

"The group is attempting to pump large quantities of oil into the river and set it on fire," added the statement.

Iraqi forces supported by the international coalition have been setting plans to retake Mosul, Iraq's second largest city from IS, which seized control of Nineveh's capital over two years ago.

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The army constructed a floating bridge on the Tigris south of Mosul to facilitate the transport of troops, vehicles and equipment from its base in Makhmour during the operation to retake the IS-held city.

Iraqi military analyst Hasan al-Zubaidi believes the IS group's attempts to create a environmental disaster to stop the Iraqi army's advance is part of its "hysterical" response to losing important cities such as Fallujah, Heet, Ramadi and Tikrit.

Zubaidi told The New Arab IS had used landmines and booby traps to slow Iraqi forces in cities like Fallujah, Ramadi and Tikrit.

In Mosul however, where the battle will be fought on either side of the Tigris, the militant group is attempting to create new obstacles for advancing Iraqi forces.

Environmental experts have warned of a major crisis if IS continues to pump oil into the Tigris, especially since the Iraqi government does not have the capabilities to carry out clean up operations.

Mosul is the last major Iraqi city under IS control after the group lost Fallujah in June, however experts warn the group might resort to a "scorched earth" policy to retain its position in the northern Iraqi city.