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		mckoss on March 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time... Yes, but it's not "fail-safe". Building a massive dam above a million person flood plain, that requires continuous aggressive maintenance seems short sighted at best.

fapjacks on March 3, 2016 [–]

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