Al-Qaeda Militants Close All Dam Gates in Iraq’s Fallujah
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Al-Qaeda militants closed down all gates of the Euphrates River dam they control in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, said the Water Resources Minister Muhanad al-Saadi through a statement on Tuesday.
Militants have "completely closed the gates of the Fallujah dam since yesterday morning," al-Saadi said on Tuesday.
The move has blocked a major source of water for central and southern Iraq.
The militants seized the dam several weeks ago. They had previously cut the flow of water, but reopened it when water accumulated and caused the area to flood.
The US embassy issued a statement on Monday condemning "ongoing terrorist acts" by the so-called "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" [ISIL], and the dam closure in particular.
"Targeting dams and other vital infrastructure victimizes innocent Iraqi citizens. In the past week, hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis have suffered from water shortages as a result of ‘ISIL's' actions," the embassy said.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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