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The first strike, on November 2, pounded heavy machinery sitting on the banks of the Euphrates River, just outside Fallujah. That equipment, Lieutenant-General Jonathan Vance told reporters after the strike, was being used to re-route water from the Euphrates River: "to create flooding and displace the population in Anbar province while also denying water to other populations downstream. By flooding certain areas, ISIL forced civilians and Iraqi security force members to use specific roads where they had placed improvised explosive devices, or IEDs."
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