.Lights Out? - 12.04.2006
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The Electricity in Baghdad, and indeed all of Iraq, has been an ongoing problem. As the war and occupation nearly approach their 4th anniversary, these problems continue.
Although the press generally doesn’t touch on such issues, even today in much of Baghdad, residents only receive a few hours of electricity per day from the grid. Those who could afford it have taken to using private generators for much of their electricity supply.
In areas of unrest, these private generators have often come under attack, one of many non-traditional targets in a non-traditional war.
The electricity problems have also been a huge rallying point for Anti-American, and sometimes even pro-Saddam sentiment. Iraqis are quick to remind foreigners that in Saddam’s time"
Alive in Baghdad
posted by madtom at 10:47 PM
2 Comments:
The Iraqis could help themselves a little by not allowing insurgents to plant bombs under utilities. When my son's platoon (in Ramadi)blew up an IED several weeks ago, the blast knocked out electricity to a large area of the city.
Welcome Anonymous,
I agree. Thank you stopping by, and bringing that first hand tid bit of news from Iraq to my blog.
Alive from Baghdad, the blog linked in this post is a funny blog, on the surface they sound like your typical anti-US media, but if you read them carefully you'll find they bring lots of interesting news. I personally think they hide the news between the, anti-US lines, to get closer to some groups in Iraq that might not cooperate otherwise.
If you read the part I quoted, they report that not only the national grid, but also the private generators that people use to supplement their supply of power has become a target on the Jihad target list. They want people to suffer so they can run around blaming the US, and justifying their "resistance" activity.
If only a handful of people would step up and point the terrorist out, they could clear out their neighborhood out in no time. But I think that the problem on he street is that right now there are so many independent groups vying for power that the every day Iraqi is just not sure who is who, or who to turn too.
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