BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq’s electricity grid could collapse any day because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provincial officials who are unplugging local power stations from the national system, electricity officials said on Saturday.
U.S. President George W. Bush, meanwhile, was busy on the phone, calling Vice president Adel Abdel-Mahdi and President Jalal Talabani, urging political unity in the country, where the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is under a stiff challenge.
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August 4, 2007 at 10:31 pm |
From Iraq: Electricity, Water Systems Near Collapse
Iraq: Electricity, Water Systems Near Collapse, from John E. Carey at Peace and Freedom and Peace and Freedom II BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq’s electricity grid could collapse any day because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provincial …