Power shortage in Baghdad and suburbs for nearly a month

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/ab5819f696859e68c287010532a3a6f2.htm

BAGHDAD, 20 December (IRIN) - The Iraqi capital has been suffering from a power shortage for nearly a month, local people say.

Ministry of Power officials say that problems with the main generators for the city will take longer than expected to be repaired and that a shortage of petrol is also delaying work.

Residents and shopkeepers say they have lost most of the food kept in refrigerators and complain that there is increasing insecurity due to blackouts, with power only available for two hours in the morning and sometimes only two hours at night.

Those who are lucky enough to have small generators say that they cannot produce enough electricity and that the price of fuel to run them is so high that they simply can't afford to run them.

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Think about it. One of the most energy rich countries in the world is in the midst of power shortages. Wonder why they hate us?

Don

[hatrack]

1. But it's hard work, gettin' the lights back on.

It's hard!

[Pithy Cherub]

2. What a mess and thanks to *

we will reap what we sow. How could there not be petrol - it is hard work making sure no one gets the petrol.

[NashVegas]

3. duplicate

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