Fuel shortages worsen in Baghdad

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http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2006-11-13\kurd1.htm

Fuel shortages worsen in Baghdad

Iraq’s fuel crisis is worsening with filling stations running short of gasoline, kerosene and cooking gas.

Long queues of cars stand at filling stations in Baghdad with drivers openly venting their wrath at the country’s leaders for failing to meet urgent needs.

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A liter of gasoline on the black market now costs more than 1,500 dinars in Baghdad.

A senior oil official in charge of the Northern Fuel Distribution Company said last week both Turkey and Syria had stopped shipping oil to Iraq.

He did not say what prompted the countries to halt shipments but last year Turkey prevented fuel trucks from crossing its border into Iraq due to government’s failure to pay.

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1. This is the same Baghdad that would supply enough oil to pay

for this immoral war. Way to go, georgie. You and your advisers are soooo stupid. And these poor people in Iraq are paying the price, along with thousands of our soldiers. Maybe daddy will be able to help you realize what you have done and find a way to fix it. Why don't you abdicate your white house throne, go to the farm in exile and let people with a brain and a heart try to fix your unholy mess.

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2. Give Venezeula a call. We're too busy fighting some idiot's war to help.