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PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:39 pm    Post subject: Militias plunder Iraqi electricity grid Reply with quote
It's always nice to know militias are in control of Iraq's infrastructure.

 
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Many of Iraq's antiquated power plants have come under control of militias who redirect electricity away from the national grid, Iraq's energy minister said.

At a Baghdad news conference, Minister Karim Wahid said that was the reason Baghdad had only two to six hours of electricity per day, a New York Times correspondent reported.

Wahid said in many cases, insurgents manually switch out of the grid to provide electricity to their own region exclusively. But it also happens that insurgents cut power to the capital as part of their effort to topple the government, he said.

Another problem facing Baghdad is that insurgents routinely blow up towers carrying power lines into the city, the report said.

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