Breaking; Insurgency destroys electric in Baghdad

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Most of the electric is now off in Bagdad. Thats about all I know. CNN had it.

[greygandalf]

1. Took away the 5 volts they had n/t

[gatorboy]

3. Heh! No kidding!

From what I've read, they didn't have that much electricity to begin with.

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8. Not true

I heard they had six ..

[thebigidea]

2. funny how CNN hasn't reported power outages over the past 2 years

oh yeah, because WE were behind them. d'oh!

[Francine Frensky]

14. US causes power outage: no story... but if insurgents do it: big story

kinda hypocritical.

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4. here it is

Baghdad Blackout Caused by Sabotage 56 minutes ago

Friday
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents sabotaged power lines to the capital Friday evening, knocking out electricity across the greater Baghdad area and plunging it into darkness on the eve of the country's key vote on a new constitution.

Mahmoud al-Saaedi, an Electricity Ministry spokesman, said power lines were sabotaged between the northern towns of Kirkuk and Beiji leading to the Baghdad region.

He did not specify how insurgents damaged the lines, but militants in the past have used bombs to hit infrastructure.

Iraqi and U.S. forces have clamped down with intensive security measures to prevent insurgent attacks on voters Saturday.

Al-Saaedi had earlier said "technical problems" were to blame for the blackout and that there was no sign of sabotage

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. What color were the insurgents today?

and what are the odds that they all add American accents?

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Oh well, back to reliable paper ballots.

[louis-t]

7. Ah, they are SO much better off now, aren't they?

[Ksec]

9. You people are so jaded

You must listen to Rush more, or Handjob. Theyll give you the skinny.

[Parche]

10. SHOCKING

Call Enron, Call Enron

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. Demonstrates how vulnerable the infrastructure is to a determined

insurgency. I don't think that the US imposed Iraqi government stands a chance.


Imagine what kind of chaos even a small insurgency would cause in the US.

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[Francine Frensky]

13. Seriously, wasn't the power only on a few hours a day anyway??

I guess they probably had rolling blackouts going all the time, not everything off at the same time...but for the average Iraqi who has now endured three years of this low-grade torture (minimal electricity and gas and water)...will they really care??