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To: kumar who wrote (98448)	5/18/2003 2:34:03 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Were you referring to Baghdad or the entire country of Iraq...? April 4, there was a major power blackout in Baghdad. The power supply in eastern Baghdad has been repaired (see below) As near as I can find, power is still iffy in the western part of Baghdad. The cause of the blackout has not been determined, that I can find. The Americans and coalition say they did not target the power grid. There is speculation (see google and Baghdad blackout) that the Iraqi regime caused it. As for your comments about bathrooms and flowing water...etc. For centuries, people lived without flowing water in the house. There are millions of people who still live this way around the world. There are millions in Afghanstan and other places in the Middle East and Africa that live this way, some of them on purpose. Seems there are fundamentalists that want to live this way, and want others to as well. I don't imagine OBL carries a running water toilet everywhere........ Here's the article about eastern Baghdad... 20 Apr 2003 18:33:39 GMT Power supply restored in eastern Baghdad alertnet.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Adds quotes from residents, background) BAGHDAD, April 20 (Reuters) - Power supplies were restored in parts of eastern Baghdad on Sunday two weeks after they were cut off when U.S. forces pounded the Iraqi capital ahead of their final push to oust Saddam Hussein, residents said. They said lights came back on in parts of the city east of the Tigris river for the first time since April 6. Widespread damage to power plants and transmission lines had slowed efforts to restore power to the city, causing severe problems for hospitals trying to treat hundreds of casualties from the war. Baghdad residents have been increasingly frustrated at the lack of electricity, but those whose power was restored on Sunday night rejoiced. "We feel now that things have begun to get back to normal after two weeks of blackout. I'm really happy," said Akram Ali, 32, a shopkeeper. Taxi driver Saeed Jmagh, 37, said his family had been upset at not being able to watch television. "Over the last two weeks me and my family have been going to bed early because there was no electricity," he said.