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To: Sully- who wrote (63997)	2/12/2008 3:51:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Rejek is a complete moron.....ignore his drivel. J.

To: Sully- who wrote (63997)	2/17/2008 3:04:15 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 90947

You war in Iraq continues to fail....do something! Iraq: The Lights Have Gone Out, Who Cares by Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail BAQUBA - Lack of electricity in Baquba has shattered businesses, and the lives of families. Months of power failures has darkened morale everywhere.In Diyala province, just north of Baghdad, a generation has grown up in dark. The province, and its capital Baquba 40 km north of Baghdad has lived with intermittent electricity supply since the times of the sanctions under Saddam Hussein in the 1990s. Came the U.S. in 2003, and everyone thought it would get better. “I felt happy when the U.S. invaded Iraq because I thought the electricity problem will be solved, and we would have it all the time like other countries,” Abdul-Kareem Hasan, a trader in Baquba told IPS. But promises of reconstruction by western contractors proved empty, and there is now less electricity than during the sanctions. In some cities, homes get electricity just an hour or two a day. Sometimes, there is no electricity for a week. People struggle to get alternative source of electricity. read more.......... ipsnews.net