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| Iraq power plant in flames after possible sabotage |
| 2004-05-10 |
| Smoke and flames rose from a Baghdad electricity storage plant today but it was not clear whether saboteurs started the fire or it was an accident. Thick tongues of flame and plumes of black smoke rose from the plant in the western district of Ameriya as fire engines arrived to attempt to extinguish the blaze which officials said had caused significant damage. Police at the scene said without elaborating the plant had been sabotaged, but employees said the fire had broken out after a power cable apparently snapped and fell on the station. Insurgents fighting the U.S.-led occupation have targeted Iraq’s power production facilities and oil export pipelines to undermine postwar reconstruction efforts. Faris al-Bayati, a senior official of the security division of Iraq’s electricity facilities, said an explosion had been heard just before the fire erupted and that the blaze had damaged cables and coils used to store electricity. An adjacent sub-station was shut down after the fire erupted. Oil exports slowed at Iraq’s main southern terminal today after a sabotage attack on a southern pipeline. |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #3 Not a clever way for the "insurgents" to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, particularly with Summer coming on. If our forces are smart, they'll pound the point home via whatever friendly media outlet possible - the fact that insurgents are more than willing to sacrifice the health and well-being of the Iraqi public to get what they want only proves that there would be little difference between their rule and that of Saddam Hussein. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-10 6:13:03 PM |
| #2 electricity storage plant Hmmm?????? |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-05-10 5:20:32 PM |
| #1 Not a clever way for the "insurgents" to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, particularly with Summer coming on. Also, did anything ever come of the suggestion to set up something similar to the Alaska Trust Fund to let the Iraqi citizens get a personal stake in the oil revenues? I have to think that giving every Iraqi a piece of the action would severely impede any attempts at sabotage. It's not the same when the people take it personally. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-05-10 5:11:14 PM |