| Submit your comments on this article |
| Iraq |
| 2 high-voltage power lines in Anbar sabotaged |
| 2010-07-19 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: An act of sabotage targeted two high-voltage power lines in al-Anbar on Sunday, causing four power pylons to fall down and weakening power feeding in the province, according to the electricity ministry in a press release. “The 400-kilovolt Haditha line and the 132-kilovolt Falluja-East Ramadi line came under acts of sabotage today (July 18), causing pylons 143, 144, 145 and 57 to fall down,” Musaab Serri, the ministry’s information office director, was quoted as saying in the release received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The ministry’s technicians have embarked today on maintenance works on the two lines to re-operate them,” Serri added. Ramadi, the capital city of the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 See RELATED > WORLD NEWS > VARIOUS > [Govt-Coalition's]FAILURE TO DELIVER ELECTRICITY [regular] HIGHLIGHTS SETBACKS IN EFFORTS TO REPAIR WAR-RAVAGED AFGHANISTAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-19 23:43 |
| #3 Not necessarily Iran. The target of any insurgency is the government in power. Especially a Shiite-dominated government that's providing the power lines within a predominantly Sunni province. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-07-19 12:06 |
| #2 I think Iran is beginning to shape the battlefield. Well, two can play at that. Gasoline pipelines anyone? |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2010-07-19 07:16 |
| #1 I think Iran is beginning to shape the battlefield. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-07-19 01:35 |