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| Yemen in total blackout after power lines sabotaged | |
| 2014-06-11 | |
| Yemen suffered a total blackout on Tuesday after âThe act of sabotage at Kilometre 78 (48 miles east of Sanaa) suspended the entire national power and energy grid, including at Maribâs gas plant, and cut power in all provinces,â a ministry spokesman was quoted by the defence ministry news website 26sep.net as saying. State news agency Saba quoted a spokesman as saying that power lines in Marib had come under attack twice. Technical teams repaired the lines after the first assault before Attacks on power lines in Yemen are common and are often launched by heavily armed tribesmen as a lever to press for the release of jailed relatives or to support other demands. Marib is also a stronghold of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), seen by the United States as the The absence of reliable electricity supplies further complicates the lives of Yemenis, who already suffer water and food shortages. Sanaa residents have also faced severe fuel shortages for weeks, with motorists having to queue for hours at petrol stations.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Wouldn't take much... |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2014-06-11 08:17 |
| #2 The sixth century you desire, the sixth century you shall have... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-06-11 07:28 |
| #1 Perhaps it would be a good time to go a tech crazy no interference, kinda like signal problems with air strikes! |
| Posted by: Whulet Shavins7256 2014-06-11 06:43 |