Power failure hits Baghdad, Basra

[ckramer]

Electricity has gone out for hours across the greater Baghdad area and the southern city of Basra, plunging the two cities into darkness on the eve of the country's key vote on a new draft constitution.

The cause of the Friday evening blackout in Baghdad was not immediately clear.

Mahmoud al-Saaedi, the head of the information office of the Electricity Ministry in Baghdad, said "technical problems" cut off electricity on lines from northern Iraq.

He said there was no sign sabotage was the cause.


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[medeak]

1. thought this was a daily occurence

according to Riverbend

[are_we_united_yet]

2. Beat me to it. I was going to say how did they know?

[Geo55]

3. "technical problems"

Yep.....ghost "insurgents" in the machine...so too speak.

[MADem]

4. Two guys named Technical and Problems, with a set of wirecutters? nt

[Chipper Chat]

5. A missing blond girl cut the lines.

Or maybe a Diebold technician left a red backpack in Saddam Square.

[Parche]

6. Power failure

I didnt know Enron was in Iraq?

[soleft]

7. Yahoo says caused by Insurgents

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051014/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_blackout;_ylt=Atl8v8OMx3VGSGMYuCHcyCus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

[karlrschneider]

9. Everything's going so swimmingly over there...

:eyes:

[carolinalady]

8. Breaking on CNN--Baghdad Blackout d/t insurgent attack

No link yet sorry.

[ginnyinWI]

17. here's the link

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/14/iraq.main/index.html

More bad news for Bushco--NOTHING is going right this week!

[twaddler01]

10. when i think of iraq now

i think of pure chaos :nuke:

it makes one wonder....were the iraqis better off with Saddam?

[LynnTheDem]

18. Of course they were better off under Hussein. Compare;

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5032434

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. Baghdad Blackout Caused by Sabotage

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents sabotaged power lines to the capital Friday evening, knocking out electricity across the greater Baghdad area and plunging it into darkness on the eve of the country's key vote on a new constitution.

Mahmoud al-Saaedi, an Electricity Ministry spokesman, said power lines were sabotaged between the northern towns of Kirkuk and Beiji leading to the Baghdad region.

He did not specify how insurgents damaged the lines, but militants in the past have used bombs to hit infrastructure.

Iraqi and U.S. forces have clamped down with intensive security measures to prevent insurgent attacks on voters Saturday.

Al-Saaedi had earlier said "technical problems" were to blame for the blackout and that there was no sign of sabotage.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051014/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_blackout;_ylt=Ai5IH3qik5i3xIdjI1c9akes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

[bemildred]

12. Insurgents put Baghdad into darkness

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Insurgents sabotaged power lines to the capital Friday evening, knocking out electricity across the greater Baghdad area and plunging it into darkness on the eve of the country's key vote on a new constitution.

Mahmoud al-Saaedi, an Electricity Ministry spokesman, said power lines were sabotaged between the northern towns of Kirkuk and Beiji leading to the Baghdad region.

He did not specify how insurgents damaged the lines, but militants in the past have used bombs to hit infrastructure.

Iraqi and U.S. forces have clamped down with intensive security measures to prevent insurgent attacks on voters Saturday.

http://terrorism-news.blogspot.com/2005/10/insurgents-put-baghdad-into-darkness.html

[oasis]

13. Iraq is out of control because Rummy decided to do the war on the cheap.

It's too late to do anything about it now as the situation is clearly out of hand.

If Rummy and Wolfowitz had only listened to Gen. Shenseki.

[LynnTheDem]

19. Iraq is out of control because BUSH decided to INVADE and OCCUPY

a sovereign nation that had not been doing one damn thing whatsoever to anyone.

[katty]

14. FRI: Baghdad Blackout Caused by Sabotage

more at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051014/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_blackout;_ylt=AmVg7cT3wWWouConqWdIcWqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

Baghdad Blackout Caused by Sabotage 56 minutes ago

Friday
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents sabotaged power lines to the capital Friday evening, knocking out electricity across the greater Baghdad area and plunging it into darkness on the eve of the country's key vote on a new constitution.

Mahmoud al-Saaedi, an Electricity Ministry spokesman, said power lines were sabotaged between the northern towns of Kirkuk and Beiji leading to the Baghdad region.

He did not specify how insurgents damaged the lines, but militants in the past have used bombs to hit infrastructure.

Iraqi and U.S. forces have clamped down with intensive security measures to prevent insurgent attacks on voters Saturday.

Al-Saaedi had earlier said "technical problems" were to blame for the blackout and that there was no sign of sabotage.

[DrZeeLit]

15. And now it starts. How many will die before the vote?

And ... it won't matter. Nothing will happen, constitution or otherwise, unless we say it will happen.

Cuz we aren't leaving until the oil is secure and our bases are built.

How all this will work is beyond me.
What an f-ing mess.

[DemoTex]

16. Tet 2005. It's gonna be a long night in Iraq.

Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8).