Mission Accomplished Update...Iraq doubles money spent on fuel imports

[Human Torch]

August 18, 2006

Iraq faces fuel crisis amid the violence
Nation aims to boost imports to counter pipeline sabotage; bombings kill 10

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060818/NEWS06/608180492/-1/ZONES01

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Car bombs killed 10 people in Baghdad on Thursday as violence persisted in the capital despite the U.S.-led security crackdown. Iraqi officials announced plans to double the amount of money spent to import fuel to combat the country's worst oil and gasoline shortages in years. Much of the fuel crisis is due to insurgent attacks on convoys and on Iraq's fragile pipeline network, Oil Ministry officials said.

Seven people were killed and 15 were wounded when a car bomb exploded at midday near an outdoor market in Sadr City, Baghdad's biggest Shiite district, the Iraqi army general command said.

The blast wrecked shops and stalls but caused relatively few casualties in the normally crowded area because many people had left the area to escape the 120 degree midday heat.
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nother car bomb missed an Iraqi police patrol in the Mansour district of western Baghdad but killed three bystanders and wounded a fourth, police Capt. Jamil Hussein said.