Not a lot like Chicago
http://www.guardian.co.uk/analysis/0,6957,177711,00.html
Bombing, sanctions, looting and sabotage have kept Iraq in the dark.
It will take at least $10bn and three years to restore the power
supply
Rory McCarthy
Wednesday September 17, 2003
The Guardian
It has become one of the most serious hurdles in America's project to
reshape Iraq: how can a force that spent billions sending its troops
to war still not manage to keep the lights on?
Restoring electrical power is the cornerstone of the west's
reconstruction efforts. With electricity comes air-conditioning in the
summer, heating in winter, water purification facilities, revived oil
and gas production, functioning hospitals and industrial plants back
on line. All this will do more than any number of troops to restore
security and halt the frustration behind the continued wave of
guerrilla attacks.
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