Iraq power plant in flames

[Robbien]

Smoke and flames rose from a Baghdad electricity plant on Monday but it was not clear whether saboteurs started the fire or it was an accident.

Thick tongues of flame and plumes of black smoke rose from the plant in the western district of Ameriya as fire engines arrived to attempt to extinguish the blaze which officials said had caused significant damage.

. . .

Police at the scene said without elaborating the plant had been sabotaged, but employees said the fire had broken out after a power cable apparently snapped and fell on the station.

Faris al-Bayati, a senior official of the security division of Iraq's electricity facilities, said an explosion had been heard just before the fire erupted and that the blaze had damaged cables and coils. An adjacent sub-station was shut down after the fire erupted.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/11/1084041348339.html

[maddezmom]

1. so now everytime there is an accident...it'll be sabotage

sounds more exciting I guess :eyes:

[Say_What]

4. USSA doesn't want to admit how bad things are going in Iraq

Like the fine Fallujah folks in the photo captioned Falluja people: Keeping US marines around Falluja's edges is a victory

Poll at Aljazeera:

Do you think the Bush administration has lost the plot in Iraq?
Yes :
79%
No :
17%
Unsure :
4%

Number of pollers : 35498

From: 08/05/2004
To: 12/05/2004

http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

[truthisfreedom]

2. it's probably overloaded.

[hatrack]

3. Well, looks like the power won't be coming on just yet

As we near the 14-month mark, and as the Iraqi infrastructure continues to suck, and with balmy Baghdad's famous summer weather only weeks away . . .