Russian electricity firm to pull out of Iraq after more workers killed

[Spazito]

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A Russian energy firm said it was pulling out of Iraq (news - web sites) after two of its workers were killed and six wounded in an ambush by masked gunmen, in the latest blow to efforts to rebuild the country.

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The violence came amid differences between the main occupying powers, the United States and Britain, on how much power over military operations to give a new stopgap government.

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Interenergoservice, the largest Russian company in Iraq, announced it was pulling out its remaining 200-odd workforce in the wake of the attack a few hundred metres (yards) from the Dora power plant, one of three being refurbished by the Russians.


"The decision has been taken to evacuate all our staff" in Iraq, acting director Alexander Rybinsky told AFP.

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[Wright Patman]

1. How can the freeps

insult the Russians? Can't very well boycott their oil at this point.

Maybe stop using Russian dressing or drinking vodka.

The whole fiasco may get so discouraging that some eliminate themselves while playing "freedom roulette." Wait a second, "roulette" sounds French. Someone translate this into "freedom speech" for me, please.

[Parche]

2. russia

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