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Al-Abadi’s rivals sabotage Iraq’s power lines and fuel protests

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Sabotage of power lines increased dramatically after protests began
  • 'Almost all the political parties are involved,' senior national security official tells Arab News.

BAGHDAD: Growing attacks against Iraq’s electricity infrastructure are being orchestrated to fuel widespread protests and thwart Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi’s attempts to quell the crisis, Iraqi officials have told Arab News.

Sabotage of power lines and pylons has increased dramatically in the three weeks since protests in the south plunged the country into its latest security emergency.

Demonstrations in impoverished Shiite-dominated provinces and Baghdad have focused on the lack of basic services and high rates of poverty and unemployment.

But the main trigger for the protests, which started in Basra on July 18, was the serious shortage of electricity, leaving Iraqis with less than six hours of power a day in summer when temperatures reach 50 degrees Celsius.

The situation was exacerbated when Iran suspended the supply of 1,000 megawatts across the border, after Iraq was unable to maintain payments due to the difficulty of sending money because of new sanctions.

While sabotage of power lines is relatively common in Iraq, attacks became a daily occurrence just two days after the protests started in Basra, the country’s main oil hub.

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Official records obtained by Arab News showed that between July 20 and Aug. 4 at least 22 sabotage attacks targeted power lines supplying the southern and northern provinces except the Kurdistan Region.

Just five attacks took place between the start of April and July 20.

Most of the damage involved shooting down power lines or blowing up the bases of towers, officials told Arab News. 

“These are sabotage attacks, not terrorist, and they are aimed at weakening the government and covering up the ministry’s achievement,” Mohammed Fattehi, the media adviser to the Minister of Electricity, told Arab News.

“Our maintenance teams work day and night to repair the damage, but the attacks occur on a daily basis, indicating that they are planned, not random.”

The sabotage and the protests are taking place at a time when Iraq is in political limbo after May elections, with attempts to build a coalition large enough to form a government stalled. 

Arab News reported last month that protests have been hijacked by political forces attempting to harness the public anger to further their own causes. 

Many have used the demonstrations to weaken Abadi, who is hoping to secure his second term as prime minister.

 

Investigations by Ministry of Electricity field teams and local security services recorded that the attacks were carried out by unknown persons, but federal security officials said they have identified perpetrators in each region. 

“Almost all the political parties are involved,” a senior national security official told Arab News.

“Our investigations suggest they (the parties) have been funding these attacks.

“Kurdish parties are behind most of the attacks that took place near Kirkuk and Diyala. Sunni and Shiite parties are totally behind the rest. 

“They aim to fuel the demonstrations and promote the idea of Abadi’s inability to address the problem (of electricity).”

The security official said that in the south and near Baghdad, all Abadi’s rivals are involved in the attacks. Even Sadrists (the followers of Muqtada A-Sadr), who publicly support Abadi, have carried out some of these attacks, the official said.

Decades of neglect, wars and economic blockade, along with the absence of strategic planning and the spread of corruption, have derailed nearly all of Iraq’s infrastructure projects, especially in the water and electricity sectors.

Most Iraqis receive less than 12 hours of electricity a day from the national grid. This is cut to less than half in summer, especially in the southern provinces, when usage spikes amid the high temperatures.

Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity said the country needs between 22,000 and 23,000 megawatts at peak times in summer. Current production does not exceed 15,000 megawatts in a country with some of the world’s largest oil reserves and vast solar potential.

The attacks on the power lines often cause power to go down across vast areas for 24 hours at at time. 

Anger at the shortages meant the protests quickly turned violent, with 14 demonstrators killed and hundreds wounded, mostly members of the security forces.

Protesters stormed headquarters of oil companies in Basra, an airport in Najaf and several partisan offices in Ammara, Najaf and Diwaniya and set fire to government buildings in other provinces.

Since the 2003 US-led invasion, the Ministry of Electricity has been one of the wealthiest government departments, and political parties have battled to control it because of its high annual budget.

They have also used the department as a tool to attack their rivals. 

Successive Iraqi governments spent more than $60 billion in the last 15 years to develop the electricity sector, but no significant improvement has been seen. 

All the ministers and deputy ministers who ran the ministry during the past four governments have left their positions facing corruption charges. Only one has been convicted so far. 

The current electricity minister, Qassim Al-Fahdawi, was interrogated by parliament last year over alleged corruption, but kept his job due to a lack of evidence.

In an attempt to appease protesters, Abadi last week suspended Fahdawi “to investigate the reasons behind the weak performance of his ministry.” 

To prove the failure of any government, political parties usually resort to focusing on electricity.

In October 2013, the political rivals of Nuri Al-Maliki, the then prime minister, refused to vote on a bill that would allow him to offer contracts to global companies to build multibillion-dollar infrastructure projects to improve the daily basic services. The move was one of the main factors that denied him a third term.

“It (electricity) is purely a political file that has been used in the past 15 years to pressure successive governments,” Iraqi analyst Abdulwahid Tuama told Arab News.

“They used it to prevent Al-Maliki from winning a third term and now they are using it to prevent Abadi from winning a second.”

 

 

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What a bunch of friggen neanderthals! I wish Abadi would bust a move and rain some serious hell and discontent on his rivals. Anyone caught sabotaging the grid gets a dirt nap by lead poisoning. The other ministers run ramshod over Abadi and being the statesman he turn the other cheek. I think he's running out of cheeks. Now is the time to get midevil on their a$$es. 

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2 hours ago, mr.unlikely said:

What a bunch of friggen neanderthals! I wish Abadi would bust a move and rain some serious hell and discontent on his rivals. Anyone caught sabotaging the grid gets a dirt nap by lead poisoning. The other ministers run ramshod over Abadi and being the statesman he turn the other cheek. I think he's running out of cheeks. Now is the time to get midevil on their a$$es. 

 

Don't forget, they'll have to form a committee to discuss the formation of a study group that will have to . . . oh, never mind. . . you know how these clowns operate> delay & postponements then it will reach " Crisis " status and then the sky falls. :o

 

Count me in for getting " Medieval " - it's on my resume`  :cool:

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🇮🇶 The guardians of Iraq 🇮🇶 Massive show of force in the Samarra region in central #Iraq in response to low-level Da’ish activity in the area. The rusted, lethargic force of 4 years ago is dead & gone. Iraq now has many of the most battle-hardened units in the Middle East.

 

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12 minutes ago, newbieDA said:

The rusted, lethargic force of 4 years ago is dead & gone. Iraq now has many of the most battle-hardened units in the Middle East.

 

Excellent... they probably gonna need em .... cheers

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  • yota691 changed the title to Iran confirms its continued export of gas and electricity to Iraq

Iran confirms its continued export of gas and electricity to Iraq

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Iran's ambassador to Baghdad, Iraj Masjedi, said Saturday that despite US economic pressure on Iran, the country's electricity and gas exports to Iraq would continue, adding that Tehran was involved in rebuilding Iraq after defeating a pro-Iranian organization. 

"Iran is looking forward to establishing security in Iraq so that it can achieve unity, harmony and progress, 

He added that despite America's economic pressure on Iran, the confiscation of electricity and gas to Iraq will continue, noting that Tehran is involved in the reconstruction of Iraq after defeating the organization urged him.

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Despite sanctions, Iran continues to export gas and electricity to Iraq

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Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad, Iraj Masjidi, the continuation of his country to export gas and electricity to Iraq. 
"Tehran continues to export gas and electricity to Iraq again, to confirm its support for security and unity in this country," Masjedi said in a press statement. 
"Iran wants a strong, secure and united Iraq, and it continues to export gas and electricity to it. It also participates in the reconstruction process in various areas after its liberation from terrorism," he said. 
Iran annually exports 6 billion dollars of non-oil goods to Iraq, which is more than 10 billion dollars of total economic exchanges between the two countries, including oil products and engineering services.

 
 
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(Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it had resumed supplying Iraq and other neighboring countries with electricity for 10 days and would increase supplies. 
"We are now exporting 200 to 250 megawatts of electricity to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan," Deputy Minister of Energy Mahmoud Reza Hakki Pham was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying. 
Tehran has stopped supplying Iraq with electricity for not paying bills and rising domestic consumption in the summer.

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Iran to resume electricity supply to Iraq

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Iran to resume electricity supply to Iraq
 

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it had resumed supplying Iraq and other neighboring countries with electricity for 10 days, after interruptions in Iraqi cities sparked protests and protests two months ago.

Tehran stopped supplying electricity to Iraq in July "for not paying bills and rising domestic consumption in Iran during the summer," according to Iranian sources.

The power outage in Iraq has sparked protests in Basra and other cities, and residents attributed this to what they called government corruption and incompetence.

Some protests in Iran have also erupted in recent months due to ongoing power and water cuts.

The Iranian government says a seasonal drought has depleted rivers, reducing electricity production from dams.

Iran's Deputy Energy Minister Mahmoud Reza Hakki Fam said his country had resumed electricity exports to Iraq.

"We are now exporting 200 to 250 megawatts of electricity to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan," he said.

Saudi Arabia last month offered to sell electricity to Baghdad at a discount, as part of Saudi Arabia's efforts to reduce the influence of its rival Iran in Iraq.

 
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Iran exports 250 megawatts of electricity to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan

Iran exports 250 megawatts of electricity to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Iran has supplied electricity to Iraq and other neighboring countries 10 days ago
 
 
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has supplied electricity to Iraq and other neighboring countries 10 days ago and will increase supplies, the deputy energy minister said.

Mahmoud Reza Hakki, that Iran exported 200 to 250 megawatts of electricity to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to Reuters.

Tehran has stopped supplying Iraq with electricity for not paying bills and rising domestic consumption in the summer.

On March 8 , Iran's First Vice President announced his country's readiness to allocate a credit line at the disposal of Iraq worth 3 billion dollars (3.57 trillion dinars), stressing the need of the two countries for a comprehensive document of economic cooperation.

In March, Iraqi President Haidar al-Abadi received the Iranian Vice President and his accompanying delegation on his official visit to Iraq to discuss ways of boosting economic cooperation between the two countries.

In the context of arrangements for that visit, Iraq agreed to renew the contract for importing electricity from Iran for an additional year of the same four lines currently operating.

The Iraqi minister of industry also met with his Iranian counterpart , in March , to discuss ways to enhance trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on August 7 that his country would not react to the sanctions imposed on Iran.

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Iraq is waiting for a Saudi response to proposals for cooperation in the field of energy

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The Ministry of Electricity said on Sunday it was waiting for a response from the Saudi side to a package of proposals on electric power, which was delivered last month, through a technical delegation to Saudi officials. 
"The ministry is waiting for a response from the Saudi side to a set of proposals on electric power, which was delivered last month through a technical delegation to the Saudi officials," said Mohammad Fathi, a spokesman for the Anatolia news agency. . 
Fathi pointed out that "the proposals relate to the extension of power transmission lines between the two countries, and the establishment of power plants to be close to Iraq." 
He added that "the proposals also include Saudi investments in energy in Iraq, in addition to the fuel allocated to electric stations."
"The Iraqi side is waiting for the arrival of the Saudi response to the proposals, so that the actual steps on the ground will be initiated once approved," Fathi said. 
Iraq has been importing electricity from Iran to reduce energy shortages in the country for many years, as energy infrastructure was destroyed and destroyed by decades of war and siege. 
Iran has decided to stop Iraq from pumping 1.3 thousand megawatts of electricity because of internal needs. 
According to figures released by the Ministry of Electricity last August, the country produces 15,700 megawatts of electricity. 
Iraq needs more than 23,000 megawatts of electricity to meet the needs of its population and institutions without interruption.
An Iraqi technical delegation, which included senior officials of the Ministry of Electricity, held an official visit to Saudi Arabia on July 21 and held meetings with Saudi officials on cooperation in the field of electric power.

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Saudi Arabia seeks to use stolen Iraqi pipelines to transport its oil through Yemen

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SANA'A, July 21 (UPI) - Saudi Arabia is seeking to use Iraqi oil pipelines in its territory and seized it earlier to speed up the pumping of oil into an oil port being built in the Al-Mahra province in southeastern Yemen.

The site "Arab 21" last week published a document proving that Saudi Arabia is determined to establish a port for the export of oil in the province of Mahrah.

According to the document, which includes a letter from Huta Maritime Works to the Saudi Ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed Al Jaber, he thanked him for his confidence in the company, which gave her the opportunity to prepare a "technical and financial offer to design and implement an oil export port."

"Saudi Arabia plans to compensate for the expected shortage of oil due to the new ban on Iran through an oil port in the southeastern province of Al-Mahra, as well as a pipeline from Saudi Arabia," a Yemeni diplomat was quoted as saying by a Gulf diplomat. To the same governorate in the Arabian Sea. "

"Saudi Arabia has informed the Americans that it will raise its oil production and open an oil port that does not pass through the Strait of Hormuz - where Iran has threatened to close it - and will be in the province of Al-Mahra," the diplomat said.

The Gulf source said that "Saudi Arabia was informed the United Nations in 2001 the possession of Iraqi oil pipelines that pass through its territory, and the capacity of these pipelines to transport 1.6 million barrels of oil per day."

The Yemeni Net quoted a Yemeni government source as saying that "the pipes are ready to be placed, leaving only the oil port."

For his part, said a diplomat familiar with the issue of "Iraqi oil pipelines," that "the Iraqi government's demand to recover these pipes at the end of 2017 failed," noting that "the Saudi Oil Minister Khalid al-Faleh told his Iraqi counterpart that the pipeline is a Saudi right, And Iraqi obligations to Saudi losses in the war in Kuwait, and was notified to the Security Council and the United Nations to do so.

Iraq built these pipelines during the war on Iran in the 1980s because of Iran's intention to close the Strait of Hormuz in what was known as the "tanker war". In 1990, these pipes were shut down after the invasion of Kuwait.

Al-Mahra, which is described as the "East Yemen Gate", witnessed a popular movement last June, rejecting and closing Riyadh's policies and control over the cargoes, the Sarfeet port, the activists' port, and the international airport. Ending / 25

 

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Oil expert Hamza al-Jawahiri said on Sunday that the recovery of the pipes seized by Saudi Arabia during the Kuwait war in the late 1990s is difficult and will not be achieved. Riyadh and Washington will use pipelines to transport oil and derivatives to the Arabian Sea during the next phase.

Al-Jawahiri said in a statement that "Saudi Arabia used the Iraqi oil pipelines seized after the war in Kuwait in the late nineties of the last century in the transfer of crude oil and then the transfer of oil derivatives," pointing out that "the pipes estimated to be more than 30 years old, Its validity and may be eroded. "

He added that "Saudi Arabia claims the existence of debt estimated at $ 42 billion on the Iraqi government to be affected by the war with Kuwait," noting that "the order to recover the tubes at the present time impossible and will not be achieved."

He added that "Saudi Arabia and in cooperation with the US side will seek to exploit the Iraqi pipelines seized in the transfer of oil to the Arabian Sea during the next phase."

The site "Yemen Net" has revealed, on Sunday, Saudi Arabia is seeking to use Iraqi oil pipelines passing through its territory and seized earlier, to accelerate the start of pumping oil to an oil port being built in the province of skilled in southeastern Yemen.

Iraq built these pipelines during the war on Iran in the 1980s because of Iran's intention to close the Strait of Hormuz in what was known as the "tanker war". In 1990, these pipes were shut down after the invasion of Kuwait. End 25 T

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Iraq 's economy is waiting for Saudi electricity instead of Iran

Iraq is waiting for Saudi electricity instead of Iran

 

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The Ministry of Electricity said on Sunday that it is waiting for a response from the Saudi side to a package of proposals on electric power, which was delivered last month, through a technical delegation to the Saudi officials. 
An Iraqi technical delegation, including senior officials at the Ministry of Electricity, held an official visit to Saudi Arabia on July 21 and held meetings with Saudi officials on cooperation in the field of electric power. 
"The proposals relate to the extension of power transmission lines between the two countries and the establishment of power plants to be close to Iraq," said Mohammad Fathi, spokesman for the Iraqi electricity minister. 
The proposals include Saudi energy investments in Iraq, as well as fuel for power stations. 
"The Iraqi side is waiting for the arrival of the Saudi response to the proposals, so that the actual steps on the ground will be initiated once approved," Fathi said.
Iraq has been importing electricity from Iran to reduce energy shortages in the country for many years, as energy infrastructure was destroyed and destroyed by decades of war and siege. 
Iran has decided to stop supplying Iraq with 1.3,000 megawatts of electricity because of domestic demand. 
According to figures released by the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity last August, the country produces 15,700 megawatts of electricity. 
Iraq needs more than 23,000 megawatts of electricity to meet the needs of its population and institutions without interruption. 

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Win win all around when this goes through and no Iran!!!

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Iraq 's economy is waiting for Saudi electricity instead of Iran

Iraq is waiting for Saudi electricity instead of Iran

 

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The Ministry of Electricity said on Sunday that it is waiting for a response from the Saudi side to a package of proposals on electric power, which was delivered last month, through a technical delegation to the Saudi officials. 
An Iraqi technical delegation, including senior officials at the Ministry of Electricity, held an official visit to Saudi Arabia on July 21 and held meetings with Saudi officials on cooperation in the field of electric power. 
"The proposals relate to the extension of power transmission lines between the two countries and the establishment of power plants to be close to Iraq," said Mohammad Fathi, spokesman for the Iraqi electricity minister. 
The proposals include Saudi energy investments in Iraq, as well as fuel for power stations. 
"The Iraqi side is waiting for the arrival of the Saudi response to the proposals, so that the actual steps on the ground will be initiated once approved," Fathi said.
Iraq has been importing electricity from Iran to reduce energy shortages in the country for many years, as energy infrastructure was destroyed and destroyed by decades of war and siege. 
Iran has decided to stop supplying Iraq with 1.3,000 megawatts of electricity because of domestic demand. 
According to figures released by the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity last August, the country produces 15,700 megawatts of electricity. 
Iraq needs more than 23,000 megawatts of electricity to meet the needs of its population and institutions without interruption. 

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  • yota691 changed the title to Iran to negotiate Iraq to meet the debts of electricity .. How much?

Iran to negotiate Iraq to meet the debts of electricity .. How much?

Iran to negotiate Iraq to meet the debts of electricity .. How much?
 



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The Iranian Ministry of Energy has begun negotiations with the Iraqi government to meet the electricity debts of about one billion dollars.

"With the start of the resumption of supplying Iraq and other neighboring countries with electricity, the Iranian Ministry of Electricity has begun negotiations with its Iraqi counterpart to fill the amount of one billion dollars of the debts accumulated in Iraq due to the import of electricity from Iran," Deputy Energy Minister Mahmoud Reza Hakki Fam said on Monday. The ISNA news agency reported.

"We have invited the Iraqi Energy Minister to come to Iran and continue negotiations, on the mechanism of repayment of debts accumulated on the Iraqi government."

He pointed out that "cutting off electricity from Iraq during the summer was due to the inability of the Iranian Ministry of Energy to provide electricity to Iranian cities."

He explained that "the electricity contracts concluded with neighboring countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, include a paragraph, namely not to require Iran to export electricity at peak times; because of the increase in domestic consumption.

The Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakani, said last month that "stop the export of electricity to Iraq, did not violate the terms of the agreement with Baghdad, and under the terms of the agreement give priority to the needs of the country."

On August 21, the Iranian Energy Ministry announced the resumption of electricity supply to Iraq and other neighboring countries. "The appeal came 10 days ago and after the decline in domestic consumption," he said.

In early July, the Iranian government announced the suspension of electricity supply to Iraq under the pretext of rising domestic consumption in summer, as well as non-payment of bills and rising domestic consumption in the summer.

Iraq was buying about 1,000 megawatts from Iran, via two lines in Diyala north and third in Basra and a fourth in the southern city of Amara.

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  • yota691 changed the title to Al-Hadithi: We expect within four years the arrival of electricity to 22 thousand megawatts
 
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq plans to deliver 22,000 megawatts of electricity in four years, government spokesman Saad al-Hadithi said on Thursday.

Al-Hadithi said in an interview with "Economy News" that "the government is seeking to promote the reality of the electricity sector in Iraq, as an understanding was reached with the German company" Siemens "to develop a road map on solving the problem of electricity in Iraq, starting from generation through transmission lines, To distribution networks and to the processing service for citizens. "

He added that "the joint map between the Iraqi government and Siemens will lead to overcome all the problems experienced by the electricity sector in Iraq, because the company has extensive experience in this area through its global projects giant."

He pointed out that "the time of the contract will be determined on the map to be developed by the company, and was not determined the amounts that will cost this contract and only took theoretical steps."

He stressed that "the government was able to raise the production of electric power during the past four years to 16 thousand megawatts, after it was 11 thousand megawatts, an annual rate of about 1250 megawatts.

"During a previous visit to Germany, we met with Siemens executives, who presented a road map and an integrated program to repair electricity in Iraq to save energy 24 hours a day," Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said at his weekly press conference last Tuesday. .


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The giant US companies deliver Iraq strategy to develop electricity

The giant US companies deliver Iraq strategy to develop electricity
 



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The US company "General Electric" delivered the Iraqi government a strategy to develop the electric power sector in the country, raise the capacity of the national system, and the operation of more manpower. 
Some provinces in southern Iraq are witnessing continuous protests because of the continued power outages in the summer, the scarcity of drinking water, poor services and widespread corruption in state institutions. 
Frederick Rivera, director of the energy sector at the American company, told Anatolia that the latter handed over to the Iraqi government the new strategy that was developed for the purpose of developing the electricity sector. 
The strategy involves doubling the production of electric power by introducing modern technology into energy projects. 
Rivera added that "
"The strategy also aims to invest gas associated with oil extraction operations, and to benefit from it in the supply of gas-fired power plants." 
Iraq needs more than 23,000 megawatt hours of electricity to meet the needs of its population and institutions without interruption. 
The population's resentment is increasing in the summer (peak season); the frequency of interruptions in the national grid of electricity rises as temperatures rise, sometimes reaching 50 degrees Celsius.

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GE Electric has unveiled a short-term strategic plan to equip Iraq with more than 1 megawatts of current production, as well as another long-term plan to double Iraq's electricity production.

The two plans would end the country's electricity crisis, according to Deputy General Manager of US General Electric in Iraq Rasheed Al Janabi.

Al-Janabi said in an interview with Al-Mada newspaper that the company has a comprehensive strategic plan to support the electricity sector in the country, which will develop solutions in the short and long term to end the electricity crisis in Iraq. Which will add more than 1 megawatt of electricity to the grid in the summer of 2019. "

"There is another long-term plan to double GE's production capacity in Iraq over the next five years to end the country's electricity crisis," he said.


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Antoine: The presence of General Electric enhances competition and develops electricity production
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an official source in the General Electric Company said that the company continues to work on restoring electricity to the liberated areas, and that it has a cadre of Iraqi experts working on the management of turbines, which contribute to generate 60% ؜ of the total electricity in Iraq, On the installation of the first investment station to generate power in central Iraq, as well as 14 substations to promote the transfer of electricity, indicating that the company's goal is to double the production of electricity.
He pointed out that the company pays great attention to human resources and enable them from advanced electric power technology, enabling them to manage electricity production projects across the country. 
"The company has innovative solutions such as HA, the world's largest and most efficient gas turbine, which can boost energy production in Iraq, especially as it provides all means to support the development of infrastructure for the energy sector in Iraq," the source said. GE's strategy for Iraq is to double Iraq's electricity output. It also includes the recruitment and training of Iraqi cadres to use the latest technology and this contributes to the elimination of unemployment. 

Vice-President of the Baghdad Economic Forum in the name of Antoine Ann: The presence of large global companies the size of General Electric strengthens the Iraqi labor market to develop and produce electricity.
He stressed the importance of competing for the implementation of quality projects in the energy sector between large companies to obtain projects efficiently and at lower costs, contributing to the production of electricity to cover domestic demand at all times of the year without exception. 
He pointed out that the entry of large companies evidence of their desire to work within the actual Iraqi market, which accommodates a large volume of work and most important that these companies have sufficient experience to work in Iraq. 

General Electric has major projects in different countries and in the same climatic conditions as Iraq.
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