Sadrists call for U.S. to rebuild electrical infrastructure

[Sara Johnson]

Sadrists call for U.S. to rebuild electrical infrastructure

08/08/201115:37

Karbala,August 8 (AKnews) - The Ahrar bloc of the Sadrist currentsaid it will submit a request for a vote demanding thatWashington funds the reconstruction of the electrical system that was destroyedin the 2003 U.S. led invasion.

MP Hakem al-Zamili told AKnews that the U.S. forces bombed the maininfrastructure of the electrical systems during the recent war, and Iraq hasbecome unable to repair these systems.

"The Ministry of Electricity and the ministers that haverun it proved their failure to repair the stations and provideelectrical power to the citizens because of the corruption that affected theMinistry. The government and the parliament must force the United Statesto repair the electrical systems," he said.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki decided late on Sunday night to dismiss theElectricity Minister Raad Shallal from his position and to refer his case toparliament to vote on the dismissal.

The demand for electricity is estimated by about 14,000 megawatts during thesummer when demand peaks. The sysem is only capable of generating around 8000MW. Iraq is planning to increase its capacity to 27,000 MW within four years,but experts have cast doubt on the ability of the country to hit this target.

By Yazn al-Shemmari and Hassoun al-Haffar

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http://www.aknews.co...knews/2/255908/

[Redwizard]

They can demand, we can always say "BITE ME"

[Papster]

Why dont they check their own shorts? ungrateful bast..ds...........GO DINAR

[Redhorse]

The answer is simple, eliminate the corruption then fix your electrical. You can do something productive and have electricity as well. Clean up after

yourselves. The Sadrists don't trust us anyway. They have become part of the problem and not part of the solution.

[tjmunson]

Seems fair. As long as they promise to play jump rope with the high voltage wires when we are done

[GI_Jane]

Ummm.......they watch CNN. Don't they SEE what's going on over here? Like we really have to money to invest in their electrical system.

Red Wizard "Bite Me" Love it!

[wealthbytrade]

how ridiculous. The Sadrists want us out of Iraq, but fix the electricity on the way out!

[FuzzyUzzy]

Why, if i was an ungrateful whiny b@astard id demand the people that have already helped free us and rebuild most of the infrastructure too. Ingrates...

[Butifldrm]

Sadr is Bi-Polar. A week ago he was denying the Iraqi people the use of electricity. It was like he wanted the Iraqi's to suffer, like we would give up alcohol for Lent. I probably can't find the article, but I read it here. Sadr=Psycho