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Lack of electricity among biggest failures in Iraqi occupation.
Byline: Ken Dilanian
BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Three months ago, U.S. occupation officials predicted that by June, Iraq would be producing enough electricity to keep the power on for 18 hours a day throughout the country.
They weren't even close.
Electricity in most parts of Iraq is still as sporadic as it's been for the last year _ on for a few hours, then off for a few hours. The missed goal is one of the occupation's greatest failures.
Although vast sums of American taxpayers' money will continue to be spent in an effort to turn Iraq's electricity back on, no one's prepared to say when that might happen. An increase in sabotage and violence is the main reason the target was missed, according to a report by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, released this week.
Many Iraqis, unable to believe that the people who ousted their longtime dictator in three weeks can't fix the power grid in 14 months, are convinced that the United States is punishing them ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Lack of electricity among biggest failures in Iraqi occupation.