Iraqi Power Distribution

By Steve McCollum; posted February 22, 2009

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I wasn't real sure where to post this. There's not an insulator in sight.

A pylon is used to hold electrical cables leading to a generator outside the walls of a housing estate in Baghdad. Iraq has won the battle to protect its battered electricity sector from insurgents but now faces a fight to fund its way to 24-hour coverage, Electricity Minister Karim Wahid has said.

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