Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Much of Iraq still in ruin as U.S. builders leave

The greatest problems plague the giant U.S. effort to restore Iraqi electricity.

By adding 2,710 megawatts — more than the output of America's Hoover Dam — U.S. engineers have boosted Iraq's potential generating capacity above 7,000. But power hasn't flowed at anywhere near that capacity, and seldom topped even the paltry level of prewar Iraq, about 4,500 megawatts. Baghdad gets no more than four to six hours of electricity a day.

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