IRAQ: Water main attack affects two million in Baghdad

Two million Baghdad residents have been without drinking water since 19 June after saboteurs targeted a major water main in the capital.

"The attack on the water pipes was a shock to all residents. Insurgents are not only killing innocent people but also destroying the daily lives of millions of people," Amer Salman, a senior Baghdad governorate official, said.

Salman added that they were working hard to repair the main but said that it may take up to a week to have it functioning properly again, although small-scale pumping may start within two days.

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"Every day I have to drive 10 km to reach to a public water pipe where I can get water for washing, cleaning and drinking. My air conditioning machine needs to be filled with water manually every three hours," Kamal al-Jumaily, a Yarmouk district resident, said.

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His name is Quagmire :P

People use the term like it's a bad thing! How long have you had your dog?

He's my boyfriend's dog and I've been in the picture for about a year and a half. Aussie shepard, 9 years old.

I guess when he was a pup he got into everything and made lotsa messes, thus the name. Hasn't changed much! He's a good little guy!

So pet rats? I never understood that concept, but then I met someone who had a couple of them and I learned how smart they are, and that they really have unique personalities - pretty cool little animals!

every thing is rosey over there. all is well. the iraqi's are naming their children after president nosepicker because they love him so much for destroying their country.

yeah.. right.

diseases start popping up all over the place. I cannot imagine having to survive in those conditions. Very few of us here could.

This is all the fault of a few very very evil men. In this country. Who should be made to go over there and suffer with the Iraqi people.

I think the Iraqis may well get totally disgusted by both sides, but eventually they will think the U.S. is the disease, not a symptom, and there will be so many demanding our ouster that we will have no choice.

Little Boots will declare victory, from the comfort of his well-appointed fortress in Crawford. "The Iraqi people are following in the footsteps of our great forefathers, as they declare the Revolution to be in their hands and their destiny in the hands of God."

"Now watch this drive."

Iraqis gather around a water distribution point as a hose fills their buckets and pans in Baghdad June 22, 2005. Half the city has no running water after a water main was sabotaged. The water problem has even affected the Iraqi parliament as it has had to postpone a meeting because it has no running water for its air conditioning system. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)

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People being murdered all of the country, no water, no food, no electricity, no medicine, no money, no jobs, no schools... And the American hand picked foreign born Iraqi's don't have engough spine to attend a no air conditioning meeting which could speed things up and save thousands of the constituants who elected them! BUSH/GOP DEMOCRACRY AT ITS FINEST!

to make it look like the insurgents, at this point I have to wonder who is behind all these attacks. If there is peace in Iraq the world will demand us getting out. We still don't have possession of the oil wells. Unemployment is 70% in Iraq. I wonder if * is doing the same thing as Israel - aggravate the situiation and get rid of as many Iraqis as possible. * doesn't want to leave and as long as things are "broken" in Iraq we are staying. A lot of people are brainwashed with that idea.

Bush has as much (or more) to gain as anyone.
And lord knows, nothing is too evil for that bastard.

Too true...peace does not serve the PNAC agenda too well....

Make the population suffer first to further their objectives.

But ultimately, the US invasion is the event to be blamed by all Iraqis.

:eyes: :rofl: :SIGH:

they probably didn't mention it....and I don't listen to them anymore anyhow.
DU & internet is the best way to go:)



My first question...was it really the "insurgents"??

I can't imagine desert living in the heat without water....(I'd be cooked without my evap cooler)...not to mention drinking, cooking and bathing water. Those poor people suffering over there...and for what. Some greedy power hungry bastards who don't even see them as human. :cry:

> Two million Baghdad residents have been without drinking water since
> 19 June after saboteurs targeted a major water main in the capital.

Note how there is no mention of "insurgents" or "terrorists" but have
simply stated "saboteurs" ... now there's a healthy respect for facts
that we don't often see in the media ...

> "The attack on the water pipes was a shock to all residents.
> Insurgents are not only killing innocent people but also destroying
> the daily lives of millions of people," Amer Salman, a senior Baghdad
> governorate official, said.

Interestingly enough, two of the three Baghdad residents interviewed
on the radio this morning blamed the Americans rather than "insurgents".
Still, I wouldn't expect anything else of a "senior Baghdad governorate
official".

Wonder if this was a brand new humanitarian Halliburton pipe junction
or a rebuilding Halliburton one that replaced damage after "shock & awe"
or maybe an old Halliburton one that replaced damage from the ten years
of illegal bombing after GW I or ...

to everything else that has gone wrong in Iraq. According to the Seattle Times article, the unemployment rate in Iraq could be as high as 50%. Crucial infrastructure destroyed, no jobs, grief and anger thanks to Bushco's rash and unprincipled invasion. A country decimated because of revenge, hatred and greed.