Reply #16: How about blaming chimp..is that an option?

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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=591626


A crippling shortage of petrol is overshadowing next month's election in Iraq, with drivers in Baghdad forced to queue for up to 36 hours for fuel.

Iraqis seldom talk about the election because of the fuel crisis. In the past three weeks the supply of petrol, diesel and electricity in the Iraqi capital has nosedived. Kerosene for heating is expensive and difficult to find.


The crisis in fuel supplies is worse than at any time since the invasion in March last year. Because of the lack of electricity many people in Baghdad use small generators, costing about $100, to power their electric lights. If they cannot buy petrol for the generator they must sit in the dark.

The drivers waiting outside Karada petrol station yesterday were aware of the irony that Iraq sits on the second-largest oil reserves in the world.