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Re: [casi] Help!



Suzy
Elga's post of 22 July ([casi] Haifa Zangana, "A War with No End in
Sight") may be the one you mean - she quotes this article:
http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=8477
[1] Socialist Review
A War with No End in Sight
Feature Article by Haifa Zangana, Noori Bashir,
Hani Lazim
June 2003

"Another example - last week some 50 engineers went to
see the US commander and volunteered their services.
They pointed out that parts of Baghdad are still without
electricity and they could sort this out. They pointed
out that they were able to repair the electricity
supplies during the sanctions years, so they have loads
of experience. Yet the US commanders turned them away.
They said, 'We do not need your help because we are
waiting for a consultant company arriving from the US to
take over repairing the electricity.'

"The result is that many Iraqis are working like a
grassroots unit. Electricians, engineers and doctors are
all saying we shall work as volunteers - but the
important thing is we need equipment and we need petrol.
The US is rationing the delivery of only one tanker a
day to the whole city of Baghdad. One of the main
refineries in Baghdad is working, but there is one
problem - we do not have the crude oil from Basra,
because the Americans are not letting the tankers in."

best wishes
Cathy
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In message <000401c35790$71509740$6400a8c0@kane>, Suzy T. Kane
<suzytkane@taosnet.com> writes
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>Dear CASI list,
>
>Someone on this list posted an article about 80 Iraqi engineers who
>volunteered their services to Bremer to get the electricity going in
>Iraq only to be told no because a U.S. company was coming in to do the
>job.  The engineers felt especially up to the task because they knew how
>to make do with little in making electricity repairs for the past twelve
>years because of sanctions.
>
>I wanted to quote the article in an article I am writing, but cannot
>find it.  Does it ring a bell with anyone, and if so, could he or she
>please direct me to the article?
>
>Best, Suzy
>
>
>
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Cathy Aitchison

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