tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post6790110760446488700..comments2024-02-15T21:24:23.524-08:00Comments on Today in The Endless War: War News for Thursday, December 20, 2011Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-33910081607977794822011-01-20T15:16:38.344-08:002011-01-20T15:16:38.344-08:00Iraqi Turkmen tell U.S. ambassador to stop meddlin...<a href="http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2011-01-19%5Ckurd.htm" rel="nofollow">Iraqi Turkmen tell U.S. ambassador to stop meddling in domestic affairs</a><br /><br />Iraqi ethnic Turks, known locally as Turkmen, have asked U.S. ambassador to Iraq, James F. Jeffrey, to stop meddling in Iraqi internal affairs. A statement by the Turkmen Front, a political umbrella for ethnic Turks in Iraq, accused Jeffrey of heightening ethnic and sectarian tensions in the disputed oil-rich province of Kirkuk. <br /><br />Kirkuk is a mixed province where Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen all claim it to themselves. But the Kurds have deployed their militias in the city and currently hold joint patrols with U.S. invasion troops there. “We call on the U.S. ambassador to put an end to his meddling in internal issues. We do not want him to become a factor deepening Kirkuk’s problems,” the statement, a copy of which was faxed to the newspaper, said.Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-65369146169095013412011-01-20T15:14:55.460-08:002011-01-20T15:14:55.460-08:00Baghdad gets less than one hour of electricity a d...<a href="http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2011-01-15%5Ckurd.htm" rel="nofollow">Baghdad gets less than one hour of electricity a day</a><br /><br /> Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, home to more than six million people, hardly gets one hour of non-interrupted electricity supplies every 24 hours. The city has plunged into darkness with the country’s national grid still unable to increase supplies despite billions of dollars in investments. Seven years after the 2003-U.S. invasion, power production in the country is still below levels reached under former leader Saddam Hussein. Prior to his downfall, Baghdad used to have up to 18 hours of electricity supplies a day.Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.com