Iraq - Blackouts
Inside Bay Area - Argus - News: "BAGHDAD, Iraq — Saboteurs triggered a cascade of blackouts that halted Iraq's entire oil export capacity for most of Monday, a move that cost the country almost $60 million in lost exports and rattled already-jittery world markets.
Government officials blamed the outage on insurgent attacks that toppled key power pylons in central Iraq and darkened broad swaths of the country, including its two largest cities, Baghdad and Basra.
The attacks occurred as Iraqi leaders, in another dramatic last-minute standoff, called off a vote on a draft constitution, adjourning parliament at a midnight deadline in a bid for three more days to win over the Sunni Arab minority whose support is key tostopping the insurgency.
By late Monday, oil tankers were being loaded at less than a third of normal capacity with the help of backup generators, Dow Jones News wires reported."
Government officials blamed the outage on insurgent attacks that toppled key power pylons in central Iraq and darkened broad swaths of the country, including its two largest cities, Baghdad and Basra.
The attacks occurred as Iraqi leaders, in another dramatic last-minute standoff, called off a vote on a draft constitution, adjourning parliament at a midnight deadline in a bid for three more days to win over the Sunni Arab minority whose support is key tostopping the insurgency.
By late Monday, oil tankers were being loaded at less than a third of normal capacity with the help of backup generators, Dow Jones News wires reported."
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