Tuesday Map: Insurgents aim to cut Baghdad's electricity

Posted By Blake Hounshell Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 10:45 AM Share

Tuesday Map: Electricity in Baghdad

James Glanz for the New York Times:

BAGHDAD, Dec. 18 — Over the past six months, Baghdad has been all but isolated electrically, Iraqi officials say, as insurgents have effectively won their battle to bring down critical high-voltage lines and cut off the capital from the major power plants to the north, south and west.

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