Iraq: The Electricity Uprising in Iraq

Aug 6, 2015 | Abdul Latif Al-Saadoun, Middle East Monitor
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"If we cannot provide enough electric power for the Iraqis, why don't the families buy private generators?" asked an Iraqi official during a recent press interview. It was similar to the quotation misattributed to French Queen Marie Antoinette two hundred years ago; if the people don't have bread, "Then let them eat cake."