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Iraq:

Warbloggers' predictions of coalition casualties

Category: Iraq

Coalition casualties in Iraq were up to 100 times as much as that predicted by warbloggers like Tim Blair and Glenn Reynolds.

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Good electricity news from Iraq

Category: Iraq

Surely Baghdad's electricity supply couldn't get worse than shown in the graph on the right? Alas, it seems it can: Iraq's power grid is on the brink of collapse because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provinces...

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No electricity news is good electricity news

Category: Iraq

The good electricity news from Iraq has been lots of announcements of plans to improve things. Unfortunately, electricity production has not improved. To the left you can see how the electricity supply in Baghdad has gotten worse and worse....

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Good poll news from Iraq

Category: Iraq

Erik Svane says that the media is not reporting the good poll news from Iraq: Indeed, one reason that "the global image of America has slipped," that "pessimism about the future of Iraq was widespread," and that "Iraq is sapping...

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Good Electricity News from Iraq: the update

Category: Iraq

In February I linked to a detailed report in IEEE Spectrum that explained how billions of dollars had been wasted and electricity production in Iraq at 3,600 megawatts was still less than it was before the war. Glenn Reynolds felt...

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Good Electricity News from Iraq

Category: Iraq

In May, last year I summarized the good news about Iraqi reconstruction: Due to lack of maintenance, electricity production fell from 9000 MW in 1991 to 4400 MW before the war. Since then, there have been many announcements of improved...

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