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Thursday, August 28, 2003   Recovery in Iraq Lost amid news of the horrific attacks and Iraqis' complaints about the disorder that war has brought to their nation are signs that this capital city of more than 5 million people is slowly returning to normal and that most people are getting on with their lives. Baghdadis are getting married, and children are having graduation parties. Restaurants are crowded. Market stalls are brimming with fruit and vegetables. The city's notorious traffic is back. Refrigerators, boxes of flat-screen TVs and washing machines are piled up as stores hold sidewalk sales throughout the city. ---------------- "This is the fourth month without government, and look outside," says Firas Hazim, 30, who runs a light-fixture store in the upscale al-Mansour neighborhood, as he gestures to the bustling street outside his shop. "We are living very normally." ---------------- Protests and complaints have dogged the coalition government since Baghdad fell in April. But some Iraqis caution not to read too much into them. They say many Iraqis had unrealistic expectations. "The image of the United States in the Iraqi mentality is that it is supernatural," says Usama Al-Duri, a professor of Iraqi-American relations at Baghdad University. "That supernatural entity is now on the streets of Baghdad, not just on TV," and it isn't looking so all-powerful. Coalition officials defend the pace of reconstruction. They say that they are dealing with antiquated infrastructure and that it will take time to restore services. "There's sort of an understandable sense among many Iraqis that if the American army could come here and destroy Saddam (Hussein)'s army in three weeks, it ought to be able to solve all the problems in three weeks," says Paul Bremer, the top American civil administrator in Iraq. That belief, he says, isn't realistic. ---------------- Electricity is slowly being restored. Nationwide, the country was averaging about 4,000 megawatts of power generation before the war. Iraq is now producing about 3,400 megawatts. Prewar demand, however, was about 6,000 megawatts. Baghdad and southern Iraq haven't had continuous power in more than 10 years. Coalition officials expect to meet prewar supply within a month, which would still mean going without electricity for part of the day. They expect to be able to supply nearly continuous service in a year. USA Today Read the entire article. Much info, and a very positive look at the situation. Via On The Third Hand. -- posted by Chuck at Thursday, August 28, 2003 | E-mail | Permalink | Main | 0 comments