BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 10 — Riots over severe fuel shortages continued today in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, as some officials who have studied the matter warn fuel shortages could recur in other parts of the country.
United Nations officials said there was a "near certainty" that Iraq would face winter shortages of kerosene, a vital fuel for heating homes in northern Iraq, because of the same refinery problems that have led to the gasoline shortages.
Officials of the civilian administration here have begun to shift the refinery mix to increase production of kerosene, but tonight officials said they did not know whether the process of stockpiling the kerosene needed for winter use had begun.
A private security guard employed by the civilian authority was shot and killed by unidentified assailants today, the second day of rioting over gasoline shortages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/11/international/worldspecial/11BAGH.html?ex=1061179200&en=9643b531184b0592&ei=5062&
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