"264 acts of sabotage against the petroleum infrastructure in 2004"

[KansDem]

I found this tidbit of interest while searching for something else:

Insurgents Wage Precise Attacks on Baghdad Fuel

By JAMES GLANZ
The New York Times
February 21, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 20 - Insurgent attacks to disrupt Baghdad's supplies of crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, water and electricity have reached a degree of coordination and sophistication not seen before, Iraqi and American officials say.

The new pattern, they say, shows that the insurgents have a deep understanding of the complex network of pipelines, power cables and reservoirs feeding Baghdad, the Iraqi capital.

The shadowy insurgency is a fractured movement made up of distinct groups of Sunnis, Shiites and foreign fighters, some of them aligned and some not. But the shift in the attack patterns strongly suggests that some branch of the insurgency is carrying out a systematic plan to cripple Baghdad's ability to provide basic services for its six million citizens and to prevent the fledgling government from operating.

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Whatever script the insurgents may be following, their attacks have been prolific, said Mr. Ghadhban, the oil minister. His ministry registered 264 acts of sabotage against the petroleum infrastructure in 2004 and more than 30 so far this year, he said.

No one tactic could turn back what amounts to a siege on the great circulatory systems of a nation, Mr. Ghadhban said. But he has already solicited contracts for a vast protection system that would include fences on both sides of pipelines stretching for thousands of miles in the desert, with infrared surveillance cameras, sensors, airborne surveillance and a nimble security force.

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This article was published on Feb. 21, so in less than two months, the oil infrastructure was attacked more than 30 times.

Bush is in way over his head, and lying to get himself there makes this whole disaster even more repulsive and disgusting.

[jwirr]

1. It appears the Iraqi people know what will hit

bushie most directly. Hit him in his oil wells.

[KansDem]

2. He came up dry in every oil-drilling venture he undertook in Texas...

So why should his Iraq experience be any different?