...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) attacks on Iraq's electricity sector.
During a meeting of the Ministerial Council for National Security, Kadhimi said Iraq has reached a good level of electrical production, but said "there is repeated and intentional targeting of electric power towers in a number of governorates" which is "exacerbating the suffering of citizens."
Kadhimi "directed all operational leaders and intelligence services to address these targets, protect energy towers, and pursue criminal groups," according to a tweet from his office.
Several attacks on electricity towers have been reported in the past months, mostly in the disputed territories where ISIS has exploited a security vacuum.
A spokesperson from Iraq’s electricity ministry recently told Rudaw English that bombs have hampered electricity lines in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
and Diyala, affecting areas across the country, including the capital Baghdad.
The power outages caused by such attacks has exacerbated problems for civilians who are already dealing with soaring temperatures in a year of drought and water shortages.