Dianavan,

The population of Iraq, according to the 2005 estimate is reckoned to be 26,074,906.

Now what did your totally objective and completely impartial source - Halliburton watch say with regard to the situation:

"...two of three Iraqis are left with no potable water"

Do you honestly believe that as of 10th March 2006 out of a population of 26 million people, 17.3 million have no water. I do not believe that for 1 minute

"..only one in five has sewerage."

Do 'people' have sewerage? Houses do, buildings do

"4,000 megawatts, nation-wide electrical generating capacity is below pre-war levels and far below the goal of 6,000 MW" Actually 4000 megawatts is around pre-war levels, there is also the myth that pre-war Iraq enjoyed uniterrupted supplies of electricity. The only parts of Iraq that did were designated by the Ba'athist Regime and wherever Saddam happened to be at the time.

One thing the British reported on down in Basra was the massive increase in sales of A/C units, televisions, parabolic dishes and whiteware. The sort of things people do buy when their economies are prospering, they do however require electrical power therefore demand goes up.