Worsensing Fuel Crisis

Blogging Baghdad

Fuel prices in Iraq have reached peak levels – with gasoline costing approximately $6 per gallon. The costs of diesel, liquid propane gas used for cooking, and kerosene have risen to levels totally disproportionate to Iraqi’s incomes – having a huge impact on day to day life for regular people. Many people in Baghdad have abandoned their cars – even selling them. Those who can afford to buy gas go through extreme frustration to get it – sometimes waiting all night in endless lines to fill up their tanks – or are forced to buy gas on the black market at extremely inflated prices...

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