Fuel And Electricity MIA In Bush's 'Mission Accomplished'

"I would rather live in Saddam Hussein's hell than the paradise of these new leaders."

It's a funny thing when criminals get hold of supply lines. What usually happens is that all of a sudden the things you need are in short supply and can only be gotten through clandestine methods and for an exorbitant price. Think "war on some drugs" and all those CIA cocaine planes that somehow don't get much play in the corrupt MSM.

"Little kerosene is available on the state-run market at the subsidized price of $0.52 a gallon. But the fuel can be found on the black market, where it goes for more than $3.79 a gallon."