Re-Engineering Iraq

by Glenn Zorpette IEEE Spectrum, February 2006 U.S. and Iraqi officials have spent billions on restoring Iraq's electrical system -- so why is Baghdad getting just 6 hours of electricity a day? To answer that question, the IEEE Spectrum executive editor traveled to Iraq to see and write about the technical and social issues involved in restoring Iraq's electrical and communications systems. His exclusive report examines the bureaucracies, geopolitics, violence, fear, corruption and illegal energy black market which have plagued this massive undertaking. Read more