Getting any first-person coverage from the civilians still living in Iraq is rare, and Dahr Jamail has been a leader in bringing the stories of everyday people under occupation out. That said, I'd sure love a bit of background on who is running the effort to get electricity back up, what they've done or haven't done, what the problems are, and particularly, what the plans are to rebuild basic services for the people of Iraq.

This is the same story that Iraqi blogs have been telling for years. I am sure that it is true and accurate. Until it can make it into main stream media it means very little. .....There is little chance that this will happen.

Another snapshot of what has been wrought in Iraq and which the mainstream media does not want to report on. It's even worse when the refugees are considered.

Real people reported on, by real reporters who speak their language. The nitty gritty dirt at the making a living level of the result of the invasion destroying the Iraqi infrastructure and most of the experts forced to be refugees.