Fuel Shortages Frustrate Kurds

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Fuel Shortages Frustrate Kurds
Angry motorists suspect corrupt officials of deliberately causing supply problems.
By Fazl Najeeb in Sulaimaniyah

For Kamaran Mohammed, nothing is more tiring than the hours he wastes in the queue for the fuel station.

Mohammed, a 29-year-old civil servant, usually kills time making friends with others waiting in the agonisingly long line of motorists. Such queues are all too common in Sulaimaniyah and can stretch for up to two kilometres.

As they wait, Mohammed says he and the other drivers mostly complain about politics and corruption.

"We talk about the injustice in this country and how the officials get rich on the backs of people," said Mohammed.

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1. wow, they really have been democratized. bush is a liberator

"We talk about the injustice in this country and how the officials get rich on the backs of people," said Mohammed.