When the Facts Get Tough, the Tough Stop Fact-Gathering

Published: July 27, 2007, 8:29 pm

Tags: climate crisis, bush administration, baghdad, infrastructure, iraq, civilian casualties

Today we learn that the Bush administration has stopped informing Congress on a key quality of life issue in Baghdad: U.S. drops Baghdad electricity reports WASHINGTON -- As the Bush administration struggles to convince lawmakers that its Iraq war strategy is working, it has stopped reporting to Congress a key quality-of-life indicator in Baghdad: how long the power stays on.... But that piece of data has not been sent to lawmakers for months because the State Department, which prepares a weekly "status report" for Congress on conditions in Iraq, stopped estimating in May how many hours of electricity Baghdad residents typically receive each day. Those pesky facts, messing up a perfectly good propaganda campaign full of turned corners, painted schools and bustling marketplaces. Kind of reminds you of those inconvenient Iraqi civilian deaths, doesn’t it? Military officials say they do not have precise figures or even estimates of the number of noncombatant Iraqis killed

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