Building a New Future in Iraq
This is a tremendous effort. I am proud of these guys.
One of the first things the US Army (and several private contractors) did once Baghdad was secured, was to restore the power sub-stations originally destroyed as part of a "scorched earth" policy of Hussein's. But all the remaining Republican Guard and Fedyaeen did was blow them up again. This went on for months until we captured or killed all of them or they fled to the Sunni Triangle. Parts of the city would be in darkness while other parts had power and then they would switch because there was insufficient capacity to light the entire city at once.