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More severe petrol shortages in Iraq
This is a petrol station in central Baghdad and as far as I can see along the street outside, there are cars lined up waiting for fuel. There are literally hundreds, their owners hoping the petrol won't run out before it's their turn. Fuel shortages have become a fact of life for Iraqis since the US and British invasion despite their country's vast oil reserves.
But the situation has got a lot worse in the past month or so. Many people now start queuing the night before. It's also dangerous. As the queues have grown they've become a magnet for insurgent attacks. There were two bombings aimed at petrol queues on Sunday with at least ten people killed and injured. With electricity as unreliable as ever, people need fuel not just for cars but generators at home, essential to power air conditioners to cope with the rising summer heat.
But petrol supplies into the capital have been badly disrupted, the government says, by recent attacks on several key bridges. Extra army checkpoints set up to prevent more such bombings have made things worse with many fuel trucks not being allowed through. Supplies are still getting through to the black market though, where petrol is more than double the price.
This is a petrol station in central Baghdad; there are really hundreds of cars queuing up along the street outside waiting for petrol. The car owners hoping the petrol won't be finished before they can add petrol. Since US and UK invade Iraq, the shortage of fuel become a fact of life, even though Iraqis have plenty of oil reserves.
In the past month even longer, the situation has got a lot worse. Many people now start queuing the night before. It's also dangerous. Because of the long queues, they've become an attraction for insurgent attacks. There were two bombings aimed at petrol queues on Sunday with at least ten people killed and injured. With electricity as unreliable as ever, people need fuel not just for cars but generators at home, essential to power air conditioners to deal with the rising summer heat.
But the petrol is very difficult to get through to the capital been a long time, the government says, by recent attacks on several key bridges. Extra army checkpoints set up to prevent more such bombings have made things worse with many fuel trucks not being allowed through. Supplies are still getting through to the black market though, where petrol is more than double the price.
Summaries
Because of the war, US and UK invade to Iraq, makes them lack of petrol. Then it makes the petrol price much higher then normal price. More then that, because lack of petrol, makes them queuing over night just for one barrel of petrol, even though it attracts the insurgent to seize.

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Summaries
Because of the war, US and UK invade to Iraq, makes them lack of petrol.
-->US and UK invasion led to the lack of petrol in Iraq.
Then it makes the petrol price much higher then normal price. More then that, because lack of petrol, makes them queuing over night just for one barrel of petrol, even though it attracts the insurgent to seize.
-->because of the lack of petrol, people queued over night... This attracts insurgent attacks.
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