Here's something you won't see on the networks.
Latest crisis for Baghdad: No water for last five days
January 21, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Just when the people of Baghdad thought things couldn't get much worse, they did.
For five days, most of the city - particularly the western districts - has been without water.
Added to a lack of electricity - the national grid is off more than it's on - a crumbling mobile phone network, endless lines to get fuel and a daily dose of bombs and mortars, it has made it next to impossible to even think about the coming election.
"This is everyone's biggest problem," said Alaadin Saad, 32, a father of two who lives in the southwest district of Saidiya.
"We haven't had water for nearly a week. We used up all our reserves and now I haven't had a shower for three days."