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An Iraqi man bathes himself in a canal in Iraq's second largest city Basra, when electricity was cut off, August 11, 2003

Iraqi city loses power — and AC — because of an unpaid electric bill

July 1, 2016Business

Residents of a sweltering Iraqi port city lost power — and air conditioning — when three Turkish-owned electric generating ships in the harbor shut off the juice.

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