Monday, June 07, 2004

IRAQIS PAYING 5 CENTS A GALLON FOR GAS

Sat Jun 5,10:46 PM ET

By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - While Americans are shelling out record prices for fuel, Iraqis pay only about 5 cents a gallon for gasoline — a benefit of hundreds of millions of dollars subsidies bankrolled by American taxpayers.

Full story at:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=509&u=/ap/20040606/ap_on_bi_ge/iraq_cheap_gas_4&printer=1