Saboteurs increasing heat on coalition

HUNDREDS of thousands of sweltering Baghdadis faced another day without running water after sabotage of a key water pipe in the east of the capital that came amid a spate of deadly attacks across Iraq.

With summer temperatures hovering around 50 degrees Celsius (122 F), up to 300,000 people were without drinking water for a second day.

And with faltering infrastructure and increasing lawlessness in parts of the capital, the water shortage was likely to further wear down Iraqi patience with the occupying coalition forces.