NYT's article
"BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 29 ? Iraq's oil industry has undergone a remarkable turnaround and is now producing and exporting almost as much crude oil as it did before the war"
"We're well ahead of the targets that we set in the aftermath of the war....With additional production increases expected, oil exports this year could add $14 billion to Iraq's threadbare budget"
"Iraq owns the third-largest oil reserves in the world, after Saudi Arabia and Canada, and its economy is almost solely reliant on revenue from oil exports. That revenue could help finance Iraq's economic revival, Iraqi and occupation officials say, in turn strengthening the country's political stability as it moves to sovereignty during the next four months."
"The American military commander, Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, said last week that attacks on coalition soldiers had been cut by half in the last three months, even as attacks on Iraqis had increased. "
"Attacks on the pipeline dropped to 8 in January and February from 47 in the last three months of 2003, according to coalition officials ? a sign, they said, of the success of a new Iraqi oil police trained under an American contract"
"American officials said it would take five years at a minimum for the industry to reach a reasonable level of efficiency and 10 to 15 years for Iraq to have a modern industry, at a cost that could reach $30 billion."
gee..i need a liberal to explain to me how this is a bad thing...
"BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 29 ? Iraq's oil industry has undergone a remarkable turnaround and is now producing and exporting almost as much crude oil as it did before the war"
"We're well ahead of the targets that we set in the aftermath of the war....With additional production increases expected, oil exports this year could add $14 billion to Iraq's threadbare budget"
"Iraq owns the third-largest oil reserves in the world, after Saudi Arabia and Canada, and its economy is almost solely reliant on revenue from oil exports. That revenue could help finance Iraq's economic revival, Iraqi and occupation officials say, in turn strengthening the country's political stability as it moves to sovereignty during the next four months."
"The American military commander, Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, said last week that attacks on coalition soldiers had been cut by half in the last three months, even as attacks on Iraqis had increased. "
"Attacks on the pipeline dropped to 8 in January and February from 47 in the last three months of 2003, according to coalition officials ? a sign, they said, of the success of a new Iraqi oil police trained under an American contract"
"American officials said it would take five years at a minimum for the industry to reach a reasonable level of efficiency and 10 to 15 years for Iraq to have a modern industry, at a cost that could reach $30 billion."
gee..i need a liberal to explain to me how this is a bad thing...
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