AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF REBUILDING TO PAY FOR:

Iraq oil production claim stuns experts (Ben Lando, October 20, 2006, United Press International)

Iraq's oil minister stunned experts this week when he said production had reached 2.86 million barrels per day - higher than pre-war levels and above what was known as Iraq's capacity of about 2.5 million barrels per day.

Oil minister Hussein Al Shahristani said production in the south - home of Iraq's largest known reserves - and the north, which has been hit with violence, have improved, the Middle East North Africa Financial Network reported Wednesday, citing the Arabic Al Sabah newspaper.

Think they'll heed the Sunni's oil quota?

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 22, 2006 7:33 PM