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Wednesday, July 30th 2008, 12:28 AM July 30 - Iraq's daily oil production is at its highest level since the March 2003 U.S. invasion, in large part thanks to improved security, a new U.S. audit says.  A $34 million security system of ditches, berms, fences and concertina wire - all guarded by Iraqi forces - has stopped attacks since July 2007 on the pipeline running from Kirkuk in the north to a major refinery in Baiji, in central Iraq, Stuart Bowen, the Defense Department's inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, said.  In the past 12 months, 'there have been no reported interdictions - resulting in the substantial rise in northern crude oil exports', Bowen said in his 18th quarterly report to Congress on the expenditure of $50 billion in U.S. economic aid.  The report is his third this year to outline increasing improvements to Iraq's security and economy. 'Iraq's burgeoning oil windfall, which has yielded more than $33 billion in revenues to date in 2008', may result in another unanticipated $7 billion that could be spent on reconstruction as U.S. spending winds down, Bowen said. 'Iraqi oil production set new records this quarter, with output reaching 2.43 million barrels per day, the highest quarterly average since the invasion', Bowen wrote. Oil analysts say Iraq has the world's third-largest reservoir of untapped crude oil.

[...] Since the March 2003 invasion, 4,117 U.S. troops have died in combat in Iraq, according to Pentagon figures. Oil  Production Iraq's increased production between July 2007 and May was especially noticeable in the north where exports increased by about 91.3 million barrels, or about $8.215 billion, Bowen said.

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yahyamoro read my blog
Aug 1, 2008 | 3:16 PM

AS SALLAMU ALAIKUM SISTER ! HOW MUCH OF THE REVENUES OF THIS PETROL WILL ACTUALLY GET TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE THOUGH ?

marymac
Aug 1, 2008 | 6:09 PM

"A $34 million security system of ditches, berms, fences and concertina wire - all guarded by Iraqi forces - has stopped attacks since July 2007 on the pipeline running from Kirkuk in the north to a major refinery in Baiji, in central Iraq,"
Interesting that these fences stopped attacks on the pipelines in Iraq. Guess that's what Israel is trying to to with their fence!!!!! STOP ATTACKS

yahyamoro read my blog
Aug 2, 2008 | 8:22 AM

THEY GET ATTACKED BECAUSE THE LAND THEY SIT ON BELONGED TO A MUSLIM OR CHRISTIAN ARAB ONCE UPON A TIME AND THEIR DECENDANTS ARE TRYING TO GET IT BACK . THERE ARE GENTILES THERE TOO .

Skyder read my blog view my photos
Aug 4, 2008 | 8:23 AM

Possession is 9 10ths of the law. Let 'em go find some other land that doesn't have a civilization already sitting on it.
Once upon a time, I used to own a piece of land, now I don't. Do you think I should go Jihad on the guy who sits on it now?

marymac
Aug 4, 2008 | 8:45 PM

The decision to give Israel a homeland again was made by The United Nations wasn't it? They did not conquer the land. They once lived on it too.

marymac
Aug 4, 2008 | 8:50 PM

The modern state of Israel has its roots in the Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael), a concept central to Judaism for over 3000 years.[7] After World War I, the League of Nations approved the British Mandate of Palestine with the intent of creating a "national home for the Jewish people."[8] In 1947, the United Nations approved the partition of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab.[9] The Arab League rejected the plan, but on May 14, 1948, the Jewish provisional government declared Israel's independence. The new country's victory in the subsequent Arab-Israeli War expanded the borders of the Jewish state beyond those in the UN Partition Plan. Since then, Israel has been in conflict with many of the neighboring Arab countries, resulting in several major wars and decades of violence that continue to this day.[10] Since its foundation, Israel's boundaries and even the State's very right to exist have been subject to dispute, especially among its Arab neighbors. However, Israel has signed peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, and efforts are being made to reach a permanent accord with the Palestinians.[

marymac
Aug 4, 2008 | 8:55 PM

Sorry it was the League of Nations that approved the Jewish state. Never-the-less the Jews did not fight for the land origionally. It was granted to them. There was conflict when parts were attempted to be taken away from them.

AmericanMuslima read my blog view my photos
Aug 5, 2008 | 4:13 PM

yahyamoro "AS SALLAMU ALAIKUM SISTER ! HOW MUCH OF THE REVENUES OF THIS PETROL WILL ACTUALLY GET TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE THOUGH ?"

wa aleikum salaam wa rahmatullah brother. Of course they won't receive anything. They'll put their necks on the line for the sake of the government (Iraqi & US) for nothing. The posting was made in sarcasm.

yahyamoro read my blog
Aug 6, 2008 | 7:02 PM

I KNOW SISTER , DUA FOR PALESTINE . THE ZIONIST STATE WILL FAIL INSHALLAH .

marymac
Aug 7, 2008 | 2:42 PM

Michael, the angel who stands guard over Israel, will prevail in the end. Daniel 12, 1 and following "Everyone whose name is found written in THE BOOK will be delivered." "Many will be purified, made spotless and refined., but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand. Daniel 12:10 and following Read this chapter of Daniel about the "End Times". They are near.

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