Here's another one anyway, says about the same thing.
Oil production in Iraq nearly at pre-war level 02-03-04 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, according to officials with the American-led occupation and the Iraqi Oil Ministry.
A month ahead of the April 1 deadline set by Iraq and American officials for restoring the industry to pre-war levels, the country is producing 2.3 mm to 2.5 mm bpd, compared with 2.8 mm bpd it pumped before the war.
You can be pessimistic at the continuing problems that get trumpeted in the media or you can be optimistic that things are turning for the better.
Their own government taking over, free elections coming, their only major industry making great strides to recovery, agreement to disband the militias...... I prefer to see the glass as half full.
And I'm just as eager for our guys to be out of there and home as anyone.