VOL. XLVI

No 7

17-February-2003

IRAQ

No Overnight Oil Boom In Post-SaddamIraq, Major Rehabilitation Needed, Says Issam al-Chalabi

If, as is widely anticipated, US-led forces oust Saddam Husain from Iraq in the next few months, the world should not expect an overnight oil boom in Iraq. This was one of the central messages in a speech delivered by former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam al-Chalabi at the CERA Oil Summit on 10 February to a restricted audience of top executives prior to the official opening...