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To: Ed Ajootian who wrote (21634)	4/14/2003 9:26:22 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 206281

Coalition Controls All Iraqi Oil Fields By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press Writer CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar (AP) -- All oil fields in Iraq now fall within areas controlled by the U.S. coalition, but it will likely be at least a few weeks before crude is flowing from Iraq again, an American general said Monday. Allied forces had previously secured all 1,000 oil wells in southern Iraq. Kurdish allies last week seized the northern oil city of Kirkuk, Iraq's No. 2 oil center, which pumps as much as 900,000 barrels a day. U.S. Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks spoke at a U.S. Central Command briefing in Doha, Qatar. "There is one well we discovered in the north in recent days that is still burning, and that will be addressed as soon as we can do so," he added. Brooks said it probably will be at least a few weeks before oil is flowing from Iraq again because fields in the north and south need to be cleared of explosives and repaired. Further work will be needed even after that, he said.