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To: Rascal who wrote (109271)	8/2/2003 1:37:33 PM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 281500

The Upper Middle Class or The regime Did you see the United States handing out pounds of cash on CNN. It is probably necessary to establish basic services but the average Iraqi is gaining very little thereby. The economically strong who prospered in Iraq by working closely with Saddam's regime haven't been removed, they have been enriched by the collapse, now being paid with American taxpayer greenbacks. As the old regime withdrew the financiers of that old regime, it's patrons and those who received economic benefit, did not. LindyBill posted an excellent article about a prominent wealthy Iraqi related to Saddam Hussein who was still living in his <<ornate villa>> in Mosul, he still had respect and standing in the community and was still able to hire contractors in post-war Iraq. The biggest prize in post-war Iraq will be control of the oilfields. A large percentage of Iraqi oil is produced from Shia dominated areas of Iraq, splitting the oil along ethnic lines is not possible.