Iraqi Oil

The guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) patrols near the Iraqi Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) in the Northern Arabian Gulf, in this Sept. 28, 2004 file photo. Despite President Bush's optimism on Iraq's reconstruction, Iraq appears set to pump less crude in 2005 than last year's disappointing showing and far less than under Saddam Hussein. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy,Samuel W. Shavers)