Little Hawk-I agree that without Saddam and the wars they've gone through, they'd be pretty well off. It doesn't mean they'll be able to fully recover that easily.

mary garvey-yes, if the money doesn't get misappropriated by the companies setting oil prices, or the organization handling the revenue, or the people buying construction materials (even baked-earth huts still need the high-powered heater), and the homes aren't wrecked during guerilla fighting, etc. There are a lot of things that can go wrong in even such a simple process.