You were ill-informed. I've gone to the trouble to include actual LINKS to my sources. You've got no excuse for being uninformed in the future.
"Iraq's actual oil production has been declining for years. Its peak was 3.5 million barrels a day in July 1990, just before Iraq invaded Kuwait. [By 2002], Iraq was producing only about 2.1 million barrels a day..." - MARGARET WARNER http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec03/oil_10-23.html
"As of early November 2004, Iraqi oil output was fluctuating somewhat, but generally was averaging around 2.2 million barrels per day (bbl/d) on a "gross" basis..." - DOE Briefing http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iraq.html