Information from a liaison relationship with a foreign intelligence agency on Iraqi production of biological weapons were "seriously flawed."

Iraqi nuclear production was set back.

He also said that lost Iraqi production had largely been made up for by increases in output from Saudi Arabia.

It says that information from another country's intelligence service on Iraqi production of chemical and biological weapons was "seriously flawed", without naming the country.

He had threatened to increase Iraqi production to more than four million barrels a day within a year if his demands were not met.

Then, he asserted, Iraqi production could reach its prewar level of three million barrels a day.

But for oil facilities to be repaired, some might have to be shut first, and Iraqi production could actually decline, industry experts say.

Iraqi production is expected to climb to 2.4 million barrels a day next year, according to Deutsche Bank.

OPEC announces that, if need be, it will make up for lost Iraqi production.

Iraqi production now is about 2.3 million to 2.5 million barrels.