According to former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, "every US$1 drop in the price of a barrel of oil caused a US$1 billion drop in Iraq's annual revenues triggering an acute financial crisis in Baghdad".
根据伊拉克前外交部长塔里克·阿齐兹所说：“每桶原油价格下降$1美元，就会导致伊拉克石油年收入降低$10亿美元，并在巴格达引发剧烈的财政危机“。