Here's a link:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/888082.asp

By Familyman on Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 02:16 pm:

3 or 4 wells is really minor. When they light up a couple hundred then it's a big deal. They've got literally thousands of active wells in Iraq and lighting a few up to provide a some sort of defensive shield is way different than lighting them all up to destroy the resource.