5 ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁from ▁ ▁per ▁day ▁to ▁ ▁per ▁day . ▁The ▁administration ▁claims ▁that ▁oil ▁production , ▁however , ▁is ▁up ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁when ▁oil ▁was ▁produced ▁at ▁. ▁ ▁Ira qi ▁anal yst s ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁administration ' s ▁measures ▁are ▁mis leading ▁because ▁the ▁war ▁began ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁which ▁pushed ▁production ▁numbers ▁lower ▁than ▁they ▁normally ▁would ▁have ▁been . ▁ ▁" They ▁are ▁way ▁off ▁of ▁their ▁original ▁pro jections " ▁for ▁where ▁oil ▁production ▁would ▁be ▁now , ▁said ▁Rick ▁Bart on , ▁an ▁expert ▁on ▁Ira qi ▁reconst ruction ▁at ▁the ▁Center ▁for ▁Str ateg ic ▁and ▁International ▁Studies ▁in ▁Washington . ▁" It ' s ▁basically ▁gone ▁now here ▁in ▁the ▁entire ▁time ▁we ' ve ▁been ▁there . ▁Of ▁course , ▁they ▁haven ' t ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁pip elines . ▁You ▁just ▁can ' t ▁be ▁re building ▁a ▁country ▁during ▁an ▁active ▁war ." ▁ ▁Fall uj ah ▁ ▁The ▁Fall uj ah ▁off ensive ▁Operation ▁V ig il ant ▁Resol ve ▁was ▁launched ▁on ▁ 5 ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁ 3 1 ▁March ▁murder ▁and ▁m util ation ▁of ▁four ▁of ▁Black water ' s ▁employees . ▁Ro ads ▁leading ▁into ▁and ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁were ▁closed . ▁When ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Sold iers ▁and ▁Mar ines ▁tried ▁to ▁enter , ▁fier ce ▁fighting