This was definitely an interesting research project.  When I had done initial research on Iraq and its ICT capabilities, it seemed that Iraq was a hopeless civilization.  However, based on all of the foreign direct investments by foreign governments, private contractors, and businesses alike, there is a huge reconstruction effort to rebuild Iraq’s infrastructure.  Over the next several years, you will see a boom in IT jobs for Middle Eastern citizens, as well as lot of private industries that are going to try and bring a presence into the Middle East.  As a side note, when I complete my graduate studies at DePaul University, I will be attempting to get into the private contractor sector that was mentioned earlier in this research project.