Please note: This website was first created in the fall of 2002 as the U.S. was heading towards the war in Iraq. Sites were added regularly through 2004 and occasionally in 2005. In lieu of taking it off the web because it does not reflect current events, we offer it for its historical value.
Iraq Crisis
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Background Reports
- A place to start for context
"Why Another War: A Backgrounder on the Iraq Crisis", 2d ed., by Sarah Graham-Brown and Chris Toensing, Middle East Research & Information Project (16 pp.)
www.merip.org/iraq_backgrounder_102202/iraq_background2_merip.pdf"Understanding the U.S.-Iraq Crisis: A Primer", by Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies (24 pp.)
http://www.ips-dc.org/iraq/primer.htm"Iraq Briefing Booklet", Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, (74 pp.)
www.merip.org/iraq_backgrounder_102202/ iraq_background2_merip.pdfPBS Frontline: The Long Road to War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/longroad/Country Reports
Country Briefings: Iraq (Economist)
http://www.economist.com/countries/Iraq/
Reproduces selected information from the British magazine, The Economist.IRAQ - A Country Study (U.S. Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html
A detailed study covers all aspects of Iraqi society. Data pertain to geography; society; economics; transportation; government and politics; and national security.Iraq Country Analysis Brief (U.S. Department of Energy. Energy Information Administration)
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iraq.html
Provides an overview of Iraq's energy resources. This current information is dated February 2003.Iraq: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2001 (U.S. Department of State)
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/nea/8257.htmIraq (Middle East Network Information Center, University of Texas at Austin)
http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/Countries_and_Regions/Iraq/
Presents information about the arts, humanities, and archaelogy; business and economics; education; government; health and science; news and media; and society and culture.Iraq: Selected Internet Resources (U.S. Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/iraq/iraq.html
Covers general resources; business and economics; education; environment; politics; national security; history; language and literature; and health, plus other topics.The Iraqis: Their History & Culture
http://www.culturalorientation.net/iraqi/
Iraq Memory Foundation (formerly Iraq Research & Documentation Project, Harvard University)
http://www.iraqmemory.org/en/index.asp
The IRDP at Harvard began with a collection of resources documenting the government, politics, and society of modern Iraq including large quantities of official Iraqi government documents acquired by Iraqi rebels during the uprisings of March 1991.
Miscellaneous
Arab Films
http://www.arabfilm.com/
http://aff.org/index.html
Post-War Iraq
See also ThinkTanks for reports on rebuilding Iraq.Guide to Post-War Iraq: Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC)
http://epic-usa.org/action/alert.php?n=59
Iraq Foundation (US)
http://www.iraqfoundation.org/
The Iraq Foundation works for democracy and human rights in Iraq, and for a better international understanding of Iraq's potential as a contributor to political stability and economic progress in the Middle East.
Iraqi Future Affairs Institute (UK)
http://www.iraqiaffairs.org/research.shtml?research=research
IFAI is an independent Iraqi research institution which aims to promote democracy and participate in the reconstruction of Iraq through the publication of studies written by experts in a variety of fields. Includes materials from the Iraqi National Congress and Iraqi exile Mr. Chalabi, featured on 60 Minutes.Iraqi National Congress (Exile)
http://www.inc.org.uk/
Iraqi Opposition Groups
http://www.iraqfoundation.org/oppositions/index.htmlIraqi Prospect Organisation (UK)
http://www.iprospect.org.uk/index.html
A network of young Iraqi men and women living in the west working to promote the creation of a proportionally representative Interim Iraqi Authority leading to the establishment of genuine democracy in Iraq.Iraq Reconstruction
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_reconstruction.htm
Numerous links including U.S. AID.Iraq Under Occupation Aljazeera.Net
http://english.aljazeera.net/Special+Reports/Iraq+under+Occupation.htmThe Library of Congress and the Cultural Property Office of the US Department of State Mission To Baghdad: Report on the National Library and the House of Manuscripts
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/LCIraqReport.html
This is an interview with two Library of Congress staff members who traveled to Baghdad in November 2003. Their mission was to assist the staff of the Iraqi Library assess the damage to its building and its collections after two fires, extensive water damage and and a devastating explosion. With the help of the Iraqi librarians and citizens who had made heroic efforts to protect their patrimony, the mission was accomplished.Opening the Doors: Intellectual Life and Academic Conditions in Post War Iraq
http://www.lemoyne.edu/global_studies/opening_the_doors.pdf
A report of the June 2003 visit to Iraq by members of the Iraqi Observatory about Baghdad's universities, libraries and cultural life in the wake of the war.Paying the Price: The Mounting Costs of the Iraq War
http://www.ips-dc.org/iraq/costsofwar
A study by the Institute for Policy Studies and Foreign Policy in Focus giving the first comprehensive accounting of the costs of the war on the United States, Iraq, and the World.ReliefWeb.org
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf
ReliefWeb is a project of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Reconstruction of Iraq (MoveOn.Org)
http://www.moveon.org/moveonbulletin//bulletin15.htmlWho's Who in Post-War Iraq
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/post_saddam_iraq/html/default.stm
http://truthout.org/docs_03/041703A.shtml
Cultural Heritage
Also search sites under News Sources and ThinkTanks.The Baghdad Museum Project
http://www.baghdadmuseum.org/Cuneiform Tablets of the Iraq Museum
http://cdli.ucla.edu:591/CDLI/IM/The Cultural Heritage of Iraq(Univ. of Penn. Museum)
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/research/iraq/index.shtmlECAI Iraq
http://ecai.org/iraq
The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) Iraq website offers users "a temporal-spatial portal into existing digital resources about history, cultural sites, archaeological excavations and heritage preservation initiatives."International Cultural Property Protection(U.S. Dept. of State)
http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop/
Includes links to international laws and agencies involved in cultural patrimony.Interpol
http://www.interpol.int/Public/WorkOfArt/default.aspIraqCrisis Listserve (University of Chicago)
https://listhost.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/iraqcrisis
A moderated list for communicating substantive information on cultural property damaged, destroyed or lost from Libraries and Museums in Iraq during and after the war in April 2003, and on the worldwide response to the crisis.Iraq: The Cradle of Civilization at Risk(H-Museum)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~museum/iraq.htmlIrai National Museum
http://the.iraq.museum
Site under construction.Lost Treasures from Iraq (University of Chicago)
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/iraq.htmlMiddle East Librarians Association Committee on Iraqi Libraries
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/zan.html
Report on the Central Awqaf Library and Report on the Central Library of Baghdad University / Al-WaziriyaNEH Grants: Recovering Iraq's Past
Request for Proposals to Preserve and Document Iraq's Cultural Heritage
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/iraq.html
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Slate - MSN)
http://slate.msn.com/id/2081647/
Includes photos of the looting and artifacts.Resources on Iraqi Museums(International Council of Museums)
http://icom.museum/iraq.html
Scroll down for multiple links to other websites.The Threat to World Heritage in Iraq
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wolf0126/
Includes links to multiple websites and governmental and institutional press releases.The 2003 Iraq War and Archaeology
http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/fdeblauwe/iraq.html
Maintained by Francis Deblauwe at the University of Missouri, Kansas CityUNESCO and Iraq
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=11178&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Librarians' Webliographies
War and Peace: Resources Related to the Current Iraq Crisis
http://lii.org/warandpeace
Librarians' Index to the Internet offers a most comprehensive annotated list of websites.INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
http://infomine.ucr.edu
Search for "Iraq" to locate multiple sites valuable to the academic community, reviewed for inclusion by librarians.Academic Info
http://www.academicinfo.net/iraq.htmlEast Carolina University
http://www.lib.ecu.edu/govdoc/iraq.htmlNorthwestern School of Law
http://law.lclark.edu/~lawlib/iraq.htmUniversity of Michigan Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/iraqwar.html
BLOGS
Multiple links to War/Iraq Blogs
Warblogs:cc
http://www.warblogs.cc/
Northwestern School of Law Library
http://law.lclark.edu/~lawlib/iraq.htm#gen
Iraq Blogs
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq-blogs.htmBaghdad Burning
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/
Girl Blog from Iraq... let's talk war, politics and occupation.Cursor.org
http://www.cursor.orgNonviolence.Org
http://www.nonviolence.org/index.phpWar in Context: Blog by Paul Woodward
http://warincontext.org
News Sources
Multiple Links (including Arab & Iraqi press and alternative news sources)
http://www.betterworldlinks.org/book60d.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldnewsguide/0,11376,620727,00.html
http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb030331-1.shtml
http://www.zmag.org/altmediaresources.htmAl-Jazeera English Language Page
http://english.aljazeera.net
http://www.cursor.org/aljazeera.htmAl's Iraq Resources
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=18641Arab.Net
http://www.arab.net/
Their aim is to provide the most comprehensive online resource on the Arab world, primarily dealing with countries in the Middle East and North Africa.Australian News
http://www.news.com.au/BBC News: Conflict with Iraq
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2002/conflict_with_iraq/ default.stmCanadian Broadcasting Corp.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/CommonDreams.org
http://www.commondreams.org/Electronic Iraq.net
http://electroniciraq.net/news/iraqdiaries.shtmlGuardian Unlimited
Special Report: Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/0,2759,423009,00.html Multiple Links - Scroll down
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,926154,00.htmlThe Independent (U.K.)
http://www.independent.co.uk
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
http://www.iwpr.net/iraq_index1.html
The IWPR strengthens local journalism in areas of conflict. By training reporters, facilitating dialogue and providing reliable information, it supports peace, democracy and development in societies undergoing crisis and change.Institute for Media, Peace and Security, University of Peace
http://www.mediapeace.org/
The Institute "an intellectual tool for preventive diplomacy" -- aims to educate people in the many ways the media interact with issues of war and peace.Middle East Media Research Institute
http://www.memri.org/index.htmlMoving Ideas Network: Liberal Links
http://www.movingideas.org/linksNew York Times: International Special
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/worldspecial/index.htmlNorbert's Bookmarks for a Better World: Conflict Regions Iraq!
http://www.betterworldlinks.org/irak.htmOnline News Hour:The Iraq War
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/iraq/index.htmlSpeeches & Transcript Center
http://www.freepint. com/gary/speech.htmtruthout
http://www.truthout.orgWarInContext
http://warincontext.orgWar Report: Iraq & Afghanistan
http://www.comw.org/warreport/index.htmlZNET News Information Center
http://www.zmag.org/pubsst.htmEvaluating the Media
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
http://www.fair.org/MediaChannel.org
http://www.mediachannel.org/
A media issues supersite, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations worldwide.Critical Media Literacy in Times of War
http://www.tandl.vt.edu/Foundations/mediaproject/home.htmReclaim the Media.org
http://ReclaimTheMedia.org
Information on the proposed FCC regulations on media consolidations.
Numerous useful links to other media-related sites.
United Nations
UN Resolution on Iraq
Draft Version
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/un/iraq-blue-res-051903en.pdf
Final Version
http://ods-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N03/368/53/PDF/N0336853.pdf?OpenElementInternational Atomic Energy Agency
http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/
Established as an autonomous organization under the United Nations in 1957, the IAEA serves as the world's foremost intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology.United Nations News
http://www.un.org/News/UN Documentation Center
http://www.un.org/documents/
Search and view full texts of General Assembly and Security Council documents. See also Meeting Records of the Security Council from 1997-2003 at http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/scact.htm.United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
http://www.unhchr.chUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Iraq Emergency
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/iraq?page=homeUnited Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)
http://www.unmovic.org/
Reproduces relevant UN documents; a chronology of events; press briefings; and for those in the job market, information about employment and training as a weapons inspector.UN Office of the Iraq Programme, Oil for Food
http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations, New York
http://www.iraqi-mission.org/ http://www.iraqi-mission.org/
United States Government
CIA: Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD, September 30, 2004
http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd_2004/index.html
Agency for International Development(USAID)
Post-War Assistance for Iraq
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/index.htmlArmy War College Report: Bounding the Global War on Terrorism
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/2003/bounding/bounding.htm
Government Views of Iraq
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/Iraqbib.html
CCNY's comprehensive site for U.S. government documents and information, and some international entries.Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.milLeaflets Dropped on Iraq
http://192.31.19.135/galleries/leaflets/showleaflets.asp
http://www.iwar.org.uk/psyops/resources/iraq/House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform
Rep. Henry Waxman's "Iraq on the Record"
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/features/iraq_on_the_recordLibrary of Congress: Congressional Research Service
http://www.llrx.com/features/crsreports.htmInternational Law and the Preemptive Use of Force Against Iraq
http://www.iraqresearch.com/RS21314_1/rs21314_1.html
Iraq War: Background & Issues Review
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19202.pdf Iraq: U.S. Military Operations
http://www.fas.org/man/crs/RL31701.pdf
U.S. Use of Preemptive Military Force
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/13841.pdf
Other reports on Iraq or the Middle East:
http://www.fas.org/man/crs/#me
http://www.iraqresearch.com/html/reports.html
http://fpc.state.gov/c7690.htmNational Security Archive: George Washington University
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchivThe Saddam Hussein Sourcebook: Declassified Secrets from the U.S.-Iraq Relationship
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/special/iraq/index.htmNavy War College: New Rules Sets Project
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/newrulesets
The Pentagon's New Map
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/newrulesets/ThePentagonsNewMap.htmProject for the New American Century
http://www.newamericancentury.org
Officially, it's a thinktank but this where the Bush administration's policies surfaced
- take a look at the names under statement of principles.
For an outside review of PNAC, see
http://www.moveon.org/moveonbulletin/bulletin13.htmlState Department
http://fpc.state.gov/c7688.htmBackground Notes: Iraq
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6804.htmU.S. Institute for Peace
http://www.usip.org/
The USIP is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts.The Whitehouse
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/
Foreign Governments
U.K. House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Committee, The Decision to Go to War in Iraq
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmfaff/813/813.pdfU.K. House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Committee, Testimony of Dr. David Kelly, Special Adviser to the Director, Counter-proliferation and arms control, Ministry of Defence, July 15, 2003
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmfaff/uc1025-i/uc102502.htm
International Law
American Society of International Law: Armed Force in Iraq
http://www.asil.org/iraaqindex.htmDocumental Center for Human Rights in Iraq
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/iraq/International Committee for the Red Cross
http://www.helpicrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/homeeng!OpenIraq
http://www.helpicrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/special_iraq
International Humanitarian Law
http://www.helpicrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/ihl?OpenDocument
International humanitarian law (IHL) is the body of rules which, in wartime, protects people who are not or are no longer participating in the hostilities. Its central purpose is to limit and prevent human suffering in times of armed conflict. The rules are to be observed not only by governments and their armed forces, but also by armed opposition groups and any other parties to a conflict. The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977 are the principal instruments of humanitarian law. Includes documents and searchable database.The Iraq Crisis and International Law
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
www.merip.org/iraq_backgrounder_102202/iraq_background2_merip.pdfLawyers Committee for Human Rights
http://www.lchr.org/iraq/war_in_iraq.htmMonitoring International Humanitarian Law in Iraq
Harvard University, International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative
http://www.ihlresearch.org/iraq/Physicians for Human Rights
http://www.phrusa.org/index.html
'Preventive War' and International Law After Iraq
http://www.globelaw.com/Iraq/Preventive_war_after_Iraq.htm
Protection of Cultural Property
http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop/intlaws.htmlReference Guide to the Geneva Conventions
Society of Professional Journalists
http://www.genevaconventions.org/The War on Iraq: Legal Issues
Columbia Law School Library
http://www.hrcr.org/hottopics/Iraq.html
ThinkTanks, Non-Profits, etc. that lead to other links or provide useful reports
Right Web
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/index.php
Describes organizations, people, corporations, etc. on the Right. Useful in determining bias of some of the sites that follow.Public Eye
http://www.publiceye.org
Political Research Associates is an independent, nonprofit research center that studies antidemocratic, authoritarian, and other oppressive movements, institutions, and trends. PRA is based on progressive values, and is committed to advancing an open, democratic, and pluralistic society. PRA provides accurate, reliable research and analysis to activists, journalists, educators, policy makers, and the public at large.********
American Friends Service Committee: Iraq Resource Guide
http://www.afsc.org/iraq/guide/Default.shtmBrookings Institution
http://www.brookings.org/Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Crisis in Iraq
http://www.ceip.org/files/Iraq/index.htmWMD in Iraq: Evidence and Implications
http://www.ceip.org/files/Publications/IraqReport3.asp?from=pubdateCenter for International Policy
http://www.ciponline.org/iraq/Center for Nonproliferation Studies: Iraq Special Collection
http://cns.miis.edu/research/iraq/index.htm
The Center for Nonproliferation Studies is a nongovernmental group that deals with issues affecting nonproliferation of weapons. The Iraq special collection reproduces UN documents and reports on Iraqi weapons. The "Inspections Database"; presents details of recent inspection activities at specific sites.Council on Foreign Relations
http://www.cfr.org/index.phpFederation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org
Focuses the resources of the scientific and technical community on some of our nation's most critical challenges: arms trade, WMD, government secrecy, intelligence, terrorism, U.S. military. Founders were members of the Manhattan Project, creators of the atom bomb and deeply concerned about the implications of its use for the future of humankind. FAS is the oldest organization dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose. Programs and publications advance their mission of informed public debate.Foreign Policy In Focus
http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/index.html
FPIF is a "think tank without walls" that links a diverse network of area specialists, policy advocates, citizen movements, and foreign policy analysts to help forge a cohesive and comprehensive new global affairs agenda with the aim of making the U.S. a more responsible global leader and global partner. Joint project of the IRC and IPS below.Global Policy Forum - Iraq Crisis
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/irqindx.htmInterhemispheric Resource Center (IRC)
http://www.irc-online.org/International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
http://www.prio.no/Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
http://www.ips-dc.orgIraq Policy Information Project
http://iraqpolicy.com
IPIP exists to spur informed national debate about Bush administration policy toward Iraq and to broaden US media coverage of the Iraq policy crisis.Middle East Research & Information Project
http://www.merip.org
MERIP's purpose is to provide information and analysis on Middle East politics, culture and society to the existing media.Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: War Against Iraq
http://www.wagingpeace.org/new/issues/peaceandwar/Iraq/index.htmProject Against the Present Danger
http://www.presentdanger.org/index.html
Joint program of the IRC and IPS (see above) to help stimulate a broadly based public and policy response--spanning the left-center-conservative political sectors and uniting the common interests of business and society--in support of a new, invigorated framework of international cooperation and multilateral system of global governance. It seeks to work collaboratively with other projects, campaigns, think tanks, and organizations that stand in defense of international cooperation, international rule of law, and multilateralism.Security Scholars for a Sensible Foreign Policy
http://www.sensibleforeignpolicy.net
Security Scholars for a Sensible Foreign Policy is a small group of academics who are concerned about American national security, and about the quality of the American debate on national security and foreign policy topics.ZNET: Iraq Watch
http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Iraq/IraqCrisis.cfm
Military Information & Strategic Studies
Australia Department of Defence
http://www.defence.gov.au/opfalconer/U.K. Ministry of Defence
http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/index.htmU.S. Central Command
http://192.31.19.135Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents, US Army Foreign Military Studies Office
http://70.169.163.24
Unclassified documents and media captured during Operation Iraqi Freedom.Arms Sales Monitoring Project (Federation of American Scientists)
http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/index.htmlCenter for Defense Information: Eye on Iraq
http://www.cdi.org/program/index.cfm?programid=69
CDI's purpose is "to educate the public and inform policymakers about issues of security policy, strategy, operations, weapon systems and defense budgeting, and to produce creative solutions."Center for Security Policy
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/
The "Center's mission is to promote 'Peace through Strength.' We are striving to ensure that a strong defense remains the first and most important priority of our nation's government, notably by helping those inside government and in the security policy community more generally to fulfill that obligation."Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
http://www.csbaonline.org/
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) is an independent, nonprofit public policy research institute established to promote innovative thinking about defense planning and investment strategies for the 21st century.Center for Strategic and International Studies
http://www.csis.org/about/index.htm
CSIS is dedicated to providing world leaders with strategic insights on and policy solutions to current and emerging global issues.DefenseNews.com
http://www.defensenews.com/index.phpThe Henry L. Stimson Center
http://www.stimson.org/?SN=TI200110174
Devoted to offering practical solutions to problems of national and international security using rigorous analysis and outreach.GlobalSecurity.Org
http://www.globalsecurity.orgThe Information Warfare Site
http://www.iwar.org.uk/index.htm
IWAR aims to stimulate debate on a variety of issues involving information security, information operations, e-commerce and more with a special emphasis on offensive and defensive information operations.International Institute for Strategic Studies
http://www.iiss.org/iraq.php
IISS is a "primary source of accurate, objective information on international strategic issues for politicians and diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business, economists, the military, defence commentators, journalists, academics and the informed public." It is "independent and... owes no allegiance to any government, or to any political or other organisation."Project for Defense Alternatives
http://www.comw.org/pda/index.html
Since its inception in 1991, the Project on Defense Alternatives has sought to adapt security policy to the challenges and opportunities of the post-Cold War era.
Military, War, and Peace Bookmarks
http://www.comw.org/pda/milbkmrk.html
Iraq War Report
http://www.comw.org/warreport/index.html
Depleted Uranium
Multiple links to both sides of the issue
http://www.betterworldlinks.org/book60h.htmCanadian Broadcasting Corp.
Depleted Uranium FAQ
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/du.html
Silver Bullet: Depleted Uranium http://www.tv.cbc.ca/national/pgminfo/du/
Depleted Uranium: A Post-War Disaster for Environment & Health
http://www.rimbaud.freeserve.co.uk/dhap99f.htmlNational Gulf War Resources Center
http://www.ngwrc.orgU.S. Department of Defense
Map of Areas of Depleted Uranium in Iraq
http://www.ngwrc.org/Dulink/DU_Map.htmU.S. Dept. of Defense: Depleted Uranium Library
http://www.deploymentlink.osd.mil/du_library/World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/env/du/en/World Information Service on Energy: WISE Uranium Project
http://www.antenna.nl/~wise/uranium/index.html#DU
WISE is an information and networking center for citizens and environmental organizations concerned about nuclear energy, radioactive waste, radiation, and related issues.
Peace, Nonviolence, Anti-War Sites
Multiple Links
http://www.nonviolence.org/links.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/subsection/0,12809,884056,00.html
American Friends Service Committee
http://www.afsc.org/iraq/Default.htmA.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism)
http://www.internationalanswer.org/Buffalo Activist Network
http://www.buffaloactivist.netBuffaloPeacePeople.Org
http://www.buffalopeacepeople.org/Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC)
http://www.epic-usa.org/Iraq Action Coalition
http://leb.net/IAC/frames.html
An online media and activists' resource center for groups and activists who are working to end the war against the people of Iraq.Iraq Crisis Antiwar Home Page
http://www.nonviolence. org/iraq/Guardian Special Report: The AntiWar Movement
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/0,12809,879311,00.htmlMoveOn.Org
http://www.moveon.org/Not in Our Name
http://www.notinourname.net/Poets Against the War
http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/WagingPeace.Org
http://www.wagingpeace.org/index.htmlWorkingForChange.com
http://www.workingforchange.com/VoteToImpeach.org
http://www.votetoimpeach.org
Casualty Lists
CNN's Casualty List
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualtiesThe Faces of 1000 Soldiers
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/091004W.shtmlU.S. Casualties Global Security.org
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_casualties.htmGraphing the Dead
http://buffaloreport.com/2004/041008.bowman.graphing.htmlThe Guardian (UK)
Scroll to "Casualites" to find the latest article listing names and circumstances (UK, US, Iraqi)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/0,2759,423009,00.htmlIraq Body Count
Reported Iraqi civilian deaths
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/Iraq Coalition Casualty Count
http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx
The Wages of War: Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict
Project on Defense Alternatives
HTML: http://www.comw.org/pda/0310rm8.html
PDF: http://www.comw.org/pda/fulltext/0310rm8.pdf
An independent review of US combat data, battlefield press reports, and Iraqi hospital surveys has found that approximately 13,000 Iraqis (plus or minus 16.5 percent or 2,150) were killed during the major combat phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The report covers the period from 19 March to the end of April. Among the Iraqi dead were between 3,200 and 4,300 noncombatants -- that is, civilians who did not take up arms.
Trial of Saddam Hussein
Trial of Saddam Hussein (Law Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/law/public/saddam/Guardian (U.K.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/saddam/0,,1594992,00.html
Maps
Iraq Maps (Global Security.org)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/maps.htm