Iraq: Related Web Sites

  • U.S. State Department: Iraq Update - includes official statements, issue studies, and more.
  • White House: Renewal in Iraq - presidential remarks, Bush administration news releases, and more.
  • Iraq on the Record - congressional report examining statements made by Bush Administration officials most responsible for providing public information on Iraq. Prepared at the request of Rep. Henry Waxman.
  • Baghdad Burning - Girl blog from Iraq, talking about war, politics, and occupation.
  • Iraq Study Group - bipartisan panel that presented a report on the current and prospective situation in Iraq.
  • Occupation Watch - monitors military occupation forces and foreign corporations in Iraq.
  • Report on Prewar Iraq Intelligence - Finds that intelligence used by the Bush administration as a basis for the Iraq war was exaggerated, uncertain, and suffered from "group think." From the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, July 2004. [PDF]Fri, Jul 09, 2004
  • Iraq Reconstruction Task Force - from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
  • USAID: Assistance for Iraq - overview of U.S. humanitarian aid to Iraq.
  • Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein - details the U.S. policy tilt towards Iraq from 1980-1984. From the National Security Archive.
  • U.S. Library of Congress Country Study - Iraq - Includes a country profile, and sections on Iraq's geography, society, military, economy, and government. From the U.S. Library of Congress.
  • Monitoring IHL in Iraq - from the International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative.
  • War With Iraq - report that estimated the cost of a war with Iraq at up to $1.9 trillion over a ten year period. From the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, December 2002. [PDF]Sat, Dec 07, 2002
  • Iraq Crisis - background and analysis from the Federation of American Scientists. Includes a section on the U.S. military's 1991 Operation Desert Storm.
  • Security Council: Iraq Crisis - from the UN watchdog Global Policy Forum.
  • Coalition Provisional Authority - former occupation authority led by Paul Bremer.
  • Editorial Cartoons: Saddam -- Again! - representing views from around the world, updated daily. From Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists' Index.
  • Iraq Research - contains reprints of reports from the Congressional Research Service, factsheets, and maps.
  • Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities - study that puts total Iraqi fatalities from the 2003 conflict at 12,950 people. From the Project on Defense Alternatives.
  • Long Road to War - Frontline special covering the history behind the U.S. confrontation with Saddam Hussein.
  • Target Iraq - features military resources and background on activity in Iraq. From GlobalSecurity.org.
  • Life and Death in Iraq - special report on the effect of sanctions on Iraqi citizens, especially children. From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 1999.
  • Operation Desert Fox - official site of the 1998 U.S. campaign to strike Iraqi targets that contribute to Iraq's ability to produce, store, maintain and deliver weapons of mass destruction.
  • War Crimes: A Report on U.S. War Crimes Against Iraq - by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and others for the Commission of Inquiry for the Int'l War Crimes Tribunal, February 1992. Also: Clark's letters and reports to the UN.
  • Fog of War - marking the anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. From the Washington Post.
  • The Gulf War - An in-depth look at the Gulf War and the crisis that precipitated it. From PBS' Frontline, January 1996.
  • Iraq Foundation - Nonprofit, non-governmental organization founded by Iraqi expatriates working for democracy and human rights in Iraq.
  • Iraqi National Congress - coalition of political organizations that opposed the rule of Saddam Hussein.
  • Resource File: Iraq - interactives, commentary, and more from the U.S. Naval Institute.
  • Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) - "works to change U.S. foreign policy and raise public awareness in support of human rights in Iraq and peace in the Middle East."
  • After the Storm - special report on the 10th anniversary of the Gulf war. From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 2001.
  • Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) - history of the conflict. Provides analysis of the ancient Persian-Arab conflict and the unresolved issues. From the Federation of American Scientists.