The First Gulf War / Desert Storm - Directory of Online Resources

CNN.com - In-Depth - The Unfinished War: A Decade Since Desert Storm
Sections include: The War ; Legacy ; Updates ; Looking Back.

Federal of American Scientists

• Desert Shield/Desert Storm Imagery
  Sections include: Airfields ; Communications ; Headquarters Buildings ; Naval ; Nuclear ; Oil ; Religious Buildings ; Transportation ; Scud.
  
• Saddam Hussein's Iraq
  Prepared by the U.S. Dept. of State, Released September 13, 1999 (updated February 23, 2000)
  

George Washington University - National Security Archives

• Post-Saddam Iraq: The War Game
  "Desert Crossing" 1999 Assumed 400,000 Troops and Still a Mess
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Boo, No. 207, November 2006.
  
  
• The Saddam Hussein Sourcebook (December 2003)
  "The Saddam Hussein Sourcebook posted today also brings together five briefing books previously published by the National Security Archive into one searchable file of primary sources. These include "Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction," "Eyes on Saddam," "Alleged Iraqi War Criminals in 1992," "Operation Desert Storm," and "Shaking Hands with Saddam: U.S. Policy before the Gulf War."
  
• Update on Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction (February 2004)
  "..an expanded collection of core documents relating to the Iraq WMD debate."
  Electronic Briefing Book No. 80
  Edited by Jeffrey Richelson
  U.S. Army Identified 500 Alleged Iraqi War Criminals in 1992 (March 20, 2003)
  Report Released under FOIA is a Precursor to 2003 War Criminals Proceedings
  
  
  
  
  

National Academy Press (free online versions)

• 2006
  • Gulf War and Health: Volume 5. Infectious Diseases
    By Abigail E. Mitchell, Laura B. Sivitz, Robert E. Black, Editors, Committee on Gulf War and Health: Infectious Diseases, 2006.
    
  • Gulf War and Health: Volume 4. Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War
    Committee on Gulf War and Health: A Review of the Medical Literature Relative to the Gulf War Veterans Health, 2006.
    
• 2005
  • Gulf War and Health: Volume 3. Fuels, Combustion Products, and Propellants
    Committee on Gulf War and Health, Literature Review of Selected Environmental Particulates, Pollutants, and Synthetic Chemical Compounds, 2005.
    
• 2003
  • Gulf War and Health: Volume 2. Insecticides and Solvents
    Committee on Gulf War and Health: Literature Review of Pesticides and Solvents, 2003.
    
• 2001
  • Gulf War Veterans: Treating Symptoms and Syndromes
    Committee on Identifying Effective Treatments for Gulf War Veterans' Health Problems, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Bernard M. Rosof and Lyla M. Hernandez, Editors, 2001.
    
• 2000
  • Gulf War and Health: Volume 1. Depleted Uranium, Pyridostigmine Bromide, Sarin, And Vaccines
    Committee on Health Effects Associated with Exposures During the Gulf War, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, 2000.
    

National Gulf War Resource Center
"...is an international coalition of advocates and organizations providing a resource for information, support, and referrals for all those concerned with the complexities of Persian Gulf War issues, especially Gulf War illnesses and those held prisoner or missing in action."

United Nations

• Security Council
  • Resolution 661 (1990) Concerning the Situation Between Iraq and Kuwait
• Peacekeeping
  • UNIKOM - United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
    "...was established in April 1991 following the forced withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Its task is to monitor the demilitarized zone along the Iraq-Kuwait border, deter border violations and report on any hostile action."
    • Relevant Security Council Resolutions
    
    

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

• Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Home
  • Scientific Progress in Understanding Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Report and Recommendations
    September 2004.
    

The Unseen Gulf War
Photographs of the reality of war.
By Peter Turnley, December 2002
- The Digital Journalist