Iraq Studies Digital Library

Iraq Studies - Digital Library

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Iraq Government Home Page (Arabic or English)
Sections include: Prime Minister Office ; Iraqi Government Program ; Press Releases ; Ministries Activities ; Embassies & D. Delegation ; Path of Democracy ; Mass Media News ; Articles ; Articles ; Iraqi Constitution ; Saddam's Trial ; Iraqi Gov Websites.

U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq
Sections include: News ; Links ; U.S. Policy & Issues.

U.S. Senate - Select Committee on Intelligence - Iraq Intelligence Reports

International Constitutional Law Project
"...provides English translations of and other textual material related to constitutional documents. It cross-references those documents for quick comparison of constitutional provisions."

  • Iraq Index
    Sections Include: Interim Constitution (2004) ; Interim Constitution (1990) ; Iraq Foundation ; Iraqi National Congress ; Draft Constitution by Opposition Groups ; Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).

American Society of International Law (ASIL) - Armed Force in Iraq - (dead link)
Sections include: ASIL Insights ; Articles ; Documents in the News ; ASIL Interest Groups.

Amnesty International

  • Iraq: In Cold Blood: Abuses by Armed Groups - (dead link) (07/25/2005)

Arab Gateway - Iraq
Sections include: Books ; Documents ; Economy ; History ; Internet ; Kurds ; Maps ; Media ; Military ; News ; Opposition ; Politics ; Sanctions ; Travel.

Arab Reform Bulletin
- Part of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Democracy and Rule of Law Project.

Atlantic Monthly

Australian War Memorial - Online Exhibits

Brookings Institutions - Foreign Policy Studies - Iraq War - (dead link)
Sections include: Current Commentary ; Selected Readings ; Iraq Memos ; Middle East Policy ; Project on Terrorism ; Sanctions ; Internally Displaced Persons ; U.S. Policy Towards the Islamic World.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

  • Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of Mass Destruction (June 2002)
    "...provides the most comprehensive assessment available on the dangers nations face today from weapons of mass destruction, and the successes and failures of international nonproliferation efforts."
    Available online: Chapter One: Global Trends ; Chapter Sixteen: Iraq.
    By Joseph Cirincione with Jon B. Wolfsthal and Miriam Rajkumar

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - IRAQ Resources
Sections include: Carnegie Analysis ; Hearings on Iraq ;

  • WMD In Iraq: Evidence and Implications (January 2004)
    By Joseph Cirincione, Jessica T. Mathews, George Perkovich, with Alexis Orton.
    "This new study details what the U.S. and international intelligence communities understood about Iraq's weapons programs before the war and outlines policy reforms to improve threat assessments, deter transfer of WMD to terrorists, strengthen the UN weapons inspection process, and avoid politicization of the intelligence process."
  • The Bush Administration on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Capabilities
    August 2002-
    "We have compiled statements from the Bush Administration primarily on Iraq's previous and current ability to manufacture and hide chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons as well as delivery systems. We have also included statements on the relationship between intelligence and post-war evidence of such capabilities. Statements in bold are our emphases."
    Prepared by Christina Andersson.
  • IRAQ: A New Approach: Coercive Inspections
    Special Carnegie Report, 5 September 2002.
    "The papers in this collection grew out of discussions held at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from late April to late July of this year [2002]. The discussions included top regional and military experts, former inspectors with dozens of man-years' experience in Iraq, and individuals with intimate knowledge of the diplomatic situation at the United Nations."

Congressional Research Service - CRS Reports for Congress

Council on Foreign Relations

Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index

DigitalGlobe - New Baghdad Images - (dead link)
"As seen in the media"

  • Iraqi Palaces and Other Sites - (dead link)

Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC)
"The Education for Peace in Iraq Center promotes freedom, security, and genuine democracy for the people of Iraq."

Federation of American Scientists - Congress 2002 Intelligence Debate

  • Did the U.S. Help Saddam Acquire Biological Weapons
    Statement of Sen. Byrd, September 20, 2002.
    Read from the Newsweek article from the Sept. 23, 2002 issue regarding the cordial nature of U.S. - Iraqi relations during the early 1980's, including a description of Donald Rumsfeld's visit with Saddam Hussein and how the U.S. sent germs to Iraq.

Foreign Affairs
Published by the Council on Foreign Relations.

  • Iraq's Civil War
    By James D. Fearon, Stanford University, March/April 2007.
  • A Battle for Global Values
    By Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, January/February 2007.
  • How We Fight
    "Summary: Reports that U.S. troops may have killed 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, last November have renewed fears that the U.S. military routinely violates the laws of war. But is the Haditha incident the exception or the rule? In fact, U.S. compliance with noncombatant immunity in Iraq has been relatively high by historical standards, and it has been improving since the beginning of the war."
    By Colin H. Kahl, Dept. of Political Science, University of Minnesota, November/December 2006.
  • What to Do in Iraq: A Roundtable (July/August 2006)
    Larry Diamond, James Dobbins, Chaim Kaufmann, Leslie H. Gelb, and Stephen Biddle.
  • Saddams's Delusions: The View From the Inside
    "Summary: A special, double-length article from the upcoming May/June issue of Foreign Affairs, presenting key excerpts from the recently declassified book-length report of the USJFCOM Iraqi Perspectives Project."
    By Kevin Woods, James Lacey, and Williamson Murray, May/June 2006.
  • Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq
    By Paul R. Pillar, March/April 2006.
  • Women, Islam, and the New Iraq
    By Isobel Coleman, January/February 2006.

George Washington University - National Security Archives

Global Policy Forum (GPF)
"We monitor global policy making at the United Nations"
"On the site, GPF has dozens of Publications on global policy issues, as well as thousands of pages of documents and data. The site is designed to be used by the general public as well as by students and specialists. GPF also provides many interviews to print and broadcast media and we respond to hundreds of inquiries from students and citizens."
Sections include: Financing for Development ; Sanctions ; Global Taxes ; Globalization ; Iraq Crisis ; Secretary General ; Tables and Charts ; International Justice.

historiae.org

Human and Constitutional Rights
Sections include: Hot Topics ; Country Reports ; International Links ; Regional Links ; Web Resources ; National Links ; Documents.
Maintained by the Arthur W. Diamond Law Library at Columbia Law School.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - The ICRC in Iraq
"The ICRC's main priority in Iraq is to ensure that the rights of civilians and persons deprived of their freedom are respected and that the occupying powers are aware of and fulfil their obligations under international humanitarian law."

  • How ICRC and Red Crescent Helped Victims of Violence in 2006
    Operational update, 22-03-2007.
  • Civilians Continue to Pay the Highest Price in the Conflict - (dead link)
    Press Briefing, 30-11-2006.
  • The Iraqi High Criminal Court: Controversy and Contributions - (dead link)
    By Michael A. Newton, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 862, p. 399-425.

International Constitutional Law Project
"...provides English translations of and other textual material related to constitutional documents. It cross-references those documents for quick comparison of constitutional provisions."

  • Iraq Index
    Sections Include: Interim Constitution (2004) ; Interim Constitution (1990) ; Iraq Foundation ; Iraqi National Congress ; Draft Constitution by Opposition Groups ; Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).

Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) - (dead link)
"IWPR builds democracy at the frontlines of conflict and change through the power of professional journalism. IWPR programs provide intensive hands-on training, extensive reporting and publishing, and ambitious initiatives to build the capacity of local media. Supporting peace-building, development and the rule of law, IWPR gives responsible local media a voice."

  • Iraqi Crisis Report - (dead link)
  • Iraqi Press Monitor - (dead link)
    "...is a daily survey of the main stories in Iraq's newspapers. It features the top stories of the day, along with a political cartoon."
  • Iraq Radio - The Other Half - (dead link)
    "The Other Half radio show explores the changing lives of women in Iraq through interviews, features and commentaries. The programmes are produced in Arabic by IWPR trainees and are broadcast on Iraqi radio stations."

International Crisis Group

Iraq Crisis Bulletin - (dead link)
"...provides daily worldwide news reporting on the Iraq Crisis. Reports from correspondents stationed around the world, focuses on news developments and the military, political, social, and economic impact of the Iraq Crisis and Operation Iraqi Freedom."

Iraq Development Program (IDP)
"The core aspect of the Iraq Development Program is to enable Iraqi businesspeople to benefit from direct relations with the rest of the world. The initiative looks to promote the role of Iraqi companies and the partnering opportunities available that will ensure the necessary transfer of technology from the developed world into Iraq."

  • Iraq Security, Technology & Communications Summit
    September 2006, Sharjah, UAE
    Presentations available online.
    "This Summit is unique in both mission and purpose. It isn't the usual conference rhetoric...it is a unique opportunity to understand requirements, and to exchange ideas between the Government of Iraq and the Industry Leaders that hold stake in the success of the Nation."

Iraq on the Record - (dead link)
The Bush Administration's Public Statements on Iraq
"...is a searchable collection of 237 specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq made by the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public information and shaping public opinion on Iraq: President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Powell, and National Security Advisor Rice.The Iraq on the Record Report is a comprehensive examination of these statements.
Presented by Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives.

IraqJournal.org
"A collection of regular reports from Iraq, coordinated by independent journalist Jeremy Scahill."

Iraqi News Agency (INA) - (dead link) (Arabic or English)

  • Open Letter from Saddam Hussein to the Peoples of the United States - (dead link) (September 15, 2001)

The Lancet
"The journal was, and remains, independent, without affiliation to a medical or scientific organisation. More than 180 years later, The Lancet is an independent and authoritative voice in global medicine."

Library of Congress Area Handbook Series - Iraq
Chapters include: Historical Setting ; Society and Its Environment ; The Economy ; Government and Politics ; National Security ; Bibliography.

[Maps] Iraq Maps
Includes: Country Maps ; City Maps ; Detailed Maps ; Thematic Maps ; Historical Maps ; Other Web Sites.
- University of Texas - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection

[Maps] Tribes in Iraq
"This map, produced by the Humanitarian Information Center for Iraq, shows the locations of Iraq's tribes."

Middle East Institute

  • Iraq and the Gulf Region
    Remarks delivered at the 15th Annual Arab-US Policymakers' Conference, Washington DC, October 31, 2006.

The Middle East Review of International Affairs

National Academy Press (free downloads)

National Geographic - Iraq Maps

National Public Radio (NPR) - The Partisans of Ali: A History of Shia Faith and Politics
Audio and Text of the February 2007 NPR series.
"The United States is immersed more deeply than ever in the Muslim world's sectarian divide. A five-part series explores the split between Shia and Sunnis, from its origins shortly after the death of Muhammed in the seventh century to the modern-day upheaval in Iraq."
In This Series: : The Origins of the Shia-Sunni Split ; Shi Rise Amid Century of Mideast Turmoil ; Export of Iran's Revolution Spawns Violence ; Iraq War Deepens Sunni-Shia Divide ; Shia-Sunni Conflict Forces U.S. Shift in Iraq ; Profiles: Key Individuals in the Shia-Sunni Divide ; Chronology: A History of the Shia-Sunni Split ; One Thousand Years of Shiite History ; Suggested Reading.

National Pubic Radio (NPR) - Fresh Air Online

  • Listen to Joseph Cirincione (April 1, 2003)
    "He specializes in defense and proliferation issues at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is senior associate and director of the Non-Proliferation Project. He will discuss the evolution of the Bush administration's policy toward Iraq. Its origins begin with a small group of influential officials and experts in Washington, D.C., who were calling for regime change in Iraq long before Sept. 11, 2001.
  • Listen to William Kristol (April 1, 2003)
    "He is editor of the conservative magazine, The Weekly Standard. He also chairs the neo-conservative think tank, Project for the New American Century. He is one of the architects of the blueprint for regime change found in the document 'Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces and Resources for a New Century.'"

The New Yorker

  • Torture at Abu Ghraib
    "American soldiers brutalized Iraqis. How far up does the responsibility go?"
    By Seymour M. Hersh, Issue of 2004-05-10.

Office of the Director of National Intelligence
"The IC is a federation of executive branch agencies and organizations that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the United States."

Parameters
US Army War College Quarterly

PBS - America at a Crossroads
Companion website to the April 2007 series.
"...is a major public television event premiering on PBS in April 2007 that explores the challenges confronting the post-9/11 world ó including the war on terrorism; the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; the experience of American troops serving abroad; the struggle for balance within the Muslim world; and global perspectives on Americaís role overseas."
Films include: JIHAD: The Men and Ideas behind Al Qaeda ; Warriors ; Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience ; Gangs of Iraq ; The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom ; Europe's 9/11 ; The Muslim Americans ; Faith Without Fear ; Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia ; Security versus Liberty: The Other War ; The Brotherhood.

PBS - Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
An Online Companion to the Weekly Television News Program

  • Shia/Sunni Conflict
    "Sunnis and Shiites have not always been openly hostile. In many parts of the world they live together peacefully. Indeed, they used to get along so well in Iraq, the sectarian violence that erupted there last year took many by surprise. Lucky Severson talked with an influential and prominent Middle East scholar about the history of Sunni-Shiite rivalry, why it is now tearing Iraq apart, and what the prospects are for controlling it."
    Watch the September 29, 2006 report online.

PBS Frontline - Beyond Baghdad (February 2004)
Companion website to the PBS broadcast.
Video: Watch the Full Program.
"A journey across Iraq - from the Kurdish north, through the Sunni Triangle, into the Shiite south - and a hard look at the prospects for democracy."
Sections include: A Long Road: Dispatch From Postwar Iraq ; Iraqis and Americans ; Interviews ; Map: Peoples and Politics.; Links & Readings.

PBS Frontline - The Insurgency
An Investigation into the People Who are Fighting Against U.S. and Coalition Forces in Iraq. [Watch Full Program Online.]
Companion Website to the February 21, 2006 broadcast.
Sections include: Enemy Attacks ; Map ; Previous Reports ; Can It Be Defeated ; Interviews with Insurgents ; Teacher's Guide.

PBS FRONTLINE - The Lost Year in Iraq (Watch Episode Online)
Companion website to the October 2006 broadcast.
"They came to rebuild and bring democracy, but soon were hardened by the postwar realities. When it came time to leave, they left behind lawlessness, insurgency and economic collapse."
Section include: Extended Interviews ; Timeline: Fighting on Two Fronts ; Analysis ; Documents ; Readings & Links ; Teacher's Guide.

PBS Frontline - Truth, War and Consequences (October 2003)
"As the Bush administration faces continuing questions about its failure to secure peace in Iraq, FRONTLINE takes an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at what some government officials say is the underlying cause of America's current problems in Iraq: the prewar political infighting among the Pentagon, State Department, and White House that hampered U.S. efforts to plan for an orderly postwar transition."
Sections include: Interview ; Why Did We Go to War ; What Went Wrong ; What's at Stake? ; Watch Online ; Discussion ; Links & Readings ; Teacher's Guide.

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

Project for the New American Century (PNAC)
"...is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to a few fundamental propositions: that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle; and that too few political leaders today are making the case for global leadership...It will also strive to rally support for a vigorous and principled policy of American international involvement and to stimulate useful public debate on foreign and defense policy and America's role in the world."

["The founding members included Vice-President Dick Cheney; Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; Paul Wolfowitz of the Defence Department; Richard Perle, head of the defence advisory board; Louis Libby, Cheney's chief of staff; John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control; and Elliot Cohen of the defence policy board." - From CBC News Online - (dead link), March 17, 2003]

  • Iraq / Middle East
    • Blair, Chirac & Iraq - (dead link) (February 27, 2003)
      Project Memorandum, Daniel McKivergan
    • Richard Perle on Iraq - (dead link) (February 24, 2003)
      Project Memorandum, Gary Schmitt

RAND Monographs (free online versions)

  • On "Other War": Lessons from Five Decades of RAND Counterinsurgency Research
    "The challenges posed by insurgency and instability have proved difficult to surmount. This difficulty may embolden future opponents to embrace insurgency in combating the United States. Both the current and future conduct of the war on terror demand that the United States improve its ability to conduct counterinsurgency (COIN) operations."
    By Austin Long, 2006.

[Shia] TIME

[Shia / Sunni Conflict] National Public Radio (NPR) - The Partisans of Ali: A History of Shia Faith and Politics
Audio and Text of the February 2007 NPR series.
"The United States is immersed more deeply than ever in the Muslim world's sectarian divide. A five-part series explores the split between Shia and Sunnis, from its origins shortly after the death of Muhammed in the seventh century to the modern-day upheaval in Iraq."
In This Series: : The Origins of the Shia-Sunni Split ; Shi Rise Amid Century of Mideast Turmoil ; Export of Iran's Revolution Spawns Violence ; Iraq War Deepens Sunni-Shia Divide ; Shia-Sunni Conflict Forces U.S. Shift in Iraq ; Profiles: Key Individuals in the Shia-Sunni Divide ; Chronology: A History of the Shia-Sunni Split ; One Thousand Years of Shiite History ; Suggested Reading.

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction - SIGIR
"SIGIR, the successor to the Coalition Provisional Authority Inspector General (CPA-IG), was created by Congress to provide oversight of the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) and all obligations, expenditures, and revenues associated with reconstruction and rehabilitation activities in Iraq. SIGIR oversight is accomplished via independent audits, field inspections, and criminal investigations into potential fraud, waste, and abuse of funds."

Spiegel Online - (dead link)
International edition.

  • "Victory Would be a Fata Morgana" - (dead link)
    Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, September 12, 2006
    "Former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski discusses the errors committed by the Bush administration in its war on terror, the disastrous campaign in Iraq, and the risks of a global uprising against inequality."
  • Assessing Iraq: The Country has Already Collapsed
    Interview with Marina S. Ottaway, March 9, 2006.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

  • Iraq and Arms Control
    A SIPRI Archive
    "This SIPRI Internet page presents a chronological collection of excerpts from SIPRIís published research findings on Iraq. Most of the material is from the annual editions of the SIPRI Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Links are provided to the full text of each document from which the excerpts were taken."

Times Online - The Sunday Times

  • The Leaked Iraq War Documents
    "The level of interest in the now famous Downing Street Memo, published in the May 1 edition of The Sunday Times, and in the leaked documents published over subsequent weeks, has been extraordinary...This new web page is designed to give our readers access to all the stories we have written about three highly classified documents on the Iraq war that were leaked to The Sunday Times ahead of the British General Election on May 5, 2005."
    The three documents: Downing Street Memo ; Iraq: Conditions for Military Action ; Foreign Office Legal Advice.

U.N. - See our separate U.N. Iraq Resources page.

U.S. Government - See our separate U.S. Government Iraq Resources page.

U.S. Law Library of Congress

  • Trial of Saddam Hussein
    "This website is intended to provide the viewer with essential information related to the relevant trials. It will also set out a selection of reference materials that will further explain important aspects of the trials."

U.S. Navy

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

University of Notre Dame - Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

A View of Operation Iraqi Freedom from Saddam's Senior Leadership
A 240 report by Kevin Woods, March 2006.

The Washington Quarterly

Washington Post

  • e-Qaeda
    A Special Report on How Jihadists Use the Internet and Technology to Spread Their Message
    Sections include: Overview ; Babar Ahmad and Azzam.com ; Zarqawi and Al Qaeda in Iraq ; Videos ; Web Sites ; Documents.
  • Letter Gives Glimpse of Al-Qaeda's Leadership
    Letter Shows Worry Over Iraq Infighting
    By Karen DeYoung, October 2, 2006.

World Public Opinion
"The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) launched WorldPublicOpinion.org (WPO) in January 2006 to provide a source of in-depth information and analysis on public opinion from around the world on international issues."

ZNet
Homepage for Z Magazine
"A Community of People Committed to Social Change"

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