Iraq War Table of Contents
Iraq Prisoner Abuse
Iraq Reconstruction
Iraq War (below)
News & Media Coverage
Background to War & Debate
United Nations - Iraq Resources
US Gov. - Iraq Resources
Peace Studies: No Iraq War
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News & Media Coverage & Reports
Associated Press - Iraq
Latest news from the Associate Press. Includes Iraq video and multimedia selections.
- The State of Iraq: An Update
Op-Ed by Jason Campbell and Michael E. O'Hanlon, June 10, 2007.
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.
National Public Radio (NPR) - Online NewsHour - Iraq War Four Year Anniversary
"On the anniversary of the Iraq invasion, President Bush called for patience, Democrats urged a U.S. redeployment and protesters took to the streets from Washington to California. Two experts react to the president's comments and the political battle over what to do next."
Audio or transcript of March 19, 2007 broadcast with Walter Mead and Jessica Mathews.
- The Other Walter Reed
Washington Post Special Report.
Sections include: News ; Video ; Photos. - New Details of Prison Abuse Emerge (May 21, 2004)
"Abu Ghraib Detainees' Statements Describe Sexual Humiliation And Savage Beatings"- Iraq: New Abuse Details
"Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. was online Friday, May 21 at Noon ET, to discuss the new evidence of detainee abuse and The Post's decision to make the documents, photos and video available to the public."
- Iraq: New Abuse Details
- Sworn Statements by Abu Ghraib Detainees
"These documents, obtained by The Washington Post, are the offical English translations of previously secret sworn statements by detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq." - Lowering Our Sights
Op-Ed by Robert Kagan, May 2, 2004. - Faces of the Fallen
"Portraits of U.S. service members who have died in Iraq since the beginning of the war.
- Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs hearing on the Treatment of Wounded Soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (March 2, 2007)
- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Iraq Reconstruction
Rep. Waxman and other members of Congress have been seeking information on contracts entered into by the Administration for reconstruction and development work in Iraq, including several billion dollar contracts with a subsidiary of Halliburton Corporation. Many questions have been raised about the Iraq contracting process, including questions on the seemingly inflated prices charged by Halliburton to import gasoline from Kuwait into Iraq and Halliburton's admission of kickbacks to company officials."
washingtonpost.com - The Other Walter Reed
Washington Post Special Report.
Sections include: News ; Video ; Photos.
Free registration required.
ReligionLink - The War in Iraq
The War in Iraq Turns 4: Religion and Ethics Resources.
- State of the Union 2007
- President's Address to the Nation (January 10, 2007)
[The Surge speech] - Joint Statement by the President and the Prime Minister of Iraq (November 30, 2006)
- President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq (November 30, 2006)
- President Bush Nominates Dr. Robert M. Gates to be Secretary of Defense (November 08, 2006)
- In Focus: Renewal in Iraq
- President's Statement on the Saddam Hussein Verdict (November 05, 2006)
- Joint Statement by Bush and the Prime Minister of Iraq (October 28, 2006)
- Press Conference Regarding Iraq (October 25, 2006)
- National Strategy for Victory in Iraq
"The following document articulates the broad strategy the President set forth in 2003 and provides an update on our progress as well as the challenges remaining."
- A Conversation on Iraq with Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-Del.), February 15, 2007
- Plan B: A Containment Strategy for Iraq in Civil War
Authors: Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack, January 29, 2007. - A Conversation on Iraq with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), January 26, 2007.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- The New Way Forward in Iraq: The State Department Perspective
A Director's Forum with Ambassador David M. Satterfield, Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq, U.S. Department of State, February 02, 2007. Video or Text.
- H.Con.Res.45 Title: Expressing the Sense of Congress on the New Strategy in Iraq
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Introduced January 24, 2007.
- S.Con.Res.4 Title: A Concurrent Resolution Expressing the Sense of Congress on Iraq
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Introduced January 24, 2007. - S.Con.Res.2 Title: A Concurrent Resolution Expressing the Bipartisan Resolution on Iraq
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Introduced January 17, 2007.
- H.Con.Res.45 Title: Expressing the Sense of Congress on the New Strategy in Iraq
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Introduced January 24, 2007.
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."
- Prospects for Iraq's Stability: A Challenging Road Ahead
National Intelligence Estimate, January 2007.
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. - Iraq: What Now?
A Foreign Affairs Roundtable, December 07, 2006
"In this special Web-only feature, Stephen Biddle, Larry Diamond, James Dobbins, and Leslie Gelb analyze the report of the Iraq Study Group and debate what should be done in Iraq." - 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.
MilitaryCity.com
"...is the gateway to the Military Times Media Group."
- Honor the Fallen
Honoring Those Who Fought and Died in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
The Web site of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Sections include: Governing Iraq ; Insurgency ; Reconstruction ; Remnants of Saddam's Regime ; Key Players ; Key Maps ; For Students & Teachers ; Video Honor Roll of Americans Killed in Iraq.
- Iraq War Four Year Anniversary
"On the anniversary of the Iraq invasion, President Bush called for patience, Democrats urged a U.S. redeployment and protesters took to the streets from Washington to California. Two experts react to the president's comments and the political battle over what to do next."
Audio or transcript of March 19, 2007 broadcast with Walter Mead and Jessica Mathews.
George Washington University - National Security Archives
- Top Secret Polo Step - Iraq War Plan Assumed Only 5,000 U.S. Troops Still There by December 2006
CentCom PowerPoint Slide Briefed to White House and Rumsfeld in 2002
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 214
Edited by Joyce Battle and Thomas Blanton, February 2007. - The Robert Gates File
"The Iran-Contra Scandal, 1991 Confirmation Hearings, and Excerpts from new book Safe for Democracy"
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book, No. 208, November 2006. - 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. - Kissinger's "Salted Peanuts" and the Iraq War
The National Security Archive Posts Original Document Cited in Bob Woodward's State of Denial, October 2006. - Rumsfeld's Roadmap to Propaganda
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 177, January 2006
Edited by Kristin Adair - State Department Experts Warned CENTCOM Before Iraq War About Lack of Plans for Post War Iraq Security
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 163, August, 2005. - Return of the Fallen
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 152, April 2005.
"Pentagon releases hundreds more war casualty homecoming images...Freedom of Information Act forces opening of 360 new photos." - 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
United State Institute of Peace
- Iraq Study Group Report (December 6, 2006)
- The Baker-Hamilton Commission - Scenarios for the Insurgency in Iraq
Summary: "Three workshops explored hundreds of forces and factors relevant to insurgency outcomes and focused on key drivers to develop five alternative scenarios. These scenarios reflected the participants' perception that positive outcomes would be hard to achieve, and negative outcomes could be foreseen much more easily.
Special Report No. 174, October 2006
By Alan Schwarz
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 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly - Iraq War Anniversary (Text or Video)
An online companion to the March 23, 2007 television news program.
Prepared Statement for the Senate Armed Service Committee
"The President's 25 Billion Reserve Fund"
By Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Thursday, May 13, 2004.
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."
- Protecting Life and Dignity: "No War is Above International Law" (May 19, 2004)
By Jakob Kellenberger, ICRC President.
Originally published in the Financial Times (UK). - Iraq- ICRC explains position over detention report and treatment of prisoners (May 8, 2004)
- Report by the ICRC on the coalition forcesí treatment of persons held in Iraq - (dead link)
May 7, 2004 Press Release.
- NPR - Bipartisan Study Group Releases Its Plan for Iraq
National Public Radio news links on the Iraq Study Group. - Report: Iraqi Prisoners Victims of 'Criminal' Abuse
Feature Story, May 4, 2004.
"NPR has obtained a copy of the classified internal military report, completed two months ago, which details physical and sexual abuse of Iraqi inmates." - Rumsfeld Denies Cover-Up of Iraqi Prison Abuses
All Things Considered, May 4, 2004.
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.
Iraq Coalition Casualties - (dead link)
"...to provide information that has been scrupulously culled from government sources and cross-checked against other existing lists to ensure the most accurate and complete accounting of deaths that we can possibly assemble. And then we take things a step further. We present the data in a way that will allow other researchers and interested individuals to easily analyze it for trends and benchmarks."
BBC News - In Depth - Conflict with Iraq
Sections include: Latest News ; In Pictures ; Iraq Handover ; Looking Ahead ; Analysis ; Despatches ; Photo Journals ; Who's Who In Iraq ; The Story of the War ; Life in Iraq ; Background.
- Quick Guide: Violence in Iraq
- Iraq: What Iran and Syria Want
Brief survey of "wishes" posted November 2006.
- Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties
"The list below reflects the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose families have been notified of their deaths by each country's government."
Analysis & Studies
Berlin Journal
- Explosive Affinities: Cross-Border Consequences of Civil Strife in Iraq
By Kenneth M. Pollack, Fall 2006.
- Saban Center for Middle East Policy - Iraq War
Sections include: New Ideas ; Displaced Persons ; Continued Violence ; Analysis & Commentaries ; Policy Briefs ; Iraq Index. - The State of Iraq: An Update
The New York Times, June 10, 2007. - A Diplomatic Offensive for Iraq
By Carolos Pascual and Larry Diamond, Policy Brief #162, June 2007. - The Case for Soft Partition in Iraq
By Edward P. Joseph, Paul H. Nitze, and Michael E. O'Hanlon, Saban Center Analysis, Number 12, June 2007. - A Conversation on Iraq with Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-Del.), February 15, 2007
- Plan B: A Containment Strategy for Iraq in Civil War
Authors: Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack, January 29, 2007. - A Conversation on Iraq with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
January 26, 2007. - An Examination of the New Iraq Policy
Panel Discussion, January 11, 2007. Moderator: Carlos Pascual, Panelists: Sarah Binder, Philip H. Gordon, Martin S. Indyk and Kenneth M. Pollack. - Things Fall Apart: Containing the Spillover from an Iraqi Civil War
Saban Center Analysis, Number 11, January 2007.
By Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack. - Time for the United States to Recognize Iraq's Humanitarian Crisis
By Roberta Cohen and Ashraf al-Khalidi, January 4, 2007. - In Focus: Iraq Study Group Recommendations - (dead link)
Sections include: Analysis & Commentary ; Events. - Should The United States Engage Syria? A Saban Center Policy Forum Debate
Saban Center Middle East Memo #10, November 2006.
By Andrew Masloski. - A Conversation on Iraq and Afghanistan with Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)
A Saban Center Statesman's Forum, October 2006. - Sectarian Violence: Radical Groups Drive Internal Displacement in Iraq
Brookings-Bern Project Occasional Paper, October 2006
By Ashraf al-Khalidi and Victor Tanner. - Rebuilding and Reforming the Iraqi Security Sector: U.S. Policy During Democratic Transition
Saban Center Analysis, Number 9, July 2006. - Presidential War Powers: Has the Government Gone Too Far?
A Brookings Judicial Issues Forum, March 17, 2006. - Winning the War in Iraq: A Strategy for Success on the Battlefront and the Homefront
With Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.)
Leadership Forum Sponsored by the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, April 26, 2004. - Securing Iraq
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 21, 2004.
By Kenneth M. Pollack, Saban Center for Middle East Policy.
Commonwealth Institute - Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA)
- War Report - Iraq War and Afghan Aftermath
"Select articles, key documents, and analyses compiled and frequently updated..." - Disappearing the Dead: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Idea of a "New Warfare"
Project of Defense Alternatives Research Monograph #9, By Carl Conetta, February 2004.
"Examines the Pentagonís treatment of the civilian casualty issue in the Iraq and Afghan wars..."
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.
ReliefWeb
"ReliefWeb is the global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters."
- Complex Emergency - Iraq
"Updates on Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey affected by the Iraq emergency."
United States Government - See also our US Government - Iraq War Resources & Background
United Kingdom
10 Downing Street
Prime Minister Blair
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Policy Iraq
Sections include: Dossiers ; The Iraqi Threat ; Iraq's Obligations ; The Iraqi ; Regime's Choice ; UNSCR 1441 ; Oil for Food ; Human Rights Abuses ; Northern Iraq ; Iraqi Opposition ; No-Fly Zones ; Myths & Facts ; Links.
Ministry of Defence
- Iraq: The Military Campaign Objectives - (dead link)
Australia - Prime Minister of Australia: Iraq Update
United Nations - See our UN - Iraq Resources for complete listing.
AUVSI Online
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
- US Military Robots Employed in Iraqi War
"Military unmanned systems, including a wide range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a number of currently fielded unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and perhaps one unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), saw action in the war with Iraq, according to Pentagon and industry officials, informed sources and press reports."
Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index
- Iraq: Reprisal Killing of Civilian [Nicholas Berg] is a War Crime (May 13, 2004)
"The brutal killing in Iraq of Nicholas Berg constitutes a wanton and cruel act of murder with no conceivable justification, Human Rights Watch said today." - Iraq: U.S. Prisoner Abuse Sparks Concerns Over War Crimes (April 30, 2004)
"Investigation Should Probe Role of Superiors, Private Contractors" - U.S. Plans for Iraq Tribunals "A Mistake" (Press Release, April 7, 2003)
- International Humanitarian Law Issues In A Potential War in Iraq
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."
- Protecting Life and Dignity: "No War is Above International Law" (May 19, 2004)
By Jakob Kellenberger, ICRC President.
Originally published in the Financial Times (UK). - Iraq- ICRC explains position over detention report and treatment of prisoners (May 8, 2004)
- Report by the ICRC on the coalition forcesí treatment of persons held in Iraq - (dead link)
May 7, 2004 Press Release.
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
"...is an international non-governmental organization of professionals, dedicated to the conservation of the world's historic monuments and sites."
- War in Iraq - Memory and Heritage of the World in Danger (6 March 2003)
"ICOMOS asks all governments and international organisations to preserve cultural heritage of future generations from the devastation of war." - The Hague Convention of 1954
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
War Analysis (see also our Iraq War News Coverage page)
Iraq Coalition Casualties - (dead link)
"...to provide information that has been scrupulously culled from government sources and cross-checked against other existing lists to ensure the most accurate and complete accounting of deaths that we can possibly assemble. And then we take things a step further. We present the data in a way that will allow other researchers and interested individuals to easily analyze it for trends and benchmarks.
American Society of International Law (ASIL) - Armed Force in Iraq - (dead link)
Sections include: ASIL Insights ; Articles ; Documents in the News ; ASIL Interest Groups.
- The U.S. as Occupying Power Over Portions of Iraq and Relevant Responsibilities Under the Laws of War
By Jordon J. Paust
ASIL Insights, April 2003.
- What Exactly is George W. Bush Surging for in Iraq
By Reidar Visser, 11 January 2007.
- Foreign Policy Studies - Iraq - (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.- A Bipartisan View of Post-War Iraq - (dead link)
"Three Brookings scholarsóJames Steinberg, Martin Indyk, and Ivo Daalderóhave joined 20 other foreign policy experts in proposing a long-term strategy for post-war Iraq." - History and Humiliation
The Washington Post, March 28, 2003
By Shibley Telhami, Saban Center for Middle East Policy - Rumsfeld and All the Army's Men
The Washington Post, March 27, 2003
By Michael E. O'Hanlon, Brookings Institute - The Power and Peril of High-Speed Warfare
Iraq Series Briefing, March 20, 2003
Complete transcript is available in PDF form. - Who Will Fight for Saddam?
Iraq Memo #13, March 19, 2003
By Amatzia Baram, Saban Center for Middle East Policy - Terrorism and the War with Iraq
Iraq Memo #12, March 3, 2003
By Daniel Byman - The Crisis in the Alliance
Iraq Memo #11, February 24, 2003
By Philip Gordon - Saddam's Strategy on the Brink of War
Iraq Memo #10, February 20, 2003
By Amatzia Baram, Saban Center for Middle East Policy - Would Saddam Husayn Abdicate?
Iraq Memo #9, February 4, 2003
By Amatzia Baram, Visiting Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy - Facing Saddam's Child Soldiers
Iraq Memo #8, January 14, 2003
Peter W. Singer, John M. Olin Post-Doctoral Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies. - Sizing Up an Invasion of Iraq
Iraq Memo #7, December 18, 2002
By Kenneth M. Pollack, Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
- A Bipartisan View of Post-War Iraq - (dead link)
- Op-Ed
- Has U.S. War in Iraq Slowed War on Terror?
The Baltimore Sun, January 18, 2004
By Michael E. O'Hanlon. - Spare the Rod, Save the Nation
By Carle E. Mundy III, The New York Times, December 30, 2003.
- Has U.S. War in Iraq Slowed War on Terror?
- Saban Center for Middle East Policy
- Winning the War in Iraq: A Strategy for Success on the Battlefront and the Homefront
With Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.)
Leadership Forum Sponsored by the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, April 26, 2004. - Securing Iraq
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 21, 2004.
By Kenneth M. Pollack, Saban Center for Middle East Policy.
- Winning the War in Iraq: A Strategy for Success on the Battlefront and the Homefront
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - IRAQ: A New Approach
Sections include: Carnegie Analysis ; Hearings on Iraq.
- Escaping the Trap: Why the United States Must Leave Iraq
By Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis No. 588, February 14, 2007.
- Court Martial in Iraq (April 28, 2004 episode)
"Includes graphic photos of U.S. troops mistreating and humiliating Iraqi POWs."
- Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties
"The list below reflects the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose families have been notified of their deaths by each country's government."
Commonwealth Institute - Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA)
- War Report - Iraq War and Afghan Aftermath
"Select articles, key documents, and analyses compiled and frequently updated..." - Disappearing the Dead: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Idea of a "New Warfare"
Project of Defense Alternatives Research Monograph #9, By Carl Conetta, February 2004.
"Examines the Pentagonís treatment of the civilian casualty issue in the Iraq and Afghan wars..."
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
- Backgrounder: Iran's Involvement in Iraq
By Lionel Beehner, February 2007. - After the Surge: The Case for U.S. Military Disengagement
Council Special Report, By Steven Simon, February, 2007. - Backgrounder: Bush's Plan to Secure Baghdad
- CFR Scholars Respond to Bush Plan on Iraq (January 10, 2007)
- Backgrounder: Multiple Iraq Reports to Compete for President's Attention
By Lionel Beehner, December 2006. - Backgrounder: The Baker-Hamilton Commission (aka Iraq Study Group)
By Lionel Beehner, November 2006. - Backgrounder: Democratic Party Proposals on Iraq
By Lionel Beehner, September 2006. - Iraq: Militia Groups
News Backgrounder by Lionel Beehner, June 2005. - Interview: Gelb: Tenet Resigned to Protect CIA From 'Barrage of Criticism' (June 3, 2004)
[Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow the CFR and a long-time friend of George Tenet.]
Current History
- What Should Be Done About Iraq?
By Marina S. Ottaway, January 2007.
Eyes Wide Open - Beyond Fear - Towards Hope - (dead link)
An Exhibition of the Iraq War
- Bush Must Call for Reinforcements in Iraq
Op-Ed by Robert Kagan, William Kristol, November 13, 2006.
FindLaw Legal News: Special Coverage: War In Iraq
Sections include: News ; Commentary ; Documents Law of War ; Web Sites ; Message Board.
- A Look at Iraq's New Interim Government - (dead link) (June 1, 2004)
Ghazi Yawar, a Sunni Muslim tribal leader, president of Iraq in a new interim administration.
- What Happens When GI Jane Is Captured? (April 2003)
Women Prisoner's of War and the Geneva Conventions
By Anita Ramasastry, University of Washington School of Law
Foreign Affairs
- Published by the Council on Foreign Relations
- Iraq: What Now?
A Foreign Affairs Roundtable, December 07, 2006
"In this special Web-only feature, Stephen Biddle, Larry Diamond, James Dobbins, and Leslie Gelb analyze the report of the Iraq Study Group and debate what should be done in Iraq." - 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.
GlobalSecurity.org - Target Iraq - (dead link)
Sections include: News & Analysis ; Military Options ; Attack? Pro and Con ; International Reaction ; Iraqi Military Power ; Links (US Government, Other Government, Anti-War, News, Iraq.
By John Pike
- How Bush Silenced the Moderate Muslim Voice
Op-Ed by Husain Haqqani, April 4, 2003
- After Baker-Hamilton: What to Do in Iraq (English or Arabic)
Middle East Report No. 60, December 2006. - Iraq's Muqtada Al-Sadr: Spoiler or Stabiliser? (English or Arabic)
Middle East Report No. 55, July 2006. - Iraq and the Kurds: The Brewing Battle over Kirkuk (English, Kurdish or Arabic)
Middle East Report No. 56, July 2006.
International Rescue Committee
Aiding Refugees and Communities Victimized by War
- Iraqi Refugees
"Nearly 2 million Iraqis have fled to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkeyóanother 1.8 million have been displaced within their country's borders
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."
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."
- Mortality After the 2003 Invasion of Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Cluster Sample Survey
"An estimated 655 000 more Iraqis have died as a consequence of the March 2003 military invasion of Iraq than would have been expected in a non-conflict situation..."
By Gilbert Burnham, Riyadh Lafta, Shannon Doocy, Les Roberts, October 11, 2006.
- The Media Aren't the Enemy in Iraq
Op-Ed by Max Boot, January 10, 2007.
Muslim Public Affairs Council
"This site was created by the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) to provide an arena for American Muslim activists to share information, network, and work on causes that impact the American Muslim community."
Muslims, Islam, and Iraq
"The focus of this webpage, unlike most websites dealing with Iraq (which focus on the political aspects of the war), is to inform the public in a scholarly manner both about Islam and Muslims in Iraq, as well as about the relationship of the war in Iraq to Islam and Muslims, including Shi'ites, Kurdish Sunnis, and Arab Sunnis."
Maintained by Alan Godlas, Associate Professor of Religion, University of Georgia
- Report: Iraqi Prisoners Victims of 'Criminal' Abuse
Feature Story, May 4, 2004.
"NPR has obtained a copy of the classified internal military report, completed two months ago, which details physical and sexual abuse of Iraqi inmates." - Rumsfeld Denies Cover-Up of Iraqi Prison Abuses
All Things Considered, May 4, 2004.
- Kenneth Pollack: Revising the Case Against Iraq (January 18, 2004)
War Advocate Concedes Experts Overstated WMD Threat
Hear an Extended Interview with Kenneth Pollack - Women in Combat (April 3, 2003) [audio or text]
"In the Iraq war there are more U.S. women in the armed forces, in more jobs, than in any previous conflict."
Guests: Judith Hicks Stiehm and Elaine Donnelly
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.
- Iraq War Threatens Ancient Treasures
By Brian Handwerk, March 21, 2003
- The State of Iraq: An Update
Op-Ed by Jason Campbell and Michael E. O'Hanlon, June 10, 2007. - The State of Iraq: An Update
Op-Ed by Nina Kamp and Michael E. O'Hanlon, December 20, 2006. - Don't Count on Iran to Pick Up the Pieces in Iraq
Op-Ed by Kenneth M. Pollack, December 8, 2006 - Can You Tell a Sunni From A Shiite?
By Jeff Stein, Op-Ed, October 17, 2006. - The State of Iraq: An Update
By Nina Kamp and Michael E. O'Hanlon, Op-Ed, October 1, 2006.
- From The Archive: The War in Iraq - (dead link)
"Newyorker.com has collected much of the magazine's coverage of the conflict with Iraq and added a selection of relevant articles The New Yorker's archive." - Hearts and Minds
"The real failures at Abu Ghraib."
By David Remnick, Issue of 2004-05-17. - Torture at Abu Ghraib
"American soldiers brutalized Iraqis. How far up does the responsibility go?"
By Seymour M. Hersh, Issue of 2004-05-10.
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 Invasion of Iraq (February 2004)
Companion web site to the TV broadcast.
"From battlefield commanders on the ground to top decision makers in Washington, the behind-the-scenes story - one year later - of the allied invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein."
Sections include: Interviews ; A Chronology ; Analysis ; Readings & Links ; FAQs ; 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.
PBS - NOVA - Life and Death in the War Zone (March 2004)
"An American combat hospital mobilized in Iraq faces a daily drama of wartime treatment."
Major sections include: Inquiry & Articles ; Slide Show & Interactive ; Resources ; Links & Books ; Teacher's Guide.
PBS Online NewsHour - Iraq in Transition
The Web site of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Sections include: Governing Iraq ; Insurgency ; Reconstruction ; Remnants of Saddam's Regime ; Key Players ; Key Maps ; For Students & Teachers ; Video Honor Roll of Americans Killed in Iraq.
PBS Online NewsHour - The Iraq War
Sections include: The Military Campaign ; The International Impact ; The Home Front ; The Humanitarian Situation ; Key Maps ; For Students & Teachers.
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. - Battle for the Middle East
Web Exclusive, August 10, 2006
"Read correspondent Lucky Severson's August 7, 2006 interview in Washington, D.C. with Vali Nasr, a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California."
Includes a description of the history and political consequences of the Shia / Sunni split within Islam, Iraq, and the Middle East.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
- A Year After Iraq War (March 2004)
Mistrust of America in Europe Ever Higher, Muslim Anger Persists
ReligionLink - The War in Iraq
The War in Iraq Turns 4: Religion and Ethics Resources.
[Shi / 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.
South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG)
- The Raging Jihad - An Overview
International Terrorism Monitor, Paper No. 162.
By B. Raman, Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies.
SAAG Paper No. 2054, 7.12.2006.
[Re: Afghanistan, Iraq, & Thailand]
- Why Iraq Was a Mistake
By Lieut. General Greg Newbold, (Ret.) April 09, 2006
Retired director of operations at the Pentagon's military joint staff.
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.
United State Institute of Peace
- Scenarios for the Insurgency in Iraq
Summary: "Three workshops explored hundreds of forces and factors relevant to insurgency outcomes and focused on key drivers to develop five alternative scenarios. These scenarios reflected the participants' perception that positive outcomes would be hard to achieve, and negative outcomes could be foreseen much more easily.
Special Report No. 174, October 2006
By Alan Schwarz
University of Michigan Documents Center - Iraq War Debate
Sections in include: Books & Articles ; Threat Assessments ; Containment Strategies ; Military Issues ; War ; Projected Political Aftermath of War ; United States Occupation ; Transitional Government ; Saddam Hussein Capture ; Interest Groups ; Primary Players ; Related Web Pages.
- Even If We Leave Now, We'll Be Back
Op-Ed by David Rothkopf, December 10, 2006.
Weblog - Boots on the Ground
"This is about my daily life here in Baghdad, Iraq as an soldier of the United States Army."
WNYC - Arts & Ideas - The Art of War - (dead link)
New York City's Flagship Public Station
"Both pro and anti-war responses were encouraged, more than 500 submissions were received. Submissions ranged from photographs, paintings, editorial cartoons and digital animation. Works were selected for inclusion by the Interactive Media department on the basis of timeliness, originality and creativity."
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- The New Way Forward in Iraq: The State Department Perspective
A Director's Forum with Ambassador David M. Satterfield, Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq, U.S. Department of State, February 02, 2007. Video or Text.
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."
- Most Iraqis Want U.S. Troops Out Within a Year (September 2006)
- World Public Says Iraq War has Increased Global Terrorist Threat (February 2006)
Maintained by Mike Madin.
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Academic Info http://www.academicinfo.net/iraqwar.html
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