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News & Media Coverage (below)
Background to War & Debate
United Nations - Iraq Resources
US Gov. - Iraq Resources
Peace Studies: No Iraq War
_____ Aljazeera.Net (English)

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.

Council on Foreign Relations

• Backgrounder: Iraq's Press: A Status Report
  By Lionel Beehner, May 2006.

News Digests

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.

Today's Front Pages
178 front pages from 26 countries.

• War in Iraq Front Pages - (dead link)
  "This online exhibit features the March 20, 2003, front pages from more than 200 national and international newspapers, with the first dramatic headlines about the war in Iraq."

American Library Association - International Responsibilities Task Force
- Social Responsibilities Round Table

• Alternative Resources on the U.S. War Against Iraq

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

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

• Iraqi Palaces and Other Sites - (dead link)

Journalism.org - Daily Briefing
A Digest of Media News

• Journalism in a Time of War - (dead link)

News and Information via Streaming Audio & Video
Compiled by Gary Price

Speech and Transcript Center
Compiled by Gary Price

TIME.com - War on Iraq Reading Room
"Best takes on the war from around the Web"

Middle East Network Information Center - News and Media - (dead link)
Includes Newspapers ; National News Agencies ; Radio and Television ; Online Journals

Selected Individual News Sources

CNN.com Special Report - War on Iraq
Sections includes: War Tracker ; Latest News ; War Update: Battles, Airstrikes, Forces, Weapons ; Battlefield ; Strategy ; Forces: U.S. & Coalition ; Iraq ; Weapons ; Maps ; On the Scene ; Video.

• 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."

ABCNEWS.com - Coverage of Iraq - (dead link)

• Interview with President Bush - (dead link)
  Primetime with Diane Sawyer, December 17, 2003.

Abu Dhabi TV (Arabic)

Al-Jazeera Network (Arabic)

• Special Coverage - Iraq Crisis (Arabic)

Al-Jazeera Link (English)

Al-Ahram Weekly - Special on Iraq
Published in Cairo, Egypt

ABCNEWS.com - Iraq
Extended and Continuing Coverage of Iraq

alt.muslim
"...an interactive news and discussion forum that helps promote a critical (and self-critical) analysis of issues regarding the Muslim community. Our editors provide brief overviews of issues affecting the Muslim world, along with extended commentary and discussion on a variety of topics, all designed to foster a community of people who want to become more informed and involved in the world around them."
- Part of the Halafire Media Network.

• Iraq: There Is a Third Way
  Op-Ed by Muqtedar Khan, Chair of Political Science, Adrian College, October 2, 2006. This opinion has also been published at OpEdNews and The American Muslim.

Anthropology News
- American Anthropological Association

• History in Jeopardy: Anthropologists See a Different Crisis in Iraq (April 2003)

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

• Not the Enemy: The Arab Media and American Reform Efforts
  By March Lynch, April 2004, Vol. 2, Issues 4.

ArabNews
"Saudi Arabia's First English Daily"

• Exclusive: Western Journalists Beaten, Starved by Americans - (dead link) (3 April 2003)

BBC NEWS - Conflict with Iraq
Sections include: Latest News ; Correspondents ; Inside Iraq ; Background ; Key Maps ; Iraq Profiles ; War Views ; Analysis ; Despatches ; Timeline ; Profiles ; Key Documents ; Regional Neighbours ; Web Links ; Quick Guides ; UK Perspective ; UK Military ; Military Fact Files ; Facts of Life.

BBC Radio 4 - Donald Rumsfeld Soundbites
Say it Again Don! The Donald Rumsfeld Library of Quotations

canada.com - War Desk
Sections include: Local Coverage ; Photo Gallery ; Weaponry ; Maps ; Global Television ; Discuss ; Chronology ; National Post on Canada's Role ; Features and Analysis.
- CanWest News Service

CBC News - Indepth: Iraq (Canada)
Sections include: Latest Headlines ; Military Strategy ; Issues & Analysis ; Maps & Interactives ; The Players ; Canada's Perspective ; Key Documents ; History ; Talkback ; Daily Summaries ; Resources.

CBS News - 60 Minutes II

• Court Martial in Iraq (April 28, 2004 episode)
  "Includes graphic photos of U.S. troops mistreating and humiliating Iraqi POWs."

CBSNews.com - Showdown With Saddam

China Daily - Iraq After War
Sections include: US Position ; Iraqi Position ; International Opinion ; Chinese Position.

Christian Science Monitor - Specials > Iraq in Transition

CyberJournalist.net - Great Iraq Conflict Coverage
Sections include: WarBlog ; Great Online Iraq War Coverage Gallery ; Iraq Conflict Resources.
- American Press Institute (API)

FOXNews.com - War on Terror

Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC)

Electronic Iraq
"...is a news portal on the US-Iraq crisis published by veteran antiwar campaigners Voices in the Wilderness and respected Middle East supplementary news publishers, the Electronic Intifada."

FAIR - Iraq & The Media
Sections include: Latest ; Extra! ; Action Alerts ; CounterSpin ; Media Beat ; Links.

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.

Guardian Unlimited - Special Report: Iraq
Includes latest news and picture galleries.

• Iraq: The Media War
  Sections include: George Galloway ; TV Coverage ; Advertising and Marketing Issues ; Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf ; Journalists in Danger ; Comment and Analysis ; Al-Jazeera ; Bush and the US Media ; Freedom TV and Iraqi Media ; Truth and the Media ; War Watch ; TV Reviews ; TV Ratings ; New Media ; Countdown to War.

Ha'aretz (English or Hebrew)
From Tel Aviv

Human Rights Watch

• U.S. Plans for Iraq Tribunals "A Mistake" (Press Release, April 7, 2003)
• Considerations For the Management Of Oil in Iraq (April 2003)
• Iraq: Impending Inter-Ethnic Violence in Kirkuk (March 28, 2003)
• International Humanitarian Law Issues In A Potential War in Iraq
  • An Occupying Power's Duty to Provide Security
• Justice for Iraq: A Human Rights Watch Policy Paper (December 2002)
  "As the possibility of armed conflict and a possible transition increases in Iraq, however, it is necessary to consider how such crimes should be brought to justice."
• U.S. Needs to Screen Iraqi Opposition Allies (November 2002)

Human Rights Watch

• Background on Iraq and Possible War
  • Coalition Attack on TV Station May Be Unlawful (March 26, 2003)
  • Rights and Duties of Prisoners of War (March 24, 2003)
  • Letter to US and Allies Regarding Adherance [sic] to Laws of War (March 19, 2003)
  • Letter to Iraq Regarding Adherence to Laws of War (March 19, 2003)

Indian Express

• How Bush Silenced the Moderate Muslim Voice
  Op-Ed by Husain Haqqani, April 4, 2003

International Herald Tribune (IHT)

• U.S. Risks a Wave of Extremism (April 1, 2003)
  A Muslim View
  By Husain Haqqani
• America Needs to Listen to Muslims
  By Husain Haqqani, February 28, 2003

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."

IRIB News Network - (dead link)
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting

• Tehran Times
• Iran Daily Newspaper

Juan Cole *Informed Comment*
"Thoughts on the Middle East, History, Islam, and Religion"
Weblog by Juan Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan.

Kurdistan Satellite Channel

Los Angeles Times

• The Media Aren't the Enemy in Iraq
  Op-Ed by Max Boot, January 10, 2007.

MSNBC News - The Poetry of D. H. Rumsfeld - (dead link)
"Dubious verse by the secretary of defense"

The New Yorker

• 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.

NPR [National Public Radio]

• 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."
  • Military's Report on Prisoner Abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison [.pdf]
• Rumsfeld Denies Cover-Up of Iraqi Prison Abuses
  All Things Considered, May 4, 2004.

National Public Radio (NPR) - Beyond the War in Iraq
Sections include: War Diaries ; Essays from the Field ; Commentaries ; Online Discussion ; Special Features ; Humanitarian Crisis ; Casualties of Conflict ; Maps and Resources.

National Public Radio (NPR) - The Conversation

• 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

New York Times
Free registration required.

• The State of Iraq: An Update
  Op-Ed by Nina Kamp and Michael E. O'Hanlon, December 20, 2006.
• Blix Blames Politicians, Not Intelligence, for Iraq
  Op-Ed by Michael E. O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution, March 20, 2004.
• Military and Economic Trends in Postwar Iraq
  Op-Ed by Michael E. O'Hanlon, February 11, 2004.
• Ex-Inspector [David A. Kay] Says C.I.A. Missed Disarray in Iraqi Arms Program (January 26, 2004)

NewsLab Links for Journalists - (dead link)
"...is a non-profit resource for television newsrooms, focused on research and training. We serve local stations by helping them find better ways of telling important stories that are often difficult to convey on television.

• Internet Resources for Covering Iraq - (dead link)

Newsweek - The War on Iraq

Online Journalism Review (OJR)
USC Annenberg School of Journalism

• War a Boon for News Sites, Blogs (March 20, 2003)
  By Mark Glaser

PBS Frontline - The Insurgency (February 2006)
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 - NOW - Focus on Iraq (March 17, 2003)
With Bill Moyers
"As events in the White House, U.N. Security Council and on the ground in the Middle East unfold, time for reflection may seem short. Below are a series of interviews and features from NOW that focus on the prospect of war with Iraq. They address many issues and come from many points of view."

• Walking a Fine Line - Reporting on War

PBS - Online NewsHour - The Iraq War
Sections include: The Military Campaign ; The International Impact ; The Home Front ; The Humanitarian Situation ; Key Maps ; Key Players ; Media Watch ; For Students & Teachers ; Special Report: The Road to War ; PBS Coverage of Iraq.

• For Students & Teachers
  Daily Iraq War Lesson Plans.

Reuters Raw Video
The FeedRoom

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (March 2003)
"P-I reporter M.L. Lyke and photographer Grant M. Haller are among a group of journalists "embedded" with U.S. forces on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. They're getting a first-hand look at daily life aboard a U.S. Navy ship as the United States mobilizes for possible action in Iraq."

Seattle Times

• Woman Loses Her Job Over Coffins Photo (April 22, 2004)
  Re: Photograph by Tami Silicio of flag-draped coffins of fallen U.S. soldiers that was published in Sunday's edition of The Seattle Times.
• Images of War Dead a Sensitive Subject

TIME Magazine: What Will it Take to Win?
Cover story, April 7, 2003

TIME Magazine: Gulf War II
Cover story, March 31, 2003

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.

US Dept. of Defense - DefenseLINK

• Wolfowitz Briefing with Arab/Muslim Media (April 11, 2003)

USAToday.com - Iraq In-Depth
Sections include: Main Headlines ; Photo Gallery ; Iraq At A Glance ; U.S. Troops in the Region ; Saddam's Inner Circle ; Saddam Timeline ; World Opinion ; Audio Report ; U.S. War Strategy ; Iraq's Leadership ; World View ; At the United Nations ; Economic Fallout ; Inside Iraq ; Questions & Answers.

USAID - Assistance to Iraq - (dead link)
"As part of the U.S. government's contingency planning for Iraq, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is prepared to mobilize significant development resources and technical assistance."

• Press Briefing for Arabic Regional Media on Humanitarian Assistance - (dead link) (30 March 2003)

Washingtonpost.com - The Debate About Iraq
Sections include: Latest Columns and Letters ; President Bush's Case ; Weapons of Mass Destruction ; War on Terrorism ; Role of Congress ; United Nations ; Do Allies Matter ; The Costs ; Alternatives.

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