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Commentary & Public Opinion
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Alternative Resources on the U.S. War Against Iraq 
 A collection of links to alternative news, analysis, and commentary; organizations concerned with Iraq and the Middle East; reports about Iraq; destruction of Iraqi cultural resources; antiwar organizations; and demonstrations, petitions, letter-writing campaigns, and resolutions. From the International Responsibilities Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table. http://www.pitt.edu/~ttwiss/irtf/iraq.html Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Americans & the World
"This website will report on US public opinion on a broad range of international policy issues, integrating all publicly available polling data." Topics covered include globalization, international trade, women's international issues, terrorism, human rights, global warming, the United Nations, population, biotechnology, and regional issues such as "Iraq Debate" and "Israel and the Palestinians." Searchable. From the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA). http://www.americans-world.org/ Topics: Economics, Politics by Place, Society & Social Science, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 29, 2004 Conflict with Iraq
This news site covers the Conflict with Iraq . Includes links to and a discussion of a "dossier" detailing alleged Iraqi human rights violations. Maps provide Iraqi bases, army bases, oilfields, weapon sites, and other related information. Includes profiles of key players in the conflict, including Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush. Includes relevant documents and related links. An In Depth British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) report. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2002/conflict_with_iraq/default.stm Topics: Presidents by Name, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 8, 2009 Democracy Now!
"National, daily, independent, award-winning [radio and television] news program airing on over 140 stations in North America." Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, the program covers news and public affairs. Show archives of transcripts and audio are searchable, and browsable by date or topic (for example, prisons or globalization). The War and Peace Report offers news and commentary on the invasion of Iraq, North Korea, the United Nations, and related topics. http://www.democracynow.org/ Topics: Media, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated May 20, 2003 The Insurgency: An Investigation Into the People Who Are Fighting Against U.S. and Coalition Forces in Iraq
Companion to a February 2006 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline report about enemy attacks against U.S. and Coalition military forces in Iraq since June 2003. Features a map showing the location of Iraq's major ethnic and religious groups, statistics about attacks (through December 2005), and interviews and essays about the nature of the insurgency and whether it can be defeated. Also includes video of the full program and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/insurgency/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jun 13, 2006 Iraq
This special report from National Public Radio (NPR) provides ongoing coverage of the postwar efforts to build a new Iraqi government and rejuvenate the nation's oil-based economy. Includes essays on topics including humanitarian issues and casualties, "personal accounts and reflections of individuals affected by the Iraq war, from the combat zone to the home front," commentaries, maps, and related resources. Note: this site is the successor to NPR's "Beyond the War in Iraq" feature. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1010 Topics: Oil & Gas, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 9, 2009 Iraq War
A collection of articles and links about the Iraq War (2002 to the present). From The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/sections/iraq_war Topics: Activism, Social Issues, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Oct 6, 2009 Iraq War, 2003 Web Archive
This Iraq War Web archive contains historical "U.S. government sites, foreign government sites, public policy and political advocacy groups, educational organizations, religious organizations, support groups for military personnel, anti-war groups, sites that target children, and news sources." As of April 2009, archived material is available for March 13 through June 30, 2003. Later material will be added in phases. Searchable; or browse by subject, name, or title. From Minerva, Library of Congress Web Archives. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/lcwa/html/iraq/iraq-overview.html Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 13, 2009 Iraq Watch
A collection of articles "providing alternative news and analysis of past, present and ongoing events, conflicts and crises in Iraq." From Z Magazine. http://www.zmag.org/znet/places/Iraq Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated May 22, 2008 Juan Cole: Informed Comment
This blog presents "Thoughts on the Middle East, History, Islam, and Religion," from a professor of history at the University of Michigan. Blog entries represent Cole's personal observations; the site also includes links to his published works in journals and magazines. Also includes a large collection of links to sites about Middle East studies, South Asia studies, and related topics. http://www.juancole.com/ Topics: Blogs & Podcasts by Subject, Faiths, International Governments, Politics, Regions of the World, September 11 & Beyond, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Just War -- Or a Just War?
In this widely distributed commentary on the potential conflict in Iraq, former President Jimmy Carter argues that "as a Christian and as a president who was severely provoked by international crises, I became thoroughly familiar with the principles of a just war, and it is clear that a substantially unilateral attack on Iraq does not meet these standards." http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/doc1249.html Topics: Ethics, International Governments, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 14, 2006 Lie by Lie: The Mother Jones Iraq War Timeline (8/1/90 -2/14/08)
This timeline provides a critical analysis of the Iraq War designed to "help resolve open questions of the Bush era. What did our leaders know and when did they know it? ... [W]hat red flags did we miss, and how could we have missed them? This is the third installment of the timeline, with a focus on Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and torture." From the Foundation for National Progress and the Investigative Fund of Mother Jones. http://www.motherjones.com/bush_war_timeline/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 3, 2008 Poets Against the War
A Web site featuring thousands of poems submitted by poets opposed to the "planned assault on Iraq" by the United States. Includes news, related links, a form for submitting poems, and background on the site, which supports a movement that began "after many of the nation’s finest poets declined [a White House] invitation" to a poetry symposium. http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/ Topics: Activism, Poetry, Social Issues, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 18, 2003 Survey: What the World Thinks of America
In October 2004, the British newspaper The Guardian "teamed up with partner newspapers across the world to carry out a public survey of peoples' opinions of the United States — its policies, president, people." The site features summary articles and survey results for polls conducted in Canada, Spain, France, Russia, Japan, Mexico, Israel, South Korea, Australia, and Great Britain. From The Guardian's online companion, the Guardian Unlimited. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/viewsofamerica/0,15220,1327191,00.html Topics: 2004 Presidential Election, Presidents by Name, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Aug 30, 2005 Truth, War & Consequences
Companion site to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program that "examines why the U.S. went to war in Iraq, what went wrong in the planning for the postwar occupation, and what is at stake for both the U.S. and for Iraqis." Features interviews with "key players in Baghdad and Washington," reports and commentary, audio clips and transcript of the show, related links, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Wage Peace Campaign
A collection of anti-war articles, commentary, and links from the Iraq Peacebuilding Program of the American Friends Service Committee (a Quaker organization). http://www.afsc.org/Iraq/ Topics: Christianity, Social Issues, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 7, 2008 The War on Terrorism: Saddam Hussein and Iraq
A directory of resources on the United States-Iraq war and occupation. Find news, commentary, government documents, political background and analysis, military and strategic issues, weapons of mass destruction, sanctions, and more. Maintained by librarian David Durant. http://personal.ecu.edu/durantd/wot/ Topics: Terrorism, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated May 25, 2004 War with Iraq: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives
This December 2002 report examines the political, military, and economic consequences to the United States of war with Iraq. From the Committee on International Security Studies of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Opens directly into PDF file; Adobe Acrobat Reader required. http://www.amacad.org/publications/monographs/War_with_Iraq.pdf Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Windfalls of War: U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan & Iraq
Report on U.S. companies that received U.S. government contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The findings come from "the three agencies that awarded most of the Iraq and Afghanistan contracts in 2002 and 2003 — the Pentagon, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development." Browse statistics on contractors by country, amount of contract, campaign contributions, and other factors. Includes updates, commentary, and analysis. From the Center for Public Integrity. http://projects.publicintegrity.org/wow/ Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, September 11 & Beyond, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jul 29, 2008 Yahoo! News: Iraq
Includes speeches, opinions, editorials, articles, audios/videos, and graphics. More links are provided to related Web sites on the conflict with Iraq. From Yahoo! News. http://news.yahoo.com/topics/iraq Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 14, 2009 |
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