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Iraq
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Al-Mashriq (the Levant) 
 "A repository for cultural multimedia information from the Levant (Al-Mashriq) in general and Lebanon in particular." (Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey are also covered.) Includes articles, documents, and photographs on the arts, business, food, geography, humor, literature, people, politics, history, and the text of the Oslo Accords and related agreements. From a former resident of Lebanon with a lifelong interest in the region and culture. http://almashriq.hiof.no/ Topics: International Governments, Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World Last updated Apr 5, 2004 Eyes Wide Open: Beyond Fear, Towards Hope: An Exhibition of the Iraq War
This site presents information about a traveling exhibition described as "a multimedia, multisensory journey through the words, images, and sounds of the Iraq war." The site includes photos, exhibit locations and dates, data on the human and economic costs of war, examples of statements made to justify the war, and a timeline. Provides details on hosting the exhibit and joining the campaign against the war. From the American Friends Service Committee. http://afsc.org/eyes/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Forces: U.S. and Coalition Casualties
This site from CNN lists confirmed coalition deaths in the Iraq war and the ongoing occupation. The list "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." Each entry includes the name, age, unit, hometown, details of death, and when available, a photograph. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 IraqJournal.org
"Regular reports from Iraq, coordinated by Democracy Now correspondent Jeremy Scahill." This site initially featured on-the-ground reporting, but after March, 2003 became primarily useful for an extensive collection of related links pointing to news, articles, clips from radio programs, videos, photographic essays, lists of war casualties, and more. http://www.iraqjournal.org/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 14, 2003 Marine Corps News
News stories and photographs by Marine Corps correspondents in Iraq. Part of the official United States Marine Corps website. http://www.usmc.mil/news/Pages/usmcnews.aspx Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, U.S. Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 4, 2008 Parthian Empire
A searchable history of this ancient Persian empire. Its boundaries covered all of contemporary Iran and portions of Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Information is provided about their calendar and rulers, with a timeline of ancient world events. Also included is information about geography (many maps), art and culture, numismatics (many photos, including coins issued by Rome about Parthia). http://www.parthia.com/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, History By Place, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Mar 16, 2002 Photos of Military Coffins (Battlefield and Astronaut Fatalities) at Dover Air Base
Note: due to heavy traffic, this site may load slowly or not respond. "Due to a Freedom of Information Act request from The Memory Hole, the Air Force has released [in April 2004] 288 photographs showing soldiers' remains arriving home (and 73 photos of the Columbia astronauts). These are the images that the Pentagon prevented the public from seeing." See them here. From the author of several books on disinformation. http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/coffin_photos/dover/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 The Saddam Hussein Sourcebook
This site provides information based on declassified documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) about the U.S.-Iraq relationship. It provides annotated images of documents relating to the U.S. relationship with Iraq in the early 1980s, weapons of mass destruction, Desert Storm, and 1992 Iraqi war criminals. Also includes aerial photos. From the National Security Archive at the George Washington University Library. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/special/iraq/ Topics: Crime, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Oct 3, 2005 Saddam's Ultimate Solution
A companion site for a television program that explored the question, "are Iraq's chemical and biological weapons attacks on Kurdistan part of a larger agenda of terror?" Discussion, photo essay, interactive maps, and more. From the "Wide Angle" documentary series produced by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/saddam/ Topics: Biology, International Governments, Photograph Collections: Regional, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq, Weapons Last updated Sep 11, 2003 The Threat to World Heritage in Iraq
Information about endangered cultural heritage sites in Iraq, including mosques, churches, khans, palaces, major excavated sites, and museums. Features maps (upper Euphrates, upper Tigris, lower Mesopotamia), photos of sites, links to related news stories, and a petition of international scholars. http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wolf0126/ Topics: Archaeology, History, Maps, Maps by Place, Photograph Collections: Regional, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jul 21, 2005 Veterans History Project
This site describes a project to collect "oral history interviews, memoirs, letters, diaries, photographs, and other original materials from veterans of World Wars I and II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present)." Includes guidelines for participating in the project, including tips for interviewing veterans and writing memoirs. From the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/vets/ Topics: Communities & Groups, History, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, United States History Last updated Apr 3, 2005 |
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