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Background on Iraq
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Bush's War 
 Companion to a two-part March 2008 Frontline series "that tells the epic story of how the Iraq war began and how it has been fought, both on the ground and deep inside the government." Features video of the full series, an annotated video timeline, and over 400 extended interviews. Also includes battlefield stories, timelines and maps, reporters' dispatches, and links to other fifth anniversary coverage of the war and related topics. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 3, 2008 Civil-Military Relations in Iraq (1921-2006): An Introductory Survey
Overview of civil-military relations in Iraq starting with the establishment of the first unit of the Iraqi army on January 6, 1921. Includes statistics and references. From the May 2006 issue of Strategic Insights, "a monthly electronic journal produced by the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California." http://www.nps.edu/Academics/centers/ccc/publications/OnlineJournal/2006/May/kadhimMay06.html Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 30, 2009 Government Views of Iraq
A list of links arranged by subject of government documents and other primary resources, most of which are from the United States. "Resources include ... Congressional Hearings and Resolutions, Federal Agency reports, transcripts of press conferences and briefings, USAID Fact Sheets, legislation, news releases and Presidential Communications ... United Nations Security Council Resolutions, the Geneva Conventions and Protocols, [and] selected international treaties." From Grace-Ellen McCrann of the Cohen Library, the City College of New York. http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/Iraqbib.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jan 27, 2004 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: A Country Study
(Note: last updated 1988.) Part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook series "describing and analyzing [Iraq's] political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors." Searchable. From the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 9, 2003 Profile: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Background about this Jordanian-born terrorist who was killed on "June 7, 2006, [when] U.S. forces in Iraq launched an air strike on a safe house some fifty-five miles north of Baghdad, where Zarqawi was hiding. From the Council on Foreign Relations, an "independent national membership organization and a nonpartisan center for scholars." http://www.cfr.org/publication/9866/profile.html Topics: Terrorism, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jun 15, 2006 Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein: The U.S. Tilts toward Iraq, 1980-1984
The National Security Archive provides declassified documents on the United States-Iraqi relationship in the 1980s and includes a detailed historical essay. Links within the essay provide access to the documents, which are also described individually. Topics include oil, terrorism, the Iran-Iraq War, arms sales, and chemical warfare and weapons. People include Donald Rumsfeld, Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., William L. Eagleton, Jr., and Tariq Aziz. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/ Topics: History By Place, Oil & Gas, Presidents by Name, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Feb 6, 2005 The War on Terrorism - Iraq
Librarian-selected and annotated links to Iraq-related websites, including country information; government reports; maps; military and war-related sites; news-related sites and special news reports; nongovernmental organizations; reports from other organizations; Saddam Hussein; sanctions, human rights, and the anti-war movement; and United Nations and weapons inspection sites. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06003/637667.stm Topics: Activism, Country Studies by Continent, Government, Regions of the World, Terrorism, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jan 28, 2006 The World Factbook: Iraq
Key facts, maps, statistics, demographics, and a nutshell history of Iraq. From "The World Factbook," published annually by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jul 30, 2009 Zarqawi's Journey: From Dropout to Prisoner to Insurgent Leader
July 2004 profile of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was considered by U.S. officials to be "the biggest terrorist threat in Iraq." Reviews his youth in Jordan, how he became a reporter for a small jihadist magazine, his imprisonment in the 1990s "after the Jordanian authorities discovered assault rifles and bombs stashed in his house," and his terrorist connections with al-Qaida. From The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/13/international/middleeast/13zarq.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=fef1b3dec1a80375&ex=1247371200&partner=rssuserland Topics: Terrorism, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jun 13, 2006 |
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