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Conflict in Iraq

War in Iraq & reconstruction

US Embassy - Iraq: http://catalog.multcolib.org/search/aAdams%2C+Neal./aadams+neal/-2%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aadams+neal&3%2C%2C3

United States Embassy in Baghdad Iraq. Includes articles, press releases, and links to departments within the embassy such as Public Affairs, Cultural Affairs, Economic Section, Political Affairs Section, USAID Mission in Iraq, U.S. Commercial Service and the Office of Agricultural Affairs.
US Department of State: www.state.gov

The official perspective of the US Department responsible for relations with foreign countries. Includes Iraq Country Page, as well as US relations with neighboring countries Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, and all other countries plus international issues including terrorism and nonproliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
U.S. White House: www.whitehouse.gov

Text of President Obama's statements, news and links to the White House information on Foreign Policy & Homeland Security.
Kurdistan Regional Government: www.krg.org

The KRG is the authority that rules over much of the liberated area of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Alternative Resources on the U.S.- Iraq Conflict: www.pitt.edu/~ttwiss/irtf/iraq.html

Complied by the International Responsibilities Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Roundtable
U.S. Central Command: www.centcom.mil

Developments from the U.S. military command in charge of Iraq, Afghanistan and neighboring countries. Briefings, news, links, photos and video of the war.
British Operations in Iraq: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/InDepth/UkMilitaryOperationsInIraq.htm

UK Ministry of Defense information about the UK part in the war in Iraq. All UK combat forces withdrew from Iraq July 31, 2009.
Iraq - A Country Study: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html

Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress profile and study of history, geography, economy, politics, national security issues, etc. updated PDF version August 2006
Senate report on pre-war intelligence on Iraq: http://intelligence.senate.gov/108301.pdf

Originally published 7/7/04, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence "Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq."
USAID: www.usaid.gov/iraq/

The United States Agency for International Development: Assistance for Iraq fact sheet. USAID has the primary responsibility along with the Defense Dept. to provide humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to the people of Iraq during and after the war.
International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB): www.iamb.info/

The International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq (IAMB) is an audit oversight body entrusted by the UN Security Council with monitoring the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI), the US-led organization managing funding and revenues in Iraq. Press releases, minutes of meetings and other relevant information of the (IAMB), which is made up of representatives of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations and the World Bank.
United Kingdom Foreign Office: www.fco.gov.uk

Includes text of speeches, video, and position papers on Iraq, terrorism and other topics from the British government. Includes an Iraq Page under Countries & Regions.
DefenseLINK: www.defenselink.mil

An extensive list of links to U.S. military organizations, news, fact sheets and information for military families.
U.N. Oil-for-Food Program: www.un.org/Depts/oip/

The Program that covered 24 sectors of need in Iraq, in addition to providing food to 60% of Iraq's 22 million people before the war. On 3/28/03 the U.N. Security Council voted to resume the program to enable the UN to continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Iraq. Security Council Resolution 1483, 5/22/03, provided for the termination of the Oil-for-Food Programme within six months (11/21/03), transferring responsibility for the administration of any remaining Program activities to 'the Authority' representing the occupying powers.
ICRC: www.icrc.org/eng

The International Committee of the Red Cross was the only humanitarian relief organization at work in the combat zones of Iraq as of 3/25/03 and plays a key role in reconstruction. The ICRC Iraq Special. p International humanitarian law in brief, includes the Basic Rules of the Geneva Conventions. Also see the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for relief efforts in countries neighboring Iraq.
Who's who in the Iraq elections: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4511450.stm

12/16/05, BBC: A look at the parties and alliances who contested the December 15, 2005 parliamentary elections in Iraq. Retrospective (as of 3/9/04) BBC's Who's Who in Post-Saddam Iraq
Who's Who in the Iraqi Opposition: www.pbs.org/now/politics/iraqiopposition.html

Before the war PBS provided information and links to the Iraqi National Congress, Iraqi National Accord (INA), Kurdish Nationalists and the Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq.
United Nations Security Council: www.un.org/Docs/sc/

All Security Council Resolutions (including those about Iraq), minutes of meetings, news, daily programme and live or on-demand Webcasts of UN meetings, conferences and events.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): www.iaea.org

The IAEA, an autonomous organization under the United Nations, is the world's foremost intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology. The IAEA is responsible for the inspections of nuclear facilities in Iraq, North Korea and Iran, as well as other countries to verify compliance with the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
UNMOVIC: www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/index.htm

The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) is the agency responsible for disarming Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological weapons and missiles with a range of more than 150 km). Links to the full texts of Chairman of UNMOVIC, Dr. Hans Blix's briefings to the UN Security Council from June 2000 to the present.
Coalition Provisional Authority: http://www.usembassy.it/pdf/other/RL32370.pdf

The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics, and Institutional Authorities, a Congressional Research Service report to Congress
Government Views of Iraq: www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/Iraqbib.html

Online government documents and information about Iraq from the U.S., Britain, other Allies and the United Nations. Congressional Hearings and Resolutions, Federal Agency reports, transcripts of press conferences, CENTCOM briefings, USAID Fact Sheets, Legislation, Presidential Communications, United Nations Security Council Resolutions, etc. Current through mid-2005. Prepared by City College of New York.