Iraq and the United States
General Information, Background, Iraqi Culture
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General Information, Background, Iraqi Culture
- Arab.net
- Designed to serve as a clearinghouse of information
about the Arab world, ArabNet is a valuable source of current news coverage,
along with providing country profiles of almost every nation in the Middle
East. The homepage features a Latest News section that provides hyperlinks to
English-language articles offering coverage from many different media sources
on topical stories within the Middle East. The country profiles will be
helpful to persons seeking a brief overview of each nation, as they contain
basic material on their history, geography, government, culture, government,
and transportation. The site also contains brief essays on topic as diverse as
The A-Z of Camels and The ABCs of Arabic Cuisine. The site also contains a
search engine and the ability to sign up for email updates by entering one's
email address. [KMG]
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Incore Guide to
Internet Sources on Conflict and Ethnicity in Iraq
- The Incore Conflict Data Service, a joint initiative of
the University of Ulster and the United Nations University, "provides current
and historical information on all major on-going conflicts, theme sites on a
variety of issues relevant to conflict, and information on conflict resolution
institutions throughout the world."
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- The Iraqi
Foundation
- From its Web site: "Established in 1991 by Iraqi
expatriates with the purpose of working with Iraqis and non-Iraqis in
promoting ... .democracy and human rights in Iraq, and for a better
international understanding of Iraq's potential as a contributor to political
stability and economic progress in the Middle East."
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War
with Iraq: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives
- Released as part of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences Committee on International Security Studies Occasional Papers series,
this 93-page report from December 2002 examines the political, military, and
economic consequences of war with Iraq. The report is divided into three
self-contained chapters, with each one exploring a different facet that
illustrates the potential costs of war for the United States. In the first
chapter, Carl Kaysen, John D. Steinbruner, and Martin B. Malin engage in an
extended appraisal of the national security strategy behind the move toward a
preventive war against Iraq. The second chapter finds Steven E. Miller
considering a number of potentially detrimental military and strategic
outcomes of war for the United States. The third chapter, John Nordhaus offers
his economic cost estimations of war with Iraq by looking at scenarios that
are both favorable and unfavorable to the United States. All in all, this
paper is a thought- provoking and scholarly examination of a pressing topic
that often receives only superficial consideration by the mainstream media. [KMG]
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Access World News - International Edition [Colgate University only]
- From homepage: "News articles covering
politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology, and the
environment from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific
Rim, Central and South America, and the Middle East. All articles are in
English."
- Arab.net
- Designed to serve as a clearinghouse of information
about the Arab world, ArabNet is a valuable source of current news coverage,
along with providing country profiles of almost every nation in the Middle
East.
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Lexis/Nexis (Colgate University Only)
- Choose the new category "World News" and the news
source "Middle East Africa Sources" to search a full-text database of
newspapers, magazines and news services from around the world (including the
US and the Middle East).
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Mideast Mirror (Link works on the Colgate Network only.)
- A searchable full-text database from Lexis Nexis.
From database description: "MIDEAST MIRROR is a daily digest (Monday through
Friday) of news and editorial comment in the Arab, Persian, Turkish and
Hebrew media, compiled by correspondents stationed in 11 countries and
delivered to subscribers on same day of publication."
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- Al Jazeera
- Arabic News
- CNN
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Iraqi news Agency
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Jerusalem Post
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Middle East
Times
- New York Times
- The Times
(London)
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Washington Post
The Iraqi Government
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The
Iraqi Presidency
- Mission to the
United Nations
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Address by Secretary Powell to the United Nations Security Council, Feb. 5,
2003
Office of the
President
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State Department
- Iraqi
National Congress
- An expatriate organization that claims to be the
legitimate representative of the Iraqi people.
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- Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan
- From it Web site: "The organization's aim is to
revitalize resistance and to rebuild and redirect Kurdish society along
modern and democratic lines."
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- The Iraqi
Foundation
- From its Web site: "Established in 1991 by Iraqi
expatriates with the purpose of working with Iraqis and non-Iraqis in
promoting ... .democracy and human rights in Iraq, and for a better
international understanding of Iraq's potential as a contributor to
political stability and economic progress in the Middle East."
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- Iraqui Forum for
Democracy
- From its Web site: "Iraqi
Forum for Democracy (IFD) is a non-profit political action group that
believes in non-violent means to achieve its aims."
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American Friends
Service Committee
- Excellent site for information and for
links to
organizations with an interest in Iraq and the US-Iraq crisis, not limited
to organizations opposed to war.
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International A.N.S.W.E.R (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)
- One of the most active and aggressive groups involved
in organizing resistance and protest in the United States. Includes a
page of links to
other anti-war organizations and related sites.
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World
Council of Churces: The WCC and the crisis in Iraq
- An international organization of Christian churches
and associations of churches. Among its chief objectives is to "[Call]
churches, ecumenical organizations and all people of good will - to work
together at all levels (local, regional, global) with communities, secular
movements, people of all living faiths for peace, justice and
reconciliation."
- United
Nations Home Page
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- Office of
the Iraq Programme
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Security Council
- Includes links to
member countries'
mission sites.
Text of
Resolution 1441, November 8, 2002.
United Nations
Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)
Update of
Inspection, Submitted by Dr. Hans Blix, January 27, 2003.
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