Iraq and the United States
General Information, Background, Iraqi Culture • News Sources • The Iraqi Government • The United States Government • Iraqi Dissident Opinion • US Dissident Opinion • United Nations • Contacting US Congressional Representatives, Senators, and the White House
General Information, Background, Iraqi Culture
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]
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."
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."
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]
News Sources
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."
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.
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).
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."
Additional News Sources
- Al Jazeera
- Arabic News
- CNN
- Iraqi news Agency
- Jerusalem Post
- Middle East Times
- New York Times
- The Times (London)
- Washington Post
The Iraqi Government
The United States Government
Address by Secretary Powell to the United Nations Security Council, Feb. 5, 2003
Iraqi Dissident Opinion
Iraqi
National Congress
An expatriate organization that claims to be the
legitimate representative of the Iraqi people.
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."
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."
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."
US Dissident Opinion
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.
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.
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
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.
Contacting US Congressional Representatives, Senators,
and the White House
Mail Directory for the House and the Senate
Congressional Email Directory (both House and Senate)