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Government
Views of Iraq
Iraq has been international front-page news for some time and this resource is a compilation of online primary resources to help fill in the background. The site concentrates on Government documents and information from the U.S. Executive Branch and while the bulk of the overall resources are primarily from the United States, there are international entries as well. Resources include such items as U.S. Congressional Hearings and Resolutions, Federal Agency reports, transcripts of press conferences and briefings, USAID Fact Sheets, legislation, news releases and Presidential Communications, as well as texts of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, the Geneva Conventions and Protcols, selected international treaties and information on governance post Saddam Hussein including regulations, memoranda, orders and public notices from the Coalition Provisional Authority as well as resources re the Iraqi national elections on 30 January 2005 and information re the Iraqi Transitional Government.
Agriculture and Forestry
Go to: Agriculture and Forestry25 May 2005
"U.S. Army Maj. Sean Hood, 411th Civil Affairs, speaks with Iraqi Government officials at the Sindiya Pump Station near Hibhib, Iraq, during its grand opening on May 25, 2005. The pump station is an irrigation project that will bring water from the Tigris River to over 10,000 farming families."
Photo & descriptive text
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.dod.gov/home/photoessays/2005-06/p20050627b2.html8 March 2005
'New Dawn' Goal : Revitalize Iraqi Agriculture
"Iraq’s agricultural potential dominated the agenda at the New Dawn Non-Government Organization Conference, held by Task Force Liberty here February 27."
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/mar2005/a030805wm4.html2 December 2004
Iraq Agriculture/Marshlands Sectoral Consultation
Video
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/vid_live120204.html1 November 2004
U.S. Soldiers Plant Seeds of Iraqi Agriculture
"Members of the 39th Brigade Combat Team are taking part in a joint effort to help kick-start Iraq's agriculture in the Taji area during Operation Amber Waves."
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/nov2004/a110104e.html28 October 2004
"Iraqi Farmers ready for Fall Planting Season, as U.S. Soldiers deliver Wheat, Barley Seeds."
“We delivered 240, 50 kilo bags, or, 12 metric tons at the Urafiya farmers association,” said U.S. Army 1st Lt. Stephan Jaworski, the assistant civil military operations officer for 161 Inf. “Another eight metric tons went to the Al Houda farmers association.”
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/oct2004/a102804d.html27 October 2004
Operation Amber Waves : Soldiers Distribute Agricultural Supplies to Iraqi Farmers
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/oct2004/a102704a.html10 August 2004
Civil Affairs Soldiers Deliver Seeds to Iraqi Farmers
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/aug2004/a080904i.html22 July 2004
Export Requirements for Iraq
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ofo/export/iraq.htm13 July 2004
Restoring Date Palms and Open Markets
"American aid is dredging canals in the ancient Fertile Crescent and improving its farms and orchards."
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/pdf/AYearInIraq_agriculture.pdf (PDF)16 June 2004
Review Iraqi Agriculture : From Oil for Food to the Future of Iraqi Production, Agriculture and Trade
Hearing before the House Committee on Agriculture
Serial No. 108-33
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS53221 (PDF)16 June 2004
The Work of the USDA in Iraq and Assessment of the Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Exports to that Market
Transcript of Statement of H. Lee Schatz, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture before the House Committee on Agriculture
Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.usda.gov/info/speeches/ct06162004.htm27 May 2004
Ministry of Agriculture Turns Saddam's Helicopter into Crop Duster
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040527_helospray.html21 May 2004
Iraqi Pilots begin Crop Dusting
U.S. Army, Europe
http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/htmlinks/Press_Releases/2004/May2004/21May2004-01.htm5 May 2004
Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture Assumes Full Sovereignty
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040505_agriculture.html21 October 2003
USAID Awards Contract for Agricultural Reconstruction and Development
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr031021.html10 July 2003
U.S. and Australian Officials say Farm Development advancing in Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/cgi-bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/archives/products/washfile/latest/2003/July&f=03071002.clt&t=/products/washfile/architem.shtml9 July 2003
Transcript of Briefing by U.S. & Australian Agriculture Officials re Rebuilding Efforts in Iraq with Dan Amstutz, U.S. Senior Ministry Advisor for Agriculture, Trevor Flugge, Australian Senior Ministry Advisor for Agriculture and J.B. Penn, USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/news/releases/2003/07/0242.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.4 July 2003
The 431st Civil Affairs Battalion’s Food & Agriculture Team and the World Food Program help stabilize Mosul's Agricultural Economy
Iraqi Destiny, page 1
101st Airborne Division, U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/Operations/Iraqi_Freedom/Iraqi_Destiny/Issue28.pdf (PDF)17 June 2003
Transcript: Pre-Bid Conference on the Agriculture Reconstruction and Development for Iraq (ARDI) RFP
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/vid_live061703_t.html16 June 2003
U.S. Helping to Rebuild Iraq's Agriculture Sector
Transcript of USDA Tele-News Conference re Iraq with USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, Dr. J.B. Penn and U.S. Senior Ministry Advisor for Agriculture Dan Amstutz
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/cgi-bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/products/washfile/geog/nea/iraq&f=03061702.crq&t=/products/washfile/newsitem.shtml13 June 2003
Iraq Crop Condition Update
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.fas.usda.gov/pecad2/highlights/2003/06/iraq_june2003/iraqjune2003_index.htm10 June 2003 (access date)
Iraqi Agriculture and Weather
Includes Weather Analysis, Data Sources, Crop Production Maps, Crop Calendar, Cropland Intensity and Crop (Wheat and Cotton) Zones
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.fas.usda.gov/pecad/remote/mideast_pecad/iraq/iraq.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.5 June 2003
Agriculture Reconstruction and Redevelopment Program for Iraq
U.S. Agency for International Development Fact Sheet
http://www.usaid.gov/press/factsheets/2003/fs030605.html2 May 2003
U.S., Australia to Help Rebuild Iraq's Farm Sector
Text of Telephone Conference Call with Reporters by J.B. Penn, U.S. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Services and Dan Amstutz, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senior Ministry Advisor
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.org/wf-archive/2003/030502/epf507.htm21 April 2003
Dan Amstutz named to Lead U.S. Agricultural Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/cgi-bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/products/washfile/geog/nea/iraq&f=03042102.crq&t=/products/washfile/newsitem.shtml16 April 2003
Farmers in Iraq need Assistance with Spring Harvest
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/news/2003/16583-en.html14 March 2003
Nutrition Programme in Northern Iraq
"As part of its efforts to help female-headed families in northern Iraq, WFP's Nutrition Programme has trained 150 women in the art of beekeeping, supplying protective clothing, hives and the bees"
Photo and descriptive text
U.N. World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/newsroom/subsections/preview.asp?item_id=622&order=4§ion=15
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.7 March 2003
Emergency Preparedness in Animal Health in Iraq and the Middle East
Early Warning Message - EMPRES
[Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases]
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/livestock/agah/empres/warn_mes/warn15.htm19 February 2003
Outlook for Iraq's 2003 Winter Grain Crop
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/ac851e/pays/irq.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.16 January 2003
Iraq Crop Production
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.fas.usda.gov/pecad2/highlights/2003/01/Iraq_update/22 August 2002
International Animal Export Regulations - Iraq
U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal & Plant Heath Inspection Service
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/NCIE/iregs/animals/iz.html17 July 2001
Iraq at Risk from Rift-Valley Fever. FAO Starts Emergency Project
"Rift Valley Fever is a highly contagious disease spread mainly by mosquitoes and the movement of animals, it causes abortion and mortality in sheep, goat, cattle, buffaloes and camels. In humans, it can cause flu-like symptoms, which can sometimes lead to death."
Press Release - United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/waicent/ois/press_ne/presseng/2001/pren0145.htm23-28 September 2000
Report of RADISCON [Regional Animal Disease Surveillance and Control Network] Workshop in Baghdad for the Strengthening of the National Animal Disease Surveillance System [NADSS]
Press Release - U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x9550e/x9550e08.htm2000
Non-Wood Forest Products in Iraq
Iraq section from Report on Non-Wood Forest Products in the Near East
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/y1797e/y1797e10.htm16 July 1999
Drought causes extensive Crop Damage in the Near East raising concerns for Food Supply difficulties in some parts
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/X2596E/X2596E00.HTM
(Scroll down past the overview for specifics about Iraq)10 February 1999
FAO Warns of Danger to Near East if Outbreak of Animal Diseases in Iraq is not Contained
Press Release - U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/waicent/ois/press_ne/presseng/1999/pren9904.htm1999
General Status of Apiculture [Beekeeping] in Iraq
Article written by Dr. V. Sivaram, U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization Consultant for the Iraq Ministry of Agriculture Apiculture Project
http://www.apiservices.com/articles/us/iraq.htm1999
Plant Nematodes and Nemotology in Iraq
(Plant nematodes are parasites which destroy agricultural crops)
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/docrep/v9978e/v9978e0g.htm15 January 1998
Screwworm Epidemic Threatens Livestock in Iraq and Neighboring Countries
Press Release - United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/waicent/ois/press_ne/presseng/1998/pren9802.htm5 December 1997
Evaluation of the prospects for Iraq's 1998 agricultural crop
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/giews/english/fs/fs9712/pays/irq9712e.htm31 July 1997
Project to Restore Iraqi Honeybee Population Hit by Predatory Asian Mite
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/news/1997/970709-e.htm11 July 1997
Fighting Pests in Iraq's No-fly Zones
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/focus/e/disaster/casestud/csiraq.htm1997
Aquastat Report for Iraq - 1997
Aquastat country profiles report on the "state of water resources and agricultural water use"
U.N. Water Resources, Development and Management Service
http://www.fao.org/landandwater/aglw/aquastat/countries/iraq/index.stm1997
Iraq section of the Irrigation in the Near East Region in Figures Report
This report covers such topics as Climate & Water Resources, River Basins, Surface Water Resources, International Agreements, Groundwater Resources, Dams, Irrigation & Drainage Development, Irrigated Areas, Salinity and Trends in Water Resource Management
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/docrep/w4356e/w4356e0e.htmMay/June 1996
Oil-for-Food Deal: Its Implications on Iraqi's Food Supply Position
Special Section from Food Outlook Report
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/giews/english/fo/fo9606/fo960606.htm1995
A Synthesis Report of the Near East Region - Women, Agriculture and Rural Development
(This report includes Iraq)
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/docrep/x0176e/x0176e00.htmOctober 1993
Agricultural Loan Guarantees: National Advisory Council's Critical Views on Loans to Iraq Withheld
U.S. General Accounting Office Report GGD-94-24
http://archive.gao.gov/t2pbat4/150515.pdf29 May 1992
Agriculture's Export Credit Programs: Delays in Accessing Records Relating to Iraq
Testimony of Allan I. Mendelowitz, Director, International Trade and Finance Issues before the House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
U.S. General Accounting Office Report T-GGD-92-47
http://archive.gao.gov/t2pbat6/146760.pdf3 March 1992
Agricultural Chemicals to Iraq
U.S. General Accounting Office Report NSIAD-92-79R
http://archive.gao.gov/d31t10/146119.pdf14 March 1991
Iraq's Participation in the Commodity Credit Corporation's GSM-102/103 Export Credit Guarantee Programs
Testimony of Allan I. Mendelowitz, Director, GAO International Trade, Energy and Finance Issues National Security and International Affairs Division before the House Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and Foreign Agriculture, Committee on Agriculture
U.S. General Accounting Office Report T-NSIAD-91-13
http://archive.gao.gov/d38t12/143407.pdf1991
Provincial Crop Production Maps for Iraq
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.fas.usda.gov/remote/mideast_pecad/iraq/iraq_crop_prod.htm14 November 1990
International Trade: Iraq's Participation in U.S. Agricultural Export Programs
U.S. General Accounting Office Report NSIAD-91-76
http://archive.gao.gov/d22t8/142766.pdf16 October 1990
Report on the Commodity Credit Corporation's GSM-102/103 Export Credit Guarantee Programs and Iraq's Participation in the Programs
Testimony of Allan I. Mendelowitz, Director, Trade, Energy and Finance Issues, GAO National Security and International Affairs Division before the House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
U.S. General Accounting Office Report T-NSIAD-91-1
http://archive.gao.gov/t2pbat9/142464.pdf1958
Ten Years of Forestry Progress in Iraq
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5391e/x5391e03.htm
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Aviation
See also: TransportationGo to: Aviation8 July 2005
Airmen Teach C-130 Ops to Iraqis, Learn about Sacrifice
"The squadron [at Ali Base] is the first medium airlift postwar Iraqi air force flying squadron and is now more than 100 airmen strong. More than 30 advisory support team instructors, all assigned here to either the 777th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron or 777th Airlift Squadron, teach their Iraqi counterparts in aircrew and logistics specialties."
Air Force Link
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=1230109847 July 2005
Air Force Recognizes Historical Name of Iraqi Air Base
"Ali Base, situated near the city of An Nasiriyah, in south central Iraq, is the main airfield in southern Iraq from which Iraqi, coalition and U.S. Airmen operate. Until January, coalition forces called the base Tallil. Now, all use the legacy name: Ali Base."
U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/news_release.asp?NewsRelease=20050705.txt4 July 2005
"Members of the 447th Air Expeditionary Group stood in formation [at Baghdad International Airport] to celebrate Independence Day"
Iraq Newslink - 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing
http://www.afnews.af.mil/iraq/baghdad/070605-honor-baghdad.htm1 March 2005
Effects-Based Airpower for Small Wars : Iraq after Major Combat
Col Robyn Read, USAF, Retired
Air & Space Power Journal, Spring 2005
U.S. Air Force
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj05/spr05/read.html13 February 2005
Iraqi Pilots Fly Prime Minister for First C-130 Mission
"Two days after their first training flight on a C-130 cargo plane, a crew from an Iraqi Air Force squadron were back in the cockpit February 12 for their first mission: flying Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi round trip from Baghdad to As Sulaymaniwah West."
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/feb2005/a021305cm2.html9 February 2005
Iraqi Pilots Get First-Time C-130 Training
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/feb2005/a020905la4.html7 February 2005
Iraqi Air Force Receives Helicopters
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/feb2005/a020705wm2.html16 December 2004
Basrah International Airport to Open in July
"Airport considered as first step to return Iraqi tourism"
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/Dec2004/a121604tj2.html19 November 2004
Iraqi Air Force Gets New Aircraft
"United Arab Emirates provides four Comp Air 7SL; the gift will be augmented by four Bell Jet Ranger helicopters in late December."
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/nov2004/a111904c.html28 September 2004
Early-Morning Air Strike Targets Zarqawi Operatives in Fallujah
American Forces Information Service
http://www.dod.mil/news/Sep2004/n09282004_2004092803.html20 August 2004
Iraqi Air Force Begins Operations
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/aug2004/a082004a.html18 July 2004
Coalition Aircraft Strike Zarqawi Stronghold outside Fallujah
American Forces Information Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2004/n07182004_2004071801.html4 July 2004
Mosul Airfield Renovations begin Transition to Civilian Use
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20040711.txt14 June 2004
Iraqi Air Force Acquires First Two Aircraft
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/jun2004/a061404d.html1 June 2004
Jordan Trains New Iraqi Helicopter Pilots
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040601-16.html27 May 2004
Ministry of Agriculture Turns Saddam's Helicopter into Crop Duster
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040527_helospray.html21 May 2004
Iraqi Pilots begin Crop Dusting
U.S. Army, Europe
http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/htmlinks/Press_Releases/2004/May2004/21May2004-01.htm12 May 2004
Certification of Thiry Iraqi Firefighters from the Baghdad International Airport Fire Department
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040513_firefighters.html17 April 2004
Iraqi Air Force Getting off the Ground
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040417_air_force.html8 July 2003
Qayyarah West Airstrip ready for Business
Iraqi Destiny, page 4
101st Airborne Division, U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/Operations/Iraqi_Freedom/Iraqi_Destiny/Issue29.pdf (PDF)February 2004
Tick Tock at Tallil
Tallil Air Base in Southern Iraq, the "first forward-deployed air base established in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom"
Airman Magazine U.S. Air Force
http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0204/tallil.shtml2004
Airports in Iraq
WorldAeroData.com
http://worldaerodata.com/countries/Iraq.html6 June 2003
Aeronautical Information : Iraq
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
http://www.faa.gov/ats/aat/ifim/ifimiqai.htm6-9 June 2003
Assessment of Mosul Airport, Iraq
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/contracts/pdf/iirii_rfp031002attach5.pdf (PDF)23 May 2003
Humanitarian Air Service Launched by WFP [World Food Programme] for Iraq Crisis enters Full Swing
News Release - U.N. World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/newsroom/subsections/preview.asp?content_item_id=1154&item_id=660§ion=1323 May 2003
UN Aid Agencies Step Up Iraq Air Service
United Nations News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=7180&Cr=iraq&Cr1=relief7 May 2003
USAID Awards Contract for Iraq Airport Administration and Management to SkyLink Air & Logistic Support (USA), Incorporated (Washington, D.C.)
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030505.html2 May 2003
First Civilian Flight since the War at Basra International Airport
U.S. Marine Corps
Text:
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/200352134843
Photo:
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/lookup/200352143432?opendocument10 April 2003
Raiders Capture Saddam International Airport
The Frontline, page 2A
U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)
http://www.stewart.army.mil/frontlineonline/archivedpages/FrontlineOnline04-10-03.pdf (PDF)Winter 2000/01
Airpower and a Decade of Containment (in Iraq)
Colonel Paul K. White, ASAF
JFQ, Issue 27 (Joint Force Quarterly)
Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/1027.pdf (PDF)18 December 1998
Bomb Damage Assessment of the Al Sahra Airfield, Iraq
(Operation Desert Fox)
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Dec1998/981218-O-0000T-001.htmlJune 1997
Operation Desert Storm: Evaluation of the Air Campaign: Report to the Ranking Minority Member, U.S. House Committee on Commerce
U S General Accounting Office Report NSIAD-97-134
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS12404 (PDF)19 September 1996
"An F-14D Tomcat of Fighter Squadron One One (VF-11) (the "Red Rippers"), flies high above the border where Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Iraq meet. VF-11 is part of Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW 14) embarked on board the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson's battle group, along with the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) task force, is currently operating in the Persian Gulf to enforce the UN extended "no-fly zone", as part of Operation Southern Watch"
jpeg image - U.S. Navy Public Affais Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/f14nofl2.jpg19 September 1996
U.S. Naval Force in Persian Gulf enforcing "No-Fly" Zones
U.S. Navy Public Affais Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/iraq01.html3 September 1996
Additional Cruise Missiles unleashed againat Iraq
U.S. Navy Public Affais Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/iraq05.htmlJuly 1996
Operation Desert Storm : Evaluation of the Air War : Report to Congressional Requesters
U S General Accounting Office Report PEMD-96-10
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS33630 (PDF)January 1995
Heart of the Storm : The Genesis of the Air Campaign Against Iraq
(Gulf War 1990-1991)
Richard T. Reynolds
Air University Press
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS31529 (PDF)15 April 1994
Text of a Department of Defense briefing re lives lost when U.S. helicopters were shot down by friendly fire in northern Iraq
Participating were U.S. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and Ms. Kathleen M. deLaski
Operation Provide Comfort
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/perr0415.txt14 April 1994
Text of a Press Briefing by Lieutenant General Richard F. Keller, Chief of Staff for European Command, re lives lost when U.S. helicopters were shot down by friendly fire in northern Iraq
Operation Provide Comfort
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/kell0414.txt14 April 1994
Text of a Press Conference by President William J.Clinton re lives lost when U.S. helicopters were shot down by friendly fire in northern Iraq
At the bottom of the page is the text of the Presidential Proclamation on the same topic issued the same date
Operation Provide Comfort
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/clin0414.txt14 April 1994
Transcript of a Special U.S. Department of Defense Briefing re lives lost when U.S. helicopters were shot down by friendly fire in northern Iraq
Participating were U.S. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, British Minister of Defense Malcolm Rifkind, General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and Ms. Kathleen M. deLaski
Operation Provide Comfort
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/perr0414.txt30 June 1993
Operation Desert Storm : Apache Helicopter Fratricide Incident : Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives
General Accounting Office Report OSI-93-4
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS32490Winter 1992
Saddam Hussein and Iraqi Air Power : Just Having an Air Force isn't Enough
Matthew M. Hurley, USAF
Airpower Journal, Winter 1992
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/hurley.html/Fall 1987
Coalition Air Defense in the Persian Gulf
Lt. Col. Ronald C. Smith, USAF
Aerospace Power Journal, Fall 1987
U. S. Air Force
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj87/smith1.htmlMarch-April 1986
The Air War in the Persian Gulf
David Segal
Air University Review, March-April 1986
U.S. Air Force
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1986/mar-apr/segal.html
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Baath Party & De-Baathification
Go to: Baath Party & De-Baathification17 June 2005
Treasury Designates Financial Supporter of Iraqi Insurgency
"Muhammad Yunis Ahmad was designated today pursuant to Executive Order 13315, which is aimed at blocking property of the former Iraqi regime, its senior officials and their family members and those who act for or on their behalf. According to information available to the U.S. Government, Ahmad is currently a financial facilitator and operational leader of the New Regional Command of the reconstituted Ba'ath Party. He is instrumental in providing guidance, financial support and coordination of insurgent attacks throughout Iraq.
U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/js2500.htm26 January 2004
Thousands of Iraqis Rally to Renounce Violence, Baath Party
Armed Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2004/n01272004_200401273.html12 January 2004
Coalition Leaders welcome new Iraqi Governing Council policies and procedures re "de-Baathification"
Armed Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2004/n01122004_200401124.html4 November 2003
Delegation of Authority under de-Baathification Order No. 1
Coalition Provisional Authority Memorandum No. 7
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS46934September 2003
The De-Ba'thification of Iraq : Achieving Success, Avoiding Unintended Consequences
Judith Yaphe
Institute for National Strategic Studies
National Defense University
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Repository/INSS_Proceedings/Iraq/Iraq_Workshop_Sep03/INSS_Research_Memorandum_Iraq_Sep03.html30 June 2003
Iraqi Operations Net Baath Officials, Sympathizers
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2003/n06302003_200306301.html3 June 2003
Implementation of De-Baathification Order No. 1
Coalition Provisional Authority Memorandum No. 1
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4485825 May 2003
Establishment of the Iraqi De-Baathification Council
Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 5
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS46303 (PDF)25 May 2003
Management of Property and Assets of the Iraqi Baath Party
Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 4
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS45672 (PDF - English)
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/regulations/CPAORD4-Arabic.html(Arabic)16 May 2003
De-Baathification of Iraqi Society
Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 1
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS44094 (PDF - English)
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/regulations/CPAORD1-Arabic.pdf (PDF – Arabic)31 March 2003
U.S. Marines Destroy Ba’ath Party Headquarters in South-Central Iraq
U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200303110.txt29 March 2003
Coalition Pounds Baath Party Headquarters
U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Stories/03_03/37.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.7 March 2003
Germany, Japan and the "De-Baathification" of Iraq
Center for Contemporary Conflict, National Security Affairs Department
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/mar03/middleEast3.asp (HTML)
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/mar03/middleEast3.pdf (PDF)21 December 1998
Bomb damage assessment photo of the Baghdad Baath Party Headquarters
(Operation Desert Fox)
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Dec1998/981221-O-0000M-002.html
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Banks & Banking
See also: Banking & Finance LawsSee also: Currency
See also: Economics & Finance
Go to: Banks & Banking28 January 2005
Business Guide for Iraq
(Banking & Finance are included in Section V)
Export.gov - U.S. Department of Commerce
http://www.export.gov/iraq/bus_climate/businessguide_current.html29 July 2004
Presidential Executive Order 13350
Termination of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12722 With Respect to Iraq and Modification of Executive Order 13290, Executive Order 13303, and Executive Order 13315
(This Executive Order also revoked Executive Order #12817 of 21 October 1992)
Federal Register entry, 30 July 2004
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/30jul20040900/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-17636.pdf (PDF)22 June 2004
Iraq's Private Bankers Make International Contacts
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040622-1.html17 June 2004
Iraqi Bankers Meet U.S., International Financiers in New York, Washington
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/transcripts/20040619_USTDA.html31 May 2004
Creating a Sound and Modern Banking System
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/bank/banking_pager.html3 February 2003
World Bank Authorizes Iraq Reconstruction Trust Fund
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040203_world_bank.html2 February 2004
Coalition Provisional Authority Welcomes Banking Sector Reforms
"The Central Bank of Iraq on 31 January announced the selection of three foreign banks - Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation, National Bank of Kuwait and Standard Chartered Bank - to proceed to the final stage of the foreign bank licensing process. The CBI also announced the complete liberalization of domestic interest rates."
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040202_changes.html13 January 2004
Export-Import Bank to Support Iraqi Reconstruction
"The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) can provide three different types of financing to support Iraqi reconstruction efforts"
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20040114_EX-IM.htm10 December 2003
Iraq Delegation meets with World Bank and IMF (International Monetary Fund)
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20031210_Dec10_Gov_Council_Delegation.html1 November 2003
Iraqi Private Banks Authorized to Conduct International Payments, Remittances and Letters of Credit
(Includes Names, Contacts, email Addresses and Telephone Numbers for Iraqi Private Banks)
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/economy/iraq_private_banks.html10 October 2003
Reconstruction of Iraq’s Banking Sector John B. Taylor, U.S. Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs
A Briefing Sponsored by the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade and the Arab Bankers Association of North America
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/transcripts/20031010_Oct-10-TaylorSpeech.htmUndated, but before 30 August 2003
Request for Information re Management of Iraqi Commercial Banks
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/commercial/RFI_RasheedRafidain.html8 August 2003
Amendment to Request for Proposals on Trade Bank of Iraq
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/8Aug03RFP_deadline_amendment.html31 July 2003
Request for Information (RFI): Iraqi Commercial Banks
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/PR23iraqibanks31July03.html (English)
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/PR23iraqibanks31July03-Arabic.html (Arabic)21 July 2003
Establishing a Trade Bank of Iraq
Press Release - Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/PR21TBI21July03.html (English)
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/PR21TBI21July03-Arabic.html (Arabic)21 June 2003
Basra's Central Bank Reopens
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0623mon4.htm2 June 2003
USAID helps Iraqi Central Bank get back to Business
Photos and descriptive text
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/photogallery/gallery_18/mb01.html12 April 2003
G-7 Finance Ministers urge World Bank/IMF Involvement in Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/econ/mlc/03041201.htm10 April 2003
The World Bank and the Reconstruction of Iraq
Transcript of Press Conference held by James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank
(Scroll down past the introduction to the transcript)
http://www.usembassy.it/file2003_04/alia/A3041010.htm29 September 2002
Text of Statement by the Hon. Issam Rashid Hwaish, Governor of the World Bank for Iraq, at the Joint Annual Discussion of the Boards of Governors of the IMF [International Monetary Fund] and the World Bank
Governor Hwaish spoke in favor of lifting the international sanctions against Iraq
http://www.imf.org/external/am/2002/speeches/pr14e.pdf (PDF)27 September 2000
Text of Statement by the Hon. Issam Rashid Hwaish, Governor of the World Bank for Iraq, at the Joint Annual Discussion of the Boards of Governors of the IMF [International Monetary Fund] and the World Bank
Governor Hwaish spoke in favor of lifting the international sanctions against Iraq
http://www.imf.org/external/am/2000/speeches/pr12iqe.pdf (PDF)30 September 1999
Text of Statement by the Hon. Issam Rashid Hwaish, Governor of the World Bank for Iraq, at the Joint Annual Discussion of the Boards of Governors of the IMF [International Monetary Fund] and the World Bank
Governor Hwaish spoke in favor of lifting the international sanctions against Iraq
http://www.imf.org/external/am/1999/speeches/pr16iqe.pdf (PDF)25 September 1997
Text of Statement by the Hon. Issam Rashid Hwaish, Governor of the World Bank for Iraq, at the Joint Annual Discussion of the Boards of Governors of the IMF [International Monetary Fund] and the World Bank
Governor Hwaish spoke in favor of lifting the international sanctions against Iraq
http://www.imf.org/external/am/speeches/pdf/pr31iqe.pdf (PDF)21 October 1992
Executive Order 12817
President George H.W. Bush
Transfer of Certain Iraqi Government Assets Held by Domestic Banks
http://envirotext.eh.doe.gov/data/eos/bush/19921021.html
N.B....This link is no longer active. This Executive Order was revoked by Executive Order 13350, 29 July 200430 September 1991
The U.S. Export-Import Bank: No Evidence of Financing Restricted Chemical Exports to Iraq
U.S. General Accounting Office Report NSIAD-91-284
http://archive.gao.gov/d18t9/144935.pdf
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Between the Gulf Wars
See also: KurdsSee also: No-Fly Zones
See also: Sanctions & the Oil-for-Food Programme
See also: U.N. Resolutions
Go to: Between the Gulf WarsWinter 2000/01
Airpower and a Decade of Containment (in Iraq)
Colonel Paul K. White, ASAF
JFQ, Issue 27 (Joint Force Quarterly)
Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/1027.pdf (PDF)26 September 1996
U.S. Naval Forces in the Persian Gulf as of 26 September 1996
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/iraq02.html3 September 1996
Additional Cruise Missiles unleashed againat Iraq
U.S. Navy Public Affais Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/iraq05.html3 September 1996
Text of Statement by President William Clinton re the Situation in Northern Iraq
"Three days ago, despite clear warnings from the United States and the international community, Iraqi forces attacked and seized the Kurdish controlled city of Irbil in northern Iraq. The limited withdrawals announced by Iraq do not change the reality. Saddam Hussein's army today controls Irbil, and Iraqi units remain deployed for further attacks. These acts demand a strong response and they have received one. Earlier today I ordered American forces to strike Iraq"
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/wh960904.txt9 July 1996
Text of a letter from President William Clinton to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. "I am reporting on the status of efforts to obtain Iraq's compliance with the resolutions adopted by the U.N. Security Council"
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/wh960708.txt5 March 1996
Text of a letter from President William Clinton to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. "I am reporting on the status of efforts to obtain Iraq's compliance with the resolutions adopted by the U.N. Security Council"
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/wh960305.txt9 February 1996
Report to the U.S. Congress by President William J. Clinton "concerning the national emergency with respect to Iraq"
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/wh960209.txt17 August 1995
Text of Department of Defense Briefing on the situation in Iraq
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/dodb0817.txt10 August 1995
Transcript of a White House Background Briefing re the defection of two Iraqi officials (and brothers), Hussein Kamel and Saddam Kamel
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/whb0810.txt23 August 1994
Memorandum for Correspondents re the Interception of Ships "bound for and proceeding from Iraq through the Persian Gulf"
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/mfc94220.txt15 April 1994
Text of a Department of Defense briefing re lives lost when U.S. helicopters were shot down by friendly fire in northern Iraq
Participating were U.S. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and Ms. Kathleen M.deLaski
Operation Provide Comfort
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/perr0415.txt14 April 1994
Text of a Press Briefing by Lieutenant General Richard F. Keller, Chief of Staff for European Command, re lives lost when U.S. helicopters were shot down byfriendly fire in northern Iraq
Operation Provide Comfort
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/kell0414.txt14 April 1994
Text of a Press Conference by President William J. Clinton re lives lost when U.S. helicopters were shot down by friendly fire in northern Iraq
At the bottom of the page is the text of the Presidential Proclamation on the same topic issued the same date
Operation Provide Comfort
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/clin0414.txt14 April 1994
Transcript of a Special U.S. Department of Defense Briefing re lives lost when U.S. helicopters were shot down by friendly fire in northern Iraq
Participating were U.S. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, British Minister of Defense Malcolm Rifkind, General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and Ms. Kathleen M. deLaski
Operation Provide Comfort
U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/intl/iraq/perr0414.txt
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Borders
Go to: Borders2 February 2005
Securing Iraq’ Borders
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Stories/02_05/6.htm1 February 2005
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Team Helps Secure Iraq’s Borders
U.S. Customs & Border Protection
http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/02012005_4.xml14 October 2004
"Soldiers Support Iraqi Patrols on Iran Border
U.S. Army Border Teams help Iraqi agents of the Department of Border Enforcement prevent smuggling along Iraq's Border with Iran."
Defense Link - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/oct2004/a101304g.html5 October 2004
Iraqi Border Forts Strengthen Security
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Stories/10_04/5.htm26 August 2004
"Iraqi Border Forces To Take on Heavy Training - 11,000 Officers To Be Trained by Year's End"
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/aug2004/a082604c.html6 August 2004
Marines help Beef Up the Line for Iraqi Border Police
"Thirty-two new border posts are being built for the Iraqi Border Police in along the Iraqi-Syrian border. The $12 million project will aid in stemming the region's smuggling trade that fuels terrorism in Iraq."
U.S. Marine Corps
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/0/0AF1E7E3EA5704D785256EEB00309458?opendocument19 July 2004
A class of 30 Iraqi Recruits Graduated from Camp Al Asad's first Iraqi Border and Police Academies
U.S. Marine Corps
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/0/FB40727DE8E577E485256ED90030A8C2?opendocument15 March 2004
Border Crossing Points Between Iraq and Iran to be Reduced to Three
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040315_iran_border.html15 March 2004
Bremer Announces Iraqi Border Security Initiative
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040315_Border_Remarks_31503.html12 November 2003
U.S. Customs Agents help Guards on Iraqi Border
U.S. Army News Service
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=5402September 2003
"CBP Team in Iraq - Building new Customs, Immigration and Border Systems
Customs and Border Protection Today
The Official Newsletter of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/CustomsToday/2003/september/24 August 2003
Creation of the Department of Border Enforcement
Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 26
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS47934 (PDF)14 August 2003
"Iraqi Border Guards March to their Training in Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 11, 2003. U.S. Soldiers are Training Them to Guard the Iraq-Syria border."
Photo & descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/aug14.htm
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Bridges & Roads
See also: TransportationGo to: Bridges & Roads11 March 2005
Army Divers Clear Debris Threatening Bridge over the Tigris River
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/mar2005/a031105ms1.html10 February 2005
Al Asad Police Academy Graduates Highway Patrolmen
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/feb2005/a021005dw2.html4 February 2005
Plan Reduces Risk for Truck Drivers in Iraq
Air Force Link
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=1230097561 December 2004
"A U.S. Navy Seabee assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), compresses a car, which will be placed inside a hole on a bridge in Lutafiyah, Iraq. Bricks and gravel will be added to the hole to provide stability as part of the bridge's reconstruction effort."
jpeg image - United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/galleries/Front_Page_Photos/December/12_01_04.jpg29 October 2004
Iraqi Highway Patrol, MNF Quell Roadside Bomb
United States Central Command
http://www.arcent.army.mil/media_releases/2004/october/oct29_03.asp28 October 2004
Building Village Roads Like Connecting Dots on a Map
American Forces Press Service
http://www.dod.mil/news/Oct2004/n10282004_2004102801.html26 October 2004
Village Roads Under Construction in Iraq
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/oct2004/a102604a.html23 October 2004
Iraqi Ministry of Interior orders Highway Patrol to 6,300 Strong
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Stories/10_04/52.htm30 July 2004
CAAT Marines keep Iraqi Highways Safe
U.S. Marine Corps
http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/0/ae4b92ad1f047aef85256ee3003e7bad?OpenDocument16 July 2004
Army and Marines participate in the $4 million Tikrit Bridge rebuilding project in Tikrit, Iraq
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/jul2004/a071604b.html20 May 2004
Parachute Pros Bypass Iraqi Highway Hazards to Air-Drop Supplies
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
http://www.mfr.usmc.mil/Archive/2004.05/parachutepro.html12 May 2004
USAID announces the Re-opening of the Khazir Bridge over the Greater Zab River between Mosul and Arbil. The bridge is critical for the movement of fuel and agricultural products in Northern Iraq.
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040513_bridge.htmlUndated, but before March 2004
USAID helps restore Iraq’s transportation networks by rehabilitating the Khazir Bridge
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/stories/iraq/fp_iraq_bridge.pdf (PDF)15 February 2004
New Salhiyah Bridge Opens Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040215_bridge_salhiyah.htmlJune 2003
Reconstruction of Iraq Rail, Roads and Bridges
Iraq Infrastructure Reconstruction Program Recommended Implementation Plan
Bechtel National, Inc. Presentation to USAID, page 10
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/contracts/pdf/iirii_rfp031002attach6.pdf (PDF)
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Broadcasting
See also: JournalistsSee also: Newspapers
Go to: Broadcasting24 February 2005
Radio Free Iraq Talks With Jalal Talabani
Transcript of Radio Free Iraq program “with Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) head and presidential contender Jalal Talabani … [who] discussed Kurdish demands in the new Iraqi government and constitution and his own aspiration for the presidency of the transitional government.”
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org/specials/iraqelections/articles/jala.aspUndated, but before 30 January 2005
Iraq: Support for Fair, Safe and Professional Media Election Coverage
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7256&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html19 May 2004
1st Marine Division Receives Donations To Start Up Television Stations
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20040519_marine_tv.html13 February 2004
U.S. Launches Arabic Satellite Television Broadcasts February 14
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040214_satellite.html14 December 2003
President Bush Addresses Nation on the Capture of Saddam Hussein
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rm/27178.htmUndated, but before 13 December 2003
Iraq's Media Sector
"We set up "Towards Freedom" to fill the information gap that materialised in Iraq under Saddam's regime. ..We are looking at ways in which we can help the Coalition Provisional Authority and Iraqis to set up Iraq's media sector"
Foreign & Commonwealth Office - United Kingdom
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394536
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.16 October 2003
TV Is a Crucial Information Source for Iraqis
Results of a Poll taken in Iraq by the U.S. State Department
Stanhope Center for Communications Policy Research
http://www.stanhopecentre.org/iraqmediapoll.shtml4 October 2003
Coalition Building New Army and Police Force in Iraq
Text of weekly radio address by President George W. Bush
U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0310a&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&F=&S=&P=45568 July 2003
Mosul TV Independent, Running
Iraqi Destiny, page 3
101st Airborne Division, U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/Operations/Iraqi_Freedom/Iraqi_Destiny/Issue29.pdf (PDF)24 June 2003
"A man ties a newly bought satellite dish to his car in downtown Baghdad ... Satellite television, banned during Saddam Hussein's regime, is now in big demand in Iraq."
Photo & amp; descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0626thu2.htm10 June 2003
Prohibited Media Activity
Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 14
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS46848 (PDF)26-29 April 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] Al Anbar Assessment Report
(Includes report of numerous satellite dishes being brought into Iraq from Jordan via Highway 10)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_042903.html20 April 2003
Shopkeepers set up a satellite dish in Mosul (Northern Iraq)
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0421mon2.htm12 April 2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Transcript of Radio Address by President George W. Bush
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/04/20030412.html10 April 2003
Text of President George W. Bush's broadcast Message to the Iraqi People
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/04/20030410-2.html (English)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/04/20030410-2-arabic.pdf (Arabic)24 March 2003
"Iraqi-Kurdish People watch U.S. President George W. Bush ... on Al Arabia Satellite Television Channel in a Tea-house at Dohuk, in Kurdish-controlled Northern Iraq"
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0324monday1.htm19 March 2003
Transcript of President George W, Bush's Speech to the Nation announcing the beginning of the Attack on Iraq
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030319-17.html17 March 2003
Transcript of President George W. Bush's Speech to the Nation
"Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours. Their refusal to do so will result in military conflict, commenced at a time of our choosing"
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030317-7.html15 March 2003
Bush Notes 15th Anniversary of Chemical Attack on Iraqi Kurds
Text of radio address by President George W. Bush
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030315.html1 March 2003
Iraq: Denial and Deception
Transcript of Radio Address by President George W. Bush
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030301.html22 September 2002
Iraq and Missing Captives
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10144.htm3 October 2002
U.S. Supports Democracy in Iraq
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10167.htm2 October 2002
Iraq Poses a Danger
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10165.htm1 October 2002
Powell on Iraq
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10163.htm30 September 2002
Blair on Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10160.htm25 September 2002
The Doctrine of Preemption
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10150.htm24 September 2002
Iraq and Weapons Inspectors
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10149.htm23 September 2002
Iraq Returns to Form [re Inspections]
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10147.htm22 September 2002
Iraq and Missing Captives
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10144.htm22 September 2002
Saddam Hussein's Inspection Ploy
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10145.htm21 September 2002
Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction Program
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10143.htm19 September 2002
World Leaders Against Saddam
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10139.htm17 September 2002
Iraq Defies the United Nations
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10134.htm16 September 2002
Bush Challenges U.N. on Iraq
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10133.htm12 July 2002
Iraq needs a Change of Regime
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10001.htm25 March 2002
The Atrocity at Halabja
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/09782.htm19 December 1998
Transcript of Radio Address to the Nation by President William Clinton re Military Action in Iraq
http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/12/1998-12-19-radio-address-by-the-president-to-the-nation.html27 February 1991
Address to the Nation on the Suspension of Allied Offensive Combat Operations in the Persian Gulf
Text of a broadcast address by President George H.W. Bush
Bush Presidential Library
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1991/91022702.html
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Bush Doctrine
Go to: Bush Doctrine4 September 2003
Iraq, Preemption and the Views of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary
Col Gordon R. Hammock, USAF
Air & Space Power Journal
U.S. Air Force
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj03/fal03/hammock.htmlJuly 2003
Preemptive Action: When, How, and to What Effect?
M. Elaine Bunn
Strategic Forum, No. 200
Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/strforum/SF200/sf200.htm (HTML)
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/strforum/SF200/SF200.pdf (PDF)2 June 2003
Vice President Tells West Point Cadets “Bush Doctrine” is Serious
Defense Link News Story
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2003/n06022003_200306022.htmlSpring 2003
The Bush Doctrine and War with Iraq
Parameters - U.S. Army War College Quarterly
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/03spring/record.htm (HTML)
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/03spring/record.pdf (PDF)4 November 2002
Preventive War Against Iraq
Strategic Insight
National Security Affairs Department, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/nov02/middleEast.pdf (PDF)17 October 2002
Transcript of remarks by U.S. Secretary of the Navy Gordon England at the Fletcher International Foreign Policy Affairs Conference
"Thank you for the opportunity to discuss two very important topics, the emerging Bush Doctrine and our services' ability to transform"
U.S. Office of Navy Information
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/people/secnav/england/speeches/eng021017rr.txt25 September 2002
The Doctrine of Preemption
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10150.htm17 September 2002
The National Security Strategy of the United States of America
President George W. Bush
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html (HTML)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf (PDF)1 June 2002
Answering the Call of History
Transcript of Address by President George W. Bush to the Graduating Class, U.S. Military Academy, West Point
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/wh/rem/10648.htm2 April 2002
Iraq: Next Phase of the Campaign
“The Bush Administration's foreign policy is now being driven by a set of principles described by President Bush in his 2002 State of the Union Address. Characterized by various observers as the "Bush Doctrine," the outlines of this policy are: (1) that the United States will combat terror wherever it exists using all means at its disposal, including force; (2) that bilateral relationships around the world will be increasingly defined in terms of those countries that support the war on terrorism and those that do not; and (3) that "rogue" nations and/or terrorist organizations cannot be permitted to acquire and/or threaten the United States with weapons of mass destruction”
Strategic Insight Center for Contemporary Conflict
National Security Affairs Department Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/apr02/middleEast1.asp (HTML)
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/apr02/middleEast1.pdf (PDF)2 April 2002
Iraq: The Weapons Inspections Conundrum
“The emerging "Bush Doctrine," which commits the country to combating terrorist groups and countries that support terrorism, also incorporates the idea that "rogue" nations should not be allowed to develop weapons of mass destruction that could potentially threaten the United States and its allies. While President Bush's State of the Union address identified the "axis of evil" -- Iran, Iraq and North Korea -- as particularly troubling countries needing attention under this doctrine, it seems clear that Iraq with its unmonitored WMD programs is the prime target”
Strategic Insight Center for Contemporary Conflict
National Security Affairs Department Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/apr02/middleEast2.asp (HTML)
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/apr02/middleEast2.pdf (PDF)
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Business
See: Trade & Business Go to: Table of ContentsCaptured Iraqi Documents
Go to:Captured Iraqi DocumentsMarch 1991
A number of official Iraqi government documents were acquired/seized/captured by Iraqi rebels during March 1991 uprisings against the government of Saddam Hussein. The documents were later taken to Washington where they were examined by "the U.S. Government, [as well as by] human rights organizations [such as] Human Rights Watch." Images of many of these documents are hosted on the website of Harvard's Iraq Research and Documentation Project
http://fas-www.harvard.edu/~irdp/index.html
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Casualities
See also: InsurgentsSee also: Ordnance, Landmines & Weapons
Go to: Casualities6 June 2005
Iraq: Summary of Casualities
Congressional Research Service Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/48622.pdf (PDF)
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CENTCOM Briefings
United States Central Command
Go to: CENTCOM Briefings22 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304170.txt21 April 2003
No Briefing held20 April 2003
No Briefing held19 April 2003
No Briefing held18 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304152.txt17 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304150.txt16 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304144.txt15 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304134.txt14 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304125.txt13 April 2003
No Briefing held12 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304117.txt11 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304102.txt10 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Major General Victor Renuart, CENTCOM Director of Operations and Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030495.txt9 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030491.txt8 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030486.txt7 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030472.txt6 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030468.txt5 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM briefing by Major General Victor Renuart, CENTCOM Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030456.txt4 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030449.txt3 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030439.txt2 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030425.txt1 April 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030408.txt31 March 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200303108.txt30 March 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by General Tommy Franks, CENTCOM Commander
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030396.txt29 March 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Major General Victor Renuart, CENTCOM Director of Operations and Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
U.S. Department of State
http://usembassy-australia.state.gov/hyper/2003/0329/epf603.htm28 March 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director Of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030378.txt27 March 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director Of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030370.txt26 March 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director Of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030368.txt25 March 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Major General Victor Renuart, CENTCOM Director of Operations and Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030362.txt24 March 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by General Tommy Franks, CENTCOM Commander and Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030359.txt23 March 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by Lieutenant General John Abizaid, Deputy Commander of Combined Forces Command, Major General Peter Wall, Chief of Staff of the United Kingdom's National Contingent and Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, CENTCOM Deputy Director of Operations
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030354.txt22 March 2003
Transcript of CENTCOM Briefing by General Tommy Franks, CENTCOM Commander
United States Central Command
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/text2003/0322franks.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.
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Climate
See also: EnvironmentGo to: Climate30 May 2003 (access date)
Iraqi Agriculture and Weather
Includes Weather Analysis, Data Sources, Crop Production Maps, Crop Calendar, Cropland Intensity and Crop (Wheat and Cotton) Zones
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.fas.usda.gov/pecad/remote/mideast_pecad/iraq/iraq.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.3 April 2003
Climate of Iraq
National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/afghan/iraqnarrative.html27 March 2003
Climatology for Southwest Asia including Afghanistan and Iraq
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/afghan/August 2000
Operational Climatic Data Summary - Habbaniya, Iraq
National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/afghan/data/tables/iraq/ocds/406480.txt11 August 1999
Total Solar Eclipse of 1999 August 11
NASA Eclipse Bulletin
Weather Prospects for the Eclipse - Turkey, Iraq and Iran:
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/990811/text/weather-near-east.html
Local Circumstances for Iraq:
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/990811/tables/table_30.html
Map of the Umbral Path - Turkey, Iraq and Iran:
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/990811/maps/map_5.jpg
The Eclipse Path Through Turkey, Syria and Iraq:
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/990811/figures/figure_12.gif
The Eclipse Path Through Iraq and Iran:
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/990811/figures/figure_13.gif16 July 1999
Drought causes extensive Crop Damage in the Near East raising concerns for Food Supply difficulties in some parts.
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/X2596E/X2596E00.HTM
(Scroll down past the overview for specifics about Iraq)April 1997
Operational Climatic Data Summary - Kanaqin, Iraq
National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/afghan/data/tables/iraq/ocds/406370.txtApril 1997
Operational Climatic Data Summary - Salahaddin, Iraq
National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/afghan/data/tables/iraq/ocds/406110.txtMarch 1997
Iraq Overview Climatology for December-March
National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/afghan/data/tables/iraq/narrative/iraq_dec_mar.txt1997
Iraq section of the Irrigation in the Near East Region in Figures Report
This report covers such topics as Climate & Water Resources, River Basins, Surface Water Resources, International Agreements, Groundwater Resources, Dams, Irrigation & Drainage Development, Irrigated Areas, Salinity and Trends in Water Resource Management
United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/docrep/w4356e/w4356e0e.htmFebruary 1994
Operational Climatic Data Summary - Amarah, Iraq
National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/afghan/data/tables/iraq/ocds/406800.txtFebruary 1994
Operational Climatic Data Summary - Bussaya, Iraq
National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/afghan/data/tables/iraq/ocds/406860.txt1960
Climatological Atlas of Iraq
Meteorological Department, Baghdad Airport
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED2C1.pdf1960
Rainfall in Iraq 1923-1959
Meteorological Department, Ministry of Communications
Iraq Republic
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005D831F.pdf1 May 1959
Summary of Monthly Precipitation at Stations in Iraq 1887-1958
Development Board, Republic of Iraq
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005D836E.pdf1954
Climatological Means for Iraq, 1888-1952
Meteorological Department, Ministry of Communications and Works
Government of Iraq
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd028_pdf/0069C618.pdf1954
Iraq Climatic Charts
(Supplement to the 1945 Climatological Atlas of Iraq)
Iraq Meteorological Service
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005D837D.pdf1950
Climatological Means for Iraq, 1888-1947
Ministry of Communications and Works, Government of Iraq
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005D830D.pdf1945
Climatological Atlas of Iraq
Meteorological Service, Ministry of Defense
Government of Iraq
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005D5D6A.pdf
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Coalition of the Willing
General & Multinational
Go to: Coalition of the Willing8 April 2003
Joint Statement on the future of Iraq by President George Bush of the United States and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page3441.asp28 March 2003
U.S. Senate Concurrent Resolution 30 expresses gratitude to the nations which have joined the United States in the Coalition to disarm Iraq
http://www.usembassy.bg/documents/resolution30.html26 March 2003
Our Coalition
Text of Wall Street Journal column written by Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser to President George W. Bush
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030326.html20 March 2003
Announcement of Members of Coalition for Immediate Disarmament of Iraq by U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2003/18903.htm16 March 2003
Transcript of Press Conference on the subject of Iraq held in the Azores. Participating in the Press Conference were President George Bush of the United States, Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, President Jose Maria Aznar of Spain and Prime Minister Barroso of Portugal
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030316-3.html5 February 2003
Text of the statement by the Prime Ministers of the Vilnius Group Countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) in response to the Presentation by the United States Secretary of State to the United Nations Security Council concerning Iraq
Embassy of Romania
http://www.roembus.org/english/journal/Statement%20of%20the%20Vilnius%20Group%20Countries_05-02-2003.htm30 January 2003
United We Stand
Text of statement in support of the Disarming of Iraq
This statement was published in worldwide newspapers and signed by Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar of Spain, Prime Minister Jose-Manuel Durão Barroso of Portugual, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy of Hungary, Prime Minister Leszek Miller of Poland and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark
Embassy of Hungary
http://www.huembwas.org/Media/UnitedWeStand.htm
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Australia
Go to: Australia19 April 2005
Australia Deploys more Troops to Iraq
"Coalition Forces in Iraq are welcoming the deployment of 450 more Australian military personnel ... The new Australian contingent will bring the number of 'Aussies' in country up to 1,370"
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2005_news/april/australia_deploys.asp23 February 2005
U.S. Welcomes Australia's Decision to Increase Forces in Iraq
Washington File – U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Feb/23-68891.html13 December 2004 (Update)
Australian Humanitarian Aid to Iraq
AusAID (The Australian Government's Overseas Aid Program)
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/topic.cfm?Id=8614_8794_4510_8987_44511 July 2003
Australian Army Security Detachment base in Baghdad
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0711fri4.htm10 July 2003
U.S. and Australian Officials say Farm Development advancing in Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/cgi-bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/archives/products/washfile/latest/2003/July&f=03071002.clt&t=/products/washfile/architem.shtml9 July 2003
Transcript of Briefing by U.S. & Australian Agriculture Officials re rebuilding Efforts in Iraq with Dan Amstutz, U.S. Senior Ministry Advisor for Agriculture, Trevor Flugge, Australian Senior Ministry Advisor for Agriculture and J.B. Penn, USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/news/releases/2003/07/0242.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.30 May 2003
Shallow-water Mine Counter Measures and Explosive Ordnance Disposal in Iraq
Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving Team
Fact Sheet - Photos and descriptive text
Royal Australian Navy
http://www.defence.gov.au/opfalconer/factsheets/clearance%20divers.htm22 May 2003
Transcript of speech by Australian Prime Minister John Howard to Australian troops returning from Iraq
Office of the Prime Minister
http://www.pm.gov.au/news/speeches/speech97.html10 May 2003
Visit of Australian Prime Minister John Howard to Australian troops serving in the Middle East
Photos and descriptive text
Australian Department of Defense
http://www.defence.gov.au/opfalconer/images/gallery/100503a/100503a.htm2 May 2003
U.S., Australia to Help Rebuild Iraq's Farm Sector
Text of Telephone Conference Call with Reporters by J.B. Penn, U.S. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Services and Dan Amstutz, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senior Ministry Advisor
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.org/wf-archive/2003/030502/epf507.htm1 May 2003
Operation Catalyst: Australia's Defense Contribution to Iraq's Rehabilitation
"The Government has decided to adjust Australia's military commitment in Iraq as coalition operations transition from offensive combat operations to stabilisation and recovery operations, Defence Minister Robert Hill announced today … the name for the Australian Defence contribution to the rehabilitation of Iraq was Operation Catalyst"
Media Release - Australian Minister for Defense
http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/Hilltpl.cfm?CurrentId=267817 April 2003
Australian Troops to start coming Home
Office of the Australian Minister for Defense
http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/Hilltpl.cfm?CurrentId=263724 March 2003
Australian Naval Gunfire destroys Artillery Battery and Bunkers
U.S. Central Command News Story
http://www.centcom.mil/CentcomNews/Stories/03_03/30.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.20 March 2003
Text of Prime Minister John Howard's Address to the Nation re the commitment of Australian forces to the War in Iraq
http://www.pm.gov.au/iraq/index.cfm18 March 2003
Memorandum of Advice on the Use of Force Against Iraq, provided by the Australian Attorney General's Department and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
http://www.pm.gov.au/iraq/displayNewsContent.cfm?refx=9618 March 2003
Transcript of Prime Minister John Howard's Address to the House of Representatives, Parliament House, Canberra on the subject of Iraq
http://www.pm.gov.au/news/speeches/speech78.html (English)
http://www.pm.gov.au/iraq/translatedDocs/ArabicSpeech18th.pdf (Arabic)
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Denmark
Go to: Denmark6 July 2005
Bush Praises U.S.-Danish Partnership in War on Terrorism
American Forces Information Service - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2005/20050706_1982.html20 May 2005
President Bush Meets with Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050520-1.html9 August 2004
Secretary Rumsfeld Hosts an Honor Cordon to Welcome Denmark's Minister of Defense Soren Gade
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.dod.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040809-secdef1142.html28 May 2004
Bush Thanks Denmark for Troops, Pledges Iraq's Sovereignty
American Forces Information Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2004/n05282004_200405286.html26 March 2003
"Why Denmark is Participating in the War in Iraq"
Translation of an Op-Ed article written by Danish Prime Minister Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen which appeared in the Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende
http://www.denmarkemb.org/oped_fogh.html
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.21 March 2003
"Danish Military Forces for the Multinational Campaign in Iraq"
News from Denmark - Royal Danish Embassy, Washington, D.C.
http://www.denmarkemb.org/news/news_03_21_03.html
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.30 January 2003
United We Stand
Text of statement in support of the Disarming of Iraq
This statement was published in worldwide newspapers and signed by Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar of Spain, Prime Minister Jose-Manuel Durão Barroso of Portugual, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy of Hungary, Prime Minister Leszek Miller of Poland and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark
Embassy of Hungary
http://www.huembwas.org/Media/UnitedWeStand.htm
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Poland
Go to: Poland7 February 2005
New Polish Commander Heads Central South Division
"Polish Major General Waldemar Skrzypczak took command of the Multinational Division Central South at Camp Echo in Diwanyiha February 7."
Armed Forces Press Service
http://www.dod.mil/news/Feb2005/n02082005_2005020807.html7 February 2005
Secretary Rice Praises Poland's Help in Promoting Democracy Globally : Secretary calls Poland's Contributions in Iraq "Extraordinary"
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Feb/07-792204.html27 August 2004
Polish Archaeologists Turn High Tech Equipment over to Iraqi Antiquity Office
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20040885.txt7 May 2004
Polish Help Hospitals in Southern Iraq
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040507_poles.html5 May 2004
Polish Army Improves Access to Drinking Water in South Central Iraq
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/may2004/a050604b.html5 May 2004
Polish Humanitarian Coordination Center Provides Outstanding Service to Iraqis
"One of their priorities is to improve access to drinking water in villages and remote areas."
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040505_poles.html4 September 2003
Iraq, Preemption and the Views of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary
Col Gordon R. Hammock, USAF
Air & Space Power Journal
U.S. Air Force
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj03/fal03/hammock.html3 September 2003
First Marine Expeditionary Force transfers Authority for Southern Iraq to Polish-led Division
U.S. Marine Corps
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/2003951444223 September 2003
Poland Assumes Command of Multinational Division in Iraq
Includes text of NATO Press Release Supporting the Multinational Division
U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0309a&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&F=&S=&P=122731 July 2003
Text of Address by Mr. Aleksander Kwaœniewski, President of the Republic of Poland during the Official Ceremony sending-off Polish Soldiers to Iraq
(Address is on pages 28-35 of this document)
Embassy of the Republic of Poland
http://www.polandembassy.org/Policy/pliki/2003/Materials_and_Documents_July_2003.pdf (PDF)Undated, but after 30 July 2003
Forces in Iraq - Republic of Poland
U.S. Army V Corps
http://www.vcorps.army.mil/www/CJTF7/Forces/poland.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.16 July 2003
Commander of the Polish Armed Forces in Iraq, Major General Andrezj Tyszkiewicz
Photo & descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0718fri1.htm30 June 2003
Plans for NATO support to Poland’s Iraq mission Finalized
NATO
http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2003/06-june/e0630b.htm30 June 2003
SHAPE [Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe] actively Supports Poland in Preparation of its Operation in Iraq
NATO
http://www.nato.int/shape/news/2003/06/i030630a.htm30 June 2003
Third International Division Possible in Iraq
"Two divisions, led by Britain and Poland, are already scheduled to start moving into Iraq in July and August."
American Forces Press Service
http://www.pentagon.gov/news/Jun2003/n06302003_200306303.html25 June 2003
U.S. Ambassador Hill visits Polish Soldiers Leaving for Iraq U.S. Consulate General, Krakow, Poland
http://krakow.usconsulate.gov/krakow/Swietoszow.html12 June 2003
Spain joins Poland in Iraq Peace Mission
U.S. Army V Corps
http://www.vcorps.army.mil/www/CJTF7/Forces/spain_files/spain_news_0612a.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.3 June 2003
NATO approves Support for Poland in Iraq
NATO
http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2003/06-june/e0603c.htm31 May 2003
"Poland Is A Good Citizen Of Europe and Poland Is A Close Friend Of America"
Text of speech to Europe by President George W. Bush at the Wawel Royal Castle in Cracow
Embassy of the Republic of Poland
http://www.polandembassy.org/News/p3-11.htm30 May 2003
Transcript of Interview of President George W. Bush with Television TVP, Poland
The President "said he was 'absolutely sure' he made the right decision in asking Poland to run one of the zones in post-war Iraq."
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/potus/texts2003/030530-bush-poland.htm21 May 2003
NATO Council makes Decision on Polish Request
"The North Atlantic Council has today unanimously decided to task NATO’s military authorities to provide advice as soon as possible on the Polish request for NATO support in the context of their leadership of a sector in a stabilization force in Iraq."
NATO
http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2003/05-may/e0521b.htm6 May 2003
Powell, Cimoszewicz Discuss Poland's Role in Liberated Iraq
Transcript of Remarks by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz
U.S. Department of State
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/05/iraq-030506-usia02.htm17 March 2003
Statement of the President of the Republic of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski at the signing of the "decision to use a contingent of Polish troops as part of an international coalition to contribute to enforcing Iraq's compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1441 of November 8, 2002 and the related earlier resolutions of the UN Security Council."
Polish Embassy, Washington, D.C.
http://www.polandembassy.org/Links/p7-23.htm30 January 2003
United We Stand
Text of statement in support of the Disarming of Iraq
This statement was published in worldwide newspapers and signed by Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar of Spain, Prime Minister Jose-Manuel Durão Barroso of Portugual, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy of Hungary, Prime Minister Leszek Miller of Poland and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark
Embassy of Hungary
http://www.huembwas.org/Media/UnitedWeStand.htm14 January 2003
Remarks by President Bush and Polish President Kwasniewski in the Oval Office
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030114-2.html15 July 2002
Transcript of Press Conference question and answer re the representation by Poland of U.S. interests in Iraq
Richard Boucher
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2002/11860.htm
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Spain
Go to: Spain19 April 2004
Bush Regrets Spain's Decision to Withdraw Troops from Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=April&x=20040419182854xtkcollub0.2394525&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html31 March 2004
The Effect of Terrorist Attacks in Spain on Transatlantic Cooperation in the War on Terror
James Dobbins
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2004/DobbinsTestimony040331.pdf (PDF)12 June 2003
Spain joins Poland in Iraq Peace Mission
U.S. Army V Corpos
http://www.vcorps.army.mil/www/CJTF7/Forces/spain_files/spain_news_0612a.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.4 June 2003
Text of "A Concurrent Resolution to Express the Genuine Appreciation and Thanks of the Members of the South Carolina General Assembly for the Steadfast Support and Loyalty of Spain as an Ally of the United States throughout the Iraqi Crisis"
South Carolina General Assembly
http://www.lpitr.state.sc.us/sess115_2003-2004/bills/3836.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.7 May 2003
Bush Thanks Aznar for Spain's Support against Iraq, Terrorism
Transcript of Joint Press Availability by President George W. Bush and President Jose Maria Aznar of Spain
U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0305b&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&F=&S=&P=10891 May 2003
Powell on Spanish TV Thanks Spain for Coalition Support
U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0305a&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&F=&S=&P=117814 March 2003
U.S., Britain, Spain to hold Summit on Iraq on 16 March
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org/features/2003/03/14032003164002.asp24 February 2003
Iraq: U.S./U.K./Spain Draft Security Council Resolution
“Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, Decides that Iraq has failed to take the final opportunity afforded to it in resolution 1441 (2002)”
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/p/io/rls/othr/17937.htm30 January 2003
United We Stand
Text of statement in support of the Disarming of Iraq
This statement was published in worldwide newspapers and signed by Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar of Spain, Prime Minister Jose-Manuel Durão Barroso of Portugual, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy of Hungary, Prime Minister Leszek Miller of Poland and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark
Embassy of Hungary
http://www.huembwas.org/Media/UnitedWeStand.htm
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United Kingdom
See also: Who's Who - Iraq War 2003 - United KingdomGo to: United Kingdom15 April 2005
UN Sanctions - Iraq Oil for Food
Statement by the British Foreign Secretary, The Rt Hon. Jack Straw, MP
"I regret to say that suggestions that the United Kingdom ignored smuggling of oil from Iraq to Jordan and Turkey are inaccurate, and at variance with the record of successive British governments from the end of the Gulf War."
The U.K. Mission to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=91020 March 2005
"The Beginnings of a Democratic Iraq"
Edited Transcript of an Interview given by British Foreign Secretary, The Rt Hon. Jack Straw, MP
The U.K. Mission to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=89213 February 2005
Foreign Secretary Welcomes Iraq Election Results
Statement by British Foreign Secretary, The Rt Hon. Jack Straw, MP
The U.K. Mission to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=85931 January 2005
Iraq Election Results
Statement by the British Foreign Secretary, The Rt Hon. Jack Straw, MP to the House of Commons
The U.K. Mission to the United Nations
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029391629&a=KArticle&aid=11067506686577 January 2004
Geoffrey Hoon, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence, meets with Secretary Rumsfeld in the Pentagon
Photo and descriptive Text
The Pentagon
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Jan2004/040107-D-9880W-016.htmlWinter 2003-04
British Bulldog or Bush’s Poodle? Anglo-American Relations and the Iraq War
James K. Whither
Parameters, Winter 2003-04, pages 67-82
U.S. Army
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/parameters/03winter/wither.htm28 October 2003
Iraq: Security Council Briefing on the Oil for Food Programme
Statement made by H.E. Ambassador Adam Thomson, UK Deputy Permanent Representative of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations.
The U.K. Mission to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=70916 October 2003
Statement to the Press by Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Following the Vote on Resolution 1511 on Iraq
"What is in it [Securcity Council Resolution 1511] is very simple. It is a clear commitment for transfer of power as soon as possible. Where we can speed up that process which is already happening. To transfer responsibility back to the Iraqi people."
The U.K. Mission to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=70621 August 2003
Statement on Iraq by Sir Emyr Jones Parry KCMG, UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations Security Council
"I join Ambassador Negroponte in expressing horror and outrage at the events of Tuesday. Above all, we share the sadness at the loss of Sergio Vieira de Mello and other UN officials and Iraqi staff."
The U.K. Mission to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=67413 July 2003
British Foreign Secretary, The Rt Hon. Jack Straw, MP, Welcomes the Launch of the Governing Council for Iraq
The U.K. Mission to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=6727 July 2003
Outcome of the FAC [Foreign Affairs Select Committee] Inquiry into the Iraq Dossier
Statement by British Foreign Secretary The Rt Hon. Jack Straw, MP
"The Foreign Affairs Select Committee decided to hold this inquiry following a number of reports including that of the BBC on 29 May by Andrew Gilligan. The central and most damaging allegation against the Government - that we that we inserted the 45 minutes intelligence into the dossier, whilst knowing it to be untrue, and against the wishes of the Intelligence Agencies - has been shown to be false."
The U.K. Mission to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=6702 July 2003
"British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in Baghdad, July 2, to assess Iraq's needs and progress. Seated behind him is John Sawers, British Administrator in Iraq."
Photo & descriptive text
U.S. Secretary of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0703thu3.htm30 June 2003
Third International Division Possible in Iraq
American Forces Press Service
"Two divisions, led by Britain and Poland, are already scheduled to start moving into Iraq in July and August."
http://www.pentagon.gov/news/Jun2003/n06302003_200306303.html4 June 2003
Iraq's Weapons Of Mass Destruction
Transcript of speech by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to the House Of Commons
The U.K. Mission to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=6631 June 2003
"British Envoy on Human Rights Ann Clywd greets Halima Karim, an Iraqi mother who is searching for signs of her missing son at the mass grave in Mahawil, south of Baghdad, June 1, 2003. The bodies of some 5,000 victims of Saddam Hussein's rule were found at this site alone."
Photo & descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0602mon1.htm12 May 2003
Statement about the Future of Iraq to the House of Commons by British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jack Straw
(The statement was read later that day in the House of Lords by the Minister for Trade, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean with additional questions)
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=64330 April 2003
The Future Of Iraq And The Roadmap For Peace In The Middle East
Transcript of speech by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw at the Lord Mayor's Easter Banquet, Mansion House
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=63214 April 2003
A Strategy for Peace in Iraq
Transcript of Statement by Prime Minister Tony Blair to the House of Commons
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page3493.asp11 April 2003
Iraq: Force Level Adjustments
Text of written statement to the House of Commons by Geoff Hoon, Secretary of State for Defense
http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/statement_sofs_11april.htm11 April 2003
Press Conference at the Ministry of Defense, London
Adam Ingram, Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Admiral Sir Alan West, First Sea Lord
http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/press_11april.htm10 April 2003
New Responsibilities to the People of Iraq
Transcript of Statement to the House of Commons by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://www.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=612 (English)
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029391629&a=KArticle&aid=1049908398252 (Arabic)10 April 2003
Text of Prime Minister Tony Blair's broadcast Message to the Iraqi People
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page3447.asp (English)
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/files/pdf/PMBlair_PresidentBushArabicScript.pdf (Arabic)
(Scroll down past President Bush's statement to Prime Minister Blair's Statement)7 April 2003
Statement to the House of Commons by British Secretary of Defense Geoffrey Hoon in respect to military operations in Iraq
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/iraq-030407-uk-parliament01.htm27 March 2003
Funding for the War in Iraq
Response to a Parliamentary Question by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown to the House of Commons
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=60824 March 2003
Coalition Victory is Certain
Statement by the British Prime Minister Tony Blair to the House of Commons
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=59924 March 2003
Continued Prosecution of the Military Campaign until the Iraqi Regime has been Defeated
Transcript of Briefing given by the British Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=60120 March 2003
Military Operations to Disarm Iraq
Statement by British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon to the House of Commons
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=59520 March 2003
Prime Minster Tony Blair's Address to the Nation re the commitment of British forces to the War in Iraq
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page3327.asp20 March 2003
We have been Left with No Option but to Use Force
Edited transcript of a press conference by the British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=59619 March 2003
Iraq
Statement by British Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock to the U.N. Security Council
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=59418 March 2003
Debate on Iraq 'the most important in the House for many years'
Statement by the British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to the House of Commons
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=58718 March 2003
Debate on Iraq: 'Voting on the Critical Issue'
Statement given by the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, to the House of Commons
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=59318 March 2003
Statement of British Prime Minster Tony Blair opening the Iraq Debate in Parliament
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page3294.asp17 March 2003
"A Vision for Iraq and the Iraqi People"
British Government Paper "outlining its vision for Iraq in the event of military action"
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page3283.asp16 March 2003
"A Clear Ultimatum to Saddam"
Statement by British Prime Minister Tony Blair at a UK/US/Spain Summit in the Azores
The U.K. Misson to the United Nations
http://wip.ukun.org/articles_show.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=59014 March 2003
U.S., Britain, Spain to hold Summit on Iraq on 16 March
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org/features/2003/03/14032003164002.asp24 February 2003
Iraq: U.S./U.K./Spain Draft Security Council Resolution
“Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, Decides that Iraq has failed to take the final opportunity afforded to it in resolution 1441 (2002)”
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/p/io/rls/othr/17937.htm30 January 2003
United We Stand
Text of Statement in support of the Disarming of Iraq
This statement was published in worldwide newspapers and signed by Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar of Spain, Prime Minister Jose-Manuel Durão Barroso of Portugual, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy of Hungary, Prime Minister Leszek Miller of Poland and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark
Embassy of Hungary
http://www.huembwas.org/Media/UnitedWeStand.htm30 September 2002
Blair on Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10160.htm24 September 2002
The British Government's Dossier on the Iraqi Regime
http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/iraqdossier.pdf (English)
http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/dossier_ar,0.pdf (Arabic)
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Coalition Provisional Authority
See also: Governance Post SaddamSee also: Iraqi Governing Council
See also: Reconstruction
"The CPA shall exercise powers of government temporarily in order to provide for the effective administration of Iraq during the period of transitional administration, to restrore conditions of security and stability, to create conditions in which the Iraqi people can freely determine their own political future, including by advancing efforts to restore and establish national and local institutions for representative governance and facilitating economic recovery and sustainable reconstruction and development."
(Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Regulation Number 1 issued 16 May 2003)
6 June 2005 (Updated)
The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics and Institutional Authority
Congressional Research Service Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/48620.pdf (PDF)9 June 2004
Briefing on the Transition from Coalition Provisional Authority to U.S. Mission, Baghdad, Iraq
Participating: "Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone, U.S. Department of State Coordinator for Iraq Transition [and] Lieutenant General (Ret.) Mick Kicklighter, U.S. Department of Defense Director of Iraq Transition"
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rm/33359.htm29 April 2004
The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) : Origin, Characteristics and Institutional Authorities
Congression Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl32370.pdf (PDF)
N.B.... This title was updated 6 June 2005.17 November 2003
Iraq's Sovereignty to Be Restored by June 30, 2004
CPA and Governing Council set Political Timetable
"The Iraqi Governing Council and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq (CPA) agreed November 15 on a process to hand over power to a transitional government in Iraq no later than July 2004."
Topics of Agreement include:
1) The "Fundamental Law"
2) Agreements with Coalition on Security
3) Selection of Transitional National Assembly
4) Restoration of Iraq’s Sovereignty
5) Process for Adoption of Permanent Constitution
United States Consulate, Calcutta, India
http://calcutta.usconsulate.gov/wwwhpr1118c.html16 November 2003
Agreement announced between the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council re the process of restoring Iraq's sovereignty and the adoption of a permanent constitution
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/iraq/nov2003/tni-ig111803.html16 May 2003
The Coalition Provisional Authority
CPA Regulation No. 1
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS43985 (PDF)
Briefings
9 February 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040209-0434.html5 February 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040205-0424.html3 February 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040203-1223.html30 January 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040130-0383.html28 January 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040128-1202.html27 January 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040127-1201.html22 January 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040122-1184.html21 January 2004
Briefing re Rebuilding Iraqi Armed Forces
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040121-1181.html14 January 2004
Briefing by Brigadeer General David N. Blackledge, Commander, 352nd Civil Affairs Command re Commander's Emergency Response Program
"One of the primary tools for improving the lives of average Iraqi citizens has been the Commander's Emergency Response fund, called CERP. This program was initiated in May to allow commanders to make an immediate impact and address local issues. Since then, CERP has provided a means for commanders to rapidly allocate resources to meet local needs."
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040114-1144.html14 January 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040114-1143.html12 January 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040112-1141.html8 January 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040108-1121.html4 January 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040104-1102.html2 January 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040102-1084.html30 December 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031230-1082.html24 December 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031224-1063.html19 December 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031219-1041.html18 December 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031218-1031.html14 December 2003
Ambassador Bremer Briefing from Baghdad re the Capture of Saddam Hussein
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031214-1021.html8 December 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031208-0981.html5 December 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031205-0975.html3 December 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031203-0969.html1 December 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031201-0962.html19 November 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031119-0890.html17 November 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031117-0888.html
Budget & Finance Documents
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/budget/
Memoranda
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/index.html#Memoranda
Orders
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/index.html#Orders
Program Review Board
"The Program Review Board ("PRB") was established to ensure that funds available to the CPA for the relief and recovery of Iraq are managed on behalf and expended in a manner which meets the interests of the Iraqi people and is consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003)."
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/budget/program_review_board.html
Public Notices
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/index.html#Public_Notices
Regulations
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/index.html#Regulations
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Communications
See also: BroadcastingGo to: Communications9 February 2004
Soldiers Hand Over Baghdad Mail Operations to Contractors
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2004/n02092004_200402095.html6 October 2003
Iraq Announces Three Winners To Build Mobile Phone Systems
Iraqi Ministry of Communications
http://www.export.gov/iraq/pdf/iraq_mc_mobile_release_100603.pdf (PDF)
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.8 August 2003
Coalition Provisional Authority announces Important Changes to Wireless Telephone License Requirements
Press Release - Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/PR27tel_req8aug03.html2 August 2003
Deadline for Applications for Licenses for Mobile Telephone Systems in Iraq Extended
Press Release - Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/PR26telecomchange2Aug03.html18 July 2003
Competition for Licences for the Provision of Mobile Telecommunications Services in Iraq
Press Release - Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/PR_MobileTelecomCompet.html18 July 2003
Questions and Answers re Mobile Telecommunications Systems Licenses
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/Mobile_competitionQandA.html
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Congressional Actions
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Iraq's Transition : The Way Ahead
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Hearing 108-645, Parts 1 & 2
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS59004 (PDF - Part 1)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS57721 (Text - Part 2)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS57722 (PDF - Part 2)13 May 2004
The Imminent Transfer of Sovereignty in Iraq
Hearing before the U.S. House Committee on International Relations
Serial No. 108-130
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS57107 (PDF)20-21 April 2004
Iraq Transition : Civil War or Civil Society?
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Hearing 108-578, Parts 1 & 2
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS55048 (Text - Part 1)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS55049 (PDF - Part 1)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS55050 (Text - Part 2)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS55070 (PDF - Part 2)8 October 2003
Winning the Peace : Coalition Efforts to Restore Iraq
Hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform
Serial No. 108-90
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS48166 (PDF)12 June 2003
Beyond Iraq : Repercussions of Iraq Stabilization and Reconstruction Policies
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Hearing 108-167
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS41159 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS41160 (PDF)11 June 2003
Transforming Iraq's Economy
Hearing before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee
Senate Hearing 108-220 (Corrected Print)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS46692 (PDF)4 June 2003
Iraq Stabilization and Reconstruction : International Contributions and Resources
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Hearing 108-165
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS40845 (PDF)22 May 2003
Iraq Stabilization and Reconstruction : U.S. Policy and Plans
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Hearing 108-132
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS40423 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS40424 (PDF)15 May 2003
United States Policy Toward Iraq Hearing before the House Committee on International Relations
Serial No. 108-56
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42654 (PDF)28 March 2003
U.S. Senate Concurrent Resolution 30
Expresses Gratitude to the Nations which have Joined the United States in the Coalition to disarm Iraq
http://www.usembassy.bg/documents/resolution30.html27 March 2003
Iraq: A Compilation of Legislation Enacted and Resolutions Adopted by Congress, 1990-2003
Congressional Research Service Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19131.pdf (PDF)11 February 2003
The Future of Iraq
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Hearing 108-43
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS35005 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS35007 (PDF)30 January 2003
Congressional Action on Iraq 1990-2002 : A Compilation of Legislation
Congressional Research Service Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/17330.pdf (PDF)19 September 2002
U.S. Policy Toward Iraq : Administration Views
Hearing before the U.S. House Committee on International Relations
Serial No. 107-117
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42847 (PDF)16 October 2002
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq
Also known as: Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq
Public Law 107-243
(House Joint Resolution #114)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS25226 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS25227 (PDF)1 March 2002
United States Policy in Iraq : Next Steps
Hearing before the U.S. Senate International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Affairs
Senate Hearing 107-388
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21587 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21588 (PDF)4 October 2001
U.S. Policy toward Iraq
Hearing before the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the Committee on International Relations
Serial No. 107-44
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42274 (PDF)1 March 2001
United States Policy toward Iraq
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Hearing 107-19
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS13498 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS13499 (PDF)26 September 2000
U.N. Inspections of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs : Has Saddam Won? Hearing before the U.S. House Committee on International Relations
Serial No. 106-190
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS10656 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS10657 (PDF)28 June 2000
The Liberation of Iraq : A Progress Report
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Hearing 106-824
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS10945 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS10946 (PDF)23 March 2000
U.S. Policy toward Iraq
Hearing before the U.S. House Committee on International Relations
Serial No. 106-134
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS6976 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS6825 (PDF)22 March 2000
Saddam's Iraq : Sanctions and U.S. Policy
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Hearing 106-735
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8897 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8898 (PDF)31 October 1998
Iraq Liberation Act : An Act to Establish a Program to Support a Transition to Democracy in Iraq
Public Law 105-338
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=105_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ338.105 (Text)
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=105_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ338.105.pdf (PDF)14 August 1998
[Senate] Joint Resolution #54
Finding the Government of Iraq in Unacceptable and Material Breach of its International Obligations
This Joint Resolution was signed into law as Public Law 105-235 on 14 August 1998
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=105_cong_bills&docid=f:sj54enr.txt.pdf (PDF)2 March 1998
Iraq: Can Saddam be Overthrown?
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Hearing 105-444
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS874 (PDF)
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Congressional Research Service Reports
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The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics and Institutional Authority
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/48620.pdf (PDF)6 June 2005
Iraq: Summary of Casualities
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/48622.pdf (PDF)6 June 2005
Post-War Iraq: Foreign Contributions to Training, Peacekeeping and Reconstruuction
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/48623.pdf (PDF)23 May 2005
Iraq: Summary of U.S. Forces
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/48598.pdf (PDF)19 May 2005
U.S. Treatment of Prisoners in Iraq: Selected Legal Issues
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL32395.pdf (PDF)11 March 2005
Iraq: Post-Saddam National Elections
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/44121.pdf (PDF)20 December 2004 (Update)
Iraq: Recent Developments in Reconstruction Assistance
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31833.pdf (PDF)22 October 2004
Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/38004.pdf (PDF)9 August 2004 (Update)
Islamic Religious Schools, Madrasas: Background
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rs21654.pdf21 July 2004 (Updated)
Iraq: Transition to Sovereignty
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/39337.pdf (PDF)24 May 2004
U.S. Treatment of Prisoners in Iraq : Selected Legal Issues
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl32395.pdf (PDF)5 May 2004
Women in Iraq: Background and Issues for U.S. Policy
Congressional Research Service Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/39339.pdf (PDF)20 October 2003 (Update)
Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rs21578.pdf (PDF)7 October 2003 (Update)
Iraq: U.N. Inspections for Weapons of Mass Destruction
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31671.pdf (PDF)2 October 2003 (Updated)
Iraq: U.S. Military Operations
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31701.pdf (PDF)29 September 2003
Iraq Oil: Reserves, Production, and Potential Revenues
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rs21626.pdf (PDF)2 September 2003
Iraq : Weapons Programs, U.N. Requirements and U.S. Policy
Congressional Research Service Issue Brief for Congress
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/ib92117.pdf (PDF)21 August 2003 (Update)
Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31766.pdf4 June 2003
Iraq War: Defense Program Implications for Congress
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31946.pdf (PDF)3 June 2003
Iraq's Economy: Past, Present, Future
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31944.pdf (PDF)23 May 2003
Al Qaeda after the Iraq Conflict
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rs21529.pdf (PDF)19 May 2003 (Update)
Iraq: Oil-For-Food Program, International Sanctions, and Illicit Trade
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl30472.pdf (PDF)16 May 2003
The United Nations Security Council — Its Role in the Iraq Crisis: A Brief Overview
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rs21323.pdf (PDF)15 May 2003 (Update)
Iraq: Map Sources
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rs21396.pdf (PDF)23 April 2003 (Update)
Iraq: Regime Change Efforts and Post-War Governance
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19708.pdf (PDF)22 April 2003 (Update)
Iraq War: Background and Issues Overview
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31715.pdf (PDF)16 April 2003 (Update)
Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19953.pdf (PDF)15 April 2003 (Update)
Iraq War: Background and Issues Overview
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19854.pdf (PDF)1 April 2003
Iraq: Recent Developments in Humanitarian and Development Assistance
Congressional Research Service Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19705.pdf (PDF)31 March 2003
Iraq: Divergent Views on Military Action
Congressional Research Service Report Update
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19443.pdf (PDF)31 March 2003
Iraq: U.S. Military Operations
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19203.pdf (PDF)28 March 2003
Iraq: U.N. Inspections for Weapons of Mass Destruction
Congressional Research Service Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19436.pdf (PDF)27 March 2003
Iraq: A Compilation of Legislation Enacted and Resolutions Adopted by Congress, 1990-2003
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rs21324.pdf (PDF)25 March 2003
Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Capable Missiles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19208.pdf (PDF)24 March 2003
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19134.pdf (PDF)20 March 2003
Iraq Oil-For-Food Program, International Sanctions and Illicit Trade
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19207.pdf (PDF)18 March 2003
Potential Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: An Overview for Congress
Congressional Research Service Report
http://weller.house.gov/UploadedFiles/IRAQ%20-%20Humanitarian%20Issues%20in%20Post-War%20Iraq%20An%20Overview%20for%20Congress.pdf (PDF)
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.17 March 2003
Iraq : U.S. Regime Change Efforts, the Iraqi Opposition and Post-War Iraq
Congressional Research Service Report Update
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19204.pdf (PDF)1 March 2003
Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Organizations
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31766.pdf (PDF)19 February 2003 (Update)
Iraq: Weapons Threat, Compliance, Sanctions and U.S. Policy
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/18224.pdf (PDF)30 January 2003
Congressional Action on Iraq 1990-2002: A Compilation of Legislation
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/17330.pdf (PDF)3 January 2003 (Update)
Iraq: Arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction Suppliers
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/16597.pdf (PDF)10 December 2002 (Update)
Iraq: U.S. Efforts to Change the Regime
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/16173.pdf (PDF)20 November 2002
Iraqi Challenges and U.S. Responses: March 1991 through October 2002
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31641.pdf (PDF)31 October 2002 (Update)
Iraq: The Turkish Factor.
(Includes discussion of the Kurdish Issue)
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/14957.pdf (PDF)16 October 2002
Iraq: Differing Views in the Domestic Policy Debate
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31607.pdf (PDF)16 October 2002 (Update)
Iraq: Former and Recent Military Confrontations With the United States Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/ib94049.pdf (PDF)11 December 2001
Terrorism and the Law of War: Trying Terrorists as War Criminals
Congressional Research Service Report
U.S. Department of State
http://www.fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/7951.pdf (PDF)27 June 2000
Iraq’s Opposition Movements
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/98-179.pdf (PDF)23 December 1998 (Update)
Iraq: U.S. Policy Options
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/98-393f.pdf (PDF)2 September 1998 (Update)
Iraq Crisis: U.S. and Allied Forces
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/98-120.pdf (PDF)April 1998
Iraqi Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) Capabilities
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/crs/98042705_npo.html19 February 1998 (Update)
Iraq: International Support For U.S. Policy
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/98-114.pdf (PDF)17 February 1998
Iraqi Chemical & Biological Weapons (CBW) Capabilities
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/98-129.pdf (PDF)
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Crisis in Iraq 2003
Crisis in IraqWebsite maintained by Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. The site's information is updated daily and includes feature articles, copies of the United Nations Daily Inspection Reports from November 2002 onwards and Arab press commentaries on the situation from 7 March 2003 onwards
http://www.rferl.org/specials/iraqcrisis/
Go to: Crisis in Iraq 2003Current
Iraq Update - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/middle_east_north_africa/iraq.html11 December 2003
No War Trophies Allowed from Iraq, Afghanistan
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2003/n12112003_200312118.html22 April 2003 (Update)
Iraq War: Background and Issues Overview
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31715.pdf (PDF)29 March - 22 April 2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom - Chronology
U.S. Department of Defense
http://defendamerica.gov/iraq/mission042203.html27 March 2003
Transcript of Statement on Iraq Before the United Nations Security Council by Ambassador John D. Negroponte, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rm/19142.htm17 March 2003
Transcript of President Bush's Speech to the Nation
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030317-7.html16 March 2003
Transcript of Press Conference on the subject of Iraq held in the Azores. Participating in the Press Conference were President George Bush of the United States, Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, President Jose Maria Aznar of Spain and Prime Minister Barroso of Portugal
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030316-3.html5 February 2003
Transcript of Secretary of State Colin Powell's Address to the United Nations Security Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030205-1.html8 November 2002
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441
Passed unanimously, this Resolution recognized "the threat Iraq's non-compliance with Council resolutions and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles poses to international peace and security"
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N02/682/26/PDF/N0268226.pdf?OpenElement (PDF)16 October 2002
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq
Public Law 107-243 (Originally introduced as House Joint Resolution #114)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS25226 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS25227 (PDF)
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Cultural Heritage
See also: CuneiformsSee also: History
Go to: Cultural HeritageCurrent and Ongoing
Iraq Crisis List-Serv
Multilingual moderated list "for communicating substantive information on cultural property damaged, destroyed or lost from Libraries and Museums in Iraq during and after the war in April 2003, and on the worldwide response to the crisis"
List moderated by Chuck Jones, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
https://listhost.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/iraqcrisisUndated, but Current
World Heritage Listing for Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
UNESCO
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=113014 June 2005
Kurdish Members of Iraqi National Symphony Visit United States
"Six Kurdish members of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra (INSO) have spent the past two weeks performing and teaching in California as part of an educational exchange sponsored by the U.S. government. The musicians met with met with officials at the State Department in Washington June 14 to share stories from their trip."
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Jun/14-10151.html22 February 2005
Get The Facts First Before Shipping Souvenirs Home From Iraq
"Before purchasing any souvenirs, you should check the Department of State's Web site to become familiar with prohibited Iraqi cultural properties and items."
U.S. Department of Defense
http://deploymentlink.osd.mil/news/feb05/news_20050222_001.shtml14 February 2005
Return of Eight Iraqi Cylinder Seals to Iraq
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Press Release:
http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/pressrel/2005/ph_pr021405.htm
Photos and Background Information:
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/arttheft/arttheft.htm19 January 2005
United States Recovers Stolen Antiquities for Iraq
“Three Mesopotamian cylindrical seals, estimated to date back to between 2340 B.C. and 2180 B.C., were turned over to Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations … by U.S. Immigration and Customs officials who discovered them hidden in a traveler's suitcase.”
Washington File – U.S. Department of State
http://canberra.usembassy.gov/hyper/2005/0119/epf308.htm18 January 2005
Cultural Antiquity returned to Iraqi Government after ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) Investigation
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/iraqiartifact_011805.htmOctober-December 2004
Soldiers Help Preserve Archaeological Sites
Engineer : The Professional Bulletin of Army Engineers, page 4
U.S. Army
http://www.wood.army.mil/ENGRMAG/PDFs%20for%20Oct-Dec%2004/Kimmons.pdf (PDF)27 August 2004
Polish Archaeologists Turn High Tech Equipment over to Iraqi Antiquity Office
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20040885.txt5 August 2004
Cultural Treasures to be Restored in Ninevah
"Maj. Wayne Bowen, head of the [U.S. Army's] 416th's Higher Education and Antiquities Team, is working with Ninevah Director of Antiquities, Muzahim Mahmood, to facilitate restoration projects at the Nergal Gate and King Sennacheribe's Palace."
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
http://www.soc.mil/news/releases/04AUG/040805-03.htm4 July 2004
Fifth Meeting of UNESCO’s Intersectoral Task Force on Iraq
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=19897&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html18 June 2004
20 Trucks Delivered to Baghdad for Archaeological Site Protection
U.S. Department of State
http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop/iraq.html11 June 2004
"Recently, the Coalition dispatched a team of archaeologists and Iraqi cultural antiquities experts to the city of Babylon (Babil) to assess the current condition of the archaeological site located at Camp Alpha, a Coalition base originally established to protect and defend the ancient city of Babylon during military operations in 2003."
Joint Statement Issued by Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III and Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez
U.S. Department of State
http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop/iraqpr3.html1-2 June 2004
Regional Meeting to Fight the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property Stolen from Iraq
Interpol
Minutes:
http://www.interpol.int/Public/WorkOfArt/Iraq/meetings/Minutes200406.asp
Recomendations:
http://www.interpol.int/Public/WorkOfArt/Iraq/meetings/Recommendations200406.asp30-31 May 2004
Recommendations of the Second Meeting of the Interpol Tracking Task Force to Fight the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property Stolen in Iraq
Interpol
http://www.interpol.int/Public/WorkOfArt/Iraq/meetings/Recommendations200405.asp29 May 2004
Iraqi Intellectuals Meeting at UNESCO Outline a New Cultural Policy for Iraq
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=20805&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html26 May 2004
International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage in Iraq : Seven Recommendations
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=20649&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html26-27 May 2004
First Cultural Forum for Iraq (26-27 May 2004)
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8442&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html24 May 2004
The Director-General and the Minister of Culture of Iraq thank Donor Countries Supporting the Rehabilitation of Iraq’s Cultural Heritage
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=20622&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html24 May 2004
Opening of the First Meeting of the International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Iraqi Cultural Heritage
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=20621&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html4 May 2004
Ambassador Bremer Transfers Full Sovereignty to Iraqi Ministry of Culture
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040504_culture.html8 April 2004
National Endowment for the Humanities Awards First Grants to Preserve Iraq's Cultural Heritage
National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20040408.htmlApril-June 2004
Iraqi Museum of Natural History Reopens
Engineer : The Professional Bulletin of Army Engineers, page 19
U.S. Army
http://www.wood.army.mil/ENGRMAG/PDFs%20for%20Apr-Jun%2004/College.pdf (PDF)24 March 2004
Iraqi Heritage: ICE Operations in Iraq
U.S. Customs & Immigration Enforcement
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/investigations/iraqi_heritage.htm22 February 2004
Iraqi Museum Specialists Receive Grant to Study in the U.S.
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040222_museum_study.html30 January 2004 (Update)
The 2003 Iraq War and Archaeology
Francis Deblauwe
University of Missouri - Kansas City
http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/fdeblauwe/iraq.html6 January 2004
Archeological Site Protection discussed in Al-Hilla
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040110_Archeology-Hillah.htm17-22 December 2003
The USAID-Iraq HEAD—Stony Brook University Program in Archaeology and Environmental Health Libraries and Facilities Assessment : Baghdad Visit 17–22 December, 2003
U.S. Department of State
http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop/SUNY%20USAID%20report.html10 December 2003
President Meets with Iraqi National Symphony
Remarks by President George W. Bush after Meeting with Iraqi National Symphony Members
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/12/20031210-1.html9 December 2003
Remarks by Secretary Powell at the Performance of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center
U.S. State Department
http://www.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/2003/27013.htm2 December 2003
Middle East Librarians Association - Committee on Iraqi Libraries
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/melairaq.html13 November 2003
Two More Objects on the "Top 30" Missing Artifacts List Recovered
The Iraq National Museum announced the recovery of the Bissetki Statue and the Nimrud Brazier
Archaeological Institute of America
http://www.archaeological.org/pdfs/papers/J_Russell_recovery.pdf (PDF)November 2003
The MPs Do It Again : Two More Antiquities from the Top 30 are Back in the Iraq Museum
John M.Russell
The Archaeological Institute of America
http://www.archaeological.org/pdfs/papers/J_Russell_recovery.pdf (PDF)27 October - 3 November 2003
The Library of Congress and the U.S. Department of State Mission To Baghdad - Report on the National Library and the House of Manuscripts
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/iraqreport/iraqreport.html20 October 2003
Lost Treasures from Iraq
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/iraq.html10 October 2004
“Democracy and culture are indissociable: without culture, there can be no democracy”, says the Iraqi Minister of Culture
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=16549&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html9 October 2003
Preliminary Bibliography of Publications Documenting the Cylinder and Stamp Seals and Seal Impressions in the Collections of the Iraq Museum Baghdad
Charles Jones, editor, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Prepared at the Oriental Institute Research Archives in partnership with the Middle East Librarians Association Committee on Iraq Libraries
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/SealBib1.htm3 October 2003 (Update)
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) Team Awarded for Operations in Iraq : 14 ICE agents located 43 missiles, $32 million worth of Saddam’s assets, Roughly 1,000 missing Iraqi artifacts and 39,500 manuscripts
U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
http://www.ice.gov/text/news/newsrel/articles/Baghdad062703.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.6 August 2003
International Experts Meeting In Tokyo Recommend Greater Security For Iraq’s National Museum and Heritage
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13949&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html24 July 2003
How to Donate to the Reconstruction of Iraqi Cultural Heritage
U.S. Department of State
http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop/iraqdon.html17 July 2003
St. Matthew's Monastery : Iraq's Christian Heritage
Iraqi Destiny, pages 8-9
101st Airborne Division, U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/Operations/Iraqi_Freedom/Iraqi_Destiny/Issue31.pdf (PDF)14 July 2003
Iraq Cultural Heritage Update
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/22388.htm10 July 2003
Iraqi Artifacts from the Baghdad Museum Recovered
News Release - U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030734.txt8 July 2003
Interpol and UNESCO Strengthen Co-operation in the Recovery of Stolen Iraqi Works of Art
Interpol
http://www.interpol.int/Public/News/unesco.asp3 July 2003
Iraqis Tour the new Exhibition of Iraqi Treasures at the National Museum
U.S. Department of State
Photo 1:
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0703thu2.htm
Photo 2:
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0703thu4.htm3 July 2003
State Department facilitates delivery of Equipment and Supplies to the Iraq National Museum
Press Statement - U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/22232.htm27 June 2003
Iraqi Cultural Heritage : Second UNESCO Mission
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13199&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html26 June 2003
List of Manuscript Catalogs of Iraqi Museums and Libraries
Shayee Khanaka, Compiler (University of California, Berkeley)
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago; MELA Committee on Iraqi Libraries
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/MSScats.htm19 June 2003
Preliminary Bibliography of Books documenting the Contents of the Iraq Museum. the National Library and Archives and the MS Collection of the Ministry of Religious Endowments - all in Baghdad - as well as of other Damaged or Destroyed Collections in Baghdad or elsewhere in Iraq including Mosul, Basrah, Suleimaniyeh, etc.
Charles E. Jones, editor
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/iraq_bibliography.html11 June 2003
Emergency Red List of Iraqi Antiquities at Risk
International Council of Museums
http://icom.museum/redlist/irak/en/index.html10 June 2003
Highlights from the Iraq Museum
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/Iraqdatabasehome.htm6 June 2003
Marines encounter History in Babylon
(Nebuchadnezzar's Palace)
Stars and Stripes European Edition
http://ww2.pstripes.osd.mil/article.asp?section=104&article=15922June/July 2003
In search of... Stolen Iraqi Treasures
Customs and Border Protection Today
The Official Newsletter of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/CustomsToday/2003/june_july/stolen_iraqi_art.xml31 May 2003 (Updated)
The Threat to World Heritage in Iraq
Professor Nicholas Postgate, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Oxford University, United Kingdom
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wolf0126/25 May 2003
Endangered Iraqi Objects
"Examples of the main categories of objects which may be stolen (and not objects which have been stolen) from the various Iraqi museums and which could be subject to illicit trafficking"
Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)
http://www.interpol.int/Public/WorkOfArt/Iraq/objetsEnDanger/Default.asp23 May 2003
Koïchiro Matsuura (Director-General of UNESCO) says [in relation to UN Security Council Resolution 1483], "UNESCO stands ready to assume fully the special responsibilities assigned to it by its mandate, particularly in the fields of education and culture"
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=12339&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html22 May 2003
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1483 lifts Sanctions on Iraq; International Community Pledges Assistance for People of Iraq
Fact Sheet - U.S. Department of State
"UNSCR 1483 establishes a ban on international trade in Iraqi cultural property and other archaeological, historical, cultural, religious and rare scientific items illegally removed from the Iraq National Museum, National Library and other locations"
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/20888.htm20 May 2003
Transcript of Press Briefing by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers
"Antiquities. There now appears to be growing evidence that the theft at the museum was most likely an inside job and only an estimated 38 items seem to be currently confirmed as still missing"
Defense Link - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030520-secdef0207.html19 May 2003
Topical Finding Aids to Records in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
"University of Pennsylvania Expedition to Babylonia" (Constantinople and Nippur [Iraq] June 1888-October 1891)
This finding aid includes a description of the expedition, identifies the personnel involved, describes the Smithsonian records and includes the primary bibliography
List of Smithsonian Expeditions 1878-1917 (Alphabetical)
http://www.si.edu/archives/archives/findingaids/faexplistalpha.htm
List of Smithsonian Expeditions 1878-1917 (Chronological)
http://www.si.edu/archives/archives/findingaids/faexplist.htm19 May 2003
U.N. finds Iraqi Art: Looting less Extensive, but Netting High-Value Objects
United Nations News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=7123&Cr=iraq&Cr1=culture16-20 May 2003
A Personal Account of the First UNESCO Cultural Heritage Mission to Baghdad
Professor John M. Russell, Massachusetts College of Art
Archaeological Institute of America
http://www.archaeological.org/pdfs/papers/J_Russell_IraqA5S.pdf (PDF)16 May 2003
Briefing from the Team investigating Antiquity Loss in Iraq
Transcript of briefing by Marine Colonel Matthew Bogdanos, senior officer of investigating team
Defense Link - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030516-0202.html7 May 2003
ICE Agents and U.S. Military Forces recover some 39,400 Manuscripts & 700 Artifacts missing from Iraqi National Museum
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
http://uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/newsrels/iraqiart2.htm6 May 2003
Many of the treasures of the Iraqi National Museum have been found safe and in good condition in a vault in the Central Bank of Baghdad. Invesitagtors estimate that less than 50 items are still missing
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0609mon1.htm5-6 May 2003
Minutes of the International Conference on Cultural Property stolen in Iraq held in Lyon, France
Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)
http://www.interpol.int/Public/WorkOfArt/Iraq/Minutes.asp29 April 2003
Assessment of Damage to Libraries and Archives in Iraq
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
http://www.ifla.org/VI/4/admin/iraq0205.htm29 April 2003
UNESCO to Send Experts to Iraq to Compile Data on Looted Antiquities
United Nations News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=6882&Cr=iraq&Cr1=culture29 April 2003
U.S. Contributes $2 Million to Protect and Restore Iraqi Antiquities
Press Statement by U.S. Department of State Richard Boucher
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/20055.htm28 April 2003
Looted Iraqi Antiquities Recovered
"More than 100 items looted from Iraqi museums, including priceless manuscripts, a 7000-year-old vase and one of the oldest recorded bronze bas-relief bulls, have been returned to coalition forces and the Iraqi people."
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304199.txt24 April 2003
"Workers at Baghdad's Archaeological Museum carry in recovered items that had been looted … following the liberation of the Iraqi capital city."
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0426sat1.htm18 April 2003
Bonner Issues Alert for Stolen Iraqi Art
U.S. Customs & Border Protection
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/04182003.xml18 April 2003
Interpol forms Incident Response Team on Stolen Iraqi Art
Media Release - Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)
https://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/PressReleases/PR2003/PR200306.asp14 April 2003
Cooperation for the Safeguarding of Iraqi Antiquities and Cultural Property
Text of statement by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/2003/19628.htm5 April 2003
Army Describes Steps to Protect Iraq's Cultural Heritage
Transcript of Press Briefing
Coalition Press Information Center
Oxford University, United Kingdom
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wolf0126/transcript-03-04-05.html13 March 2003
Iraq: Cultural Heritage in Danger
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php@URL_ID=8055&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html3 March 2003
Threat to World Heritage in Iraq : Map of Lower Mesopotamia
Professor Nicholas Postgate, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Oxford University, United Kingdom
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wolf0126/lm.html3 March 2003
Threat to World Heritage in Iraq : Map of the Upper Euphrates
Professor Nicholas Postgate, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Oxford University, United Kingdom
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wolf0126/ue.html3 March 2003
Threat to World Heritage in Iraq : Map of the Upper Tigris
Professor Nicholas Postgate, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Oxford University, United Kingdom
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wolf0126/ut.html2003
Institute of Museum and Library Services [IMLS] Grants List
Search the Grants List interactive database using the word "Nippur" (don't use the quotation marks) in the word search box. Make sure you click the "Show project descriptions" box
"University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology - Philadelphia, PA - $30,349 2003 Conservation Project Support - Treatment of collections. To treat seven ceramic coffins from the Mesopotamian site of Nippur, one of the largest and longest-lived cities in Mesopotamia and occupied before the 6th century millennium BCE until ca. 800 CE. The site was excavated by the Museum from 1888-1900. Applicant Match: $30,387"
http://www.imls.gov/search.asp#grantslist2003
"Standard of Ur" c. 2550-2400 B.C.
Art of the First Cities: The Third Millenium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus
Exhibit Catalogue - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/First_Cities/masterpieces_meso_object_52.R.htm20 March 2002
Archaeological Site Photography: Mesopotamia
John C. Sanders & Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IS/SANDERS/PHOTOS/meso_map.html6 January 2001
Hatra
World Heritage List description and photo
"A large fortified city under the influence of the Parthian Empire and capital of the first Arab Kingdom"
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
http://whc.unesco.org/sites/277.htmMay 1998 onwards
British School of Archaeology in Iraq Newsletter
http://www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/iraq/newnews.htm1998
Archaeological Sites in Iraq and Syria
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/INFO/MAP/SITE/Iraq_Site_150dpi.html5 October 1994 onwards
Abzu
"A guide to the rapidly increasing, and widely distributed data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East via the Internet"
Published by the ETANA Project, Vanderbilt University in partnership with The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Charles Jones, editor
http://www.etana.org/abzu/Fiscal Year 1994
Ancient Technology
"Glass Beads of Nippur" (located in modern southern Iraq between Baghdad and Basra)
Section of Research Report FY 1994
Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education
http://www.si.edu/scmre/about/94anctech.htmFiscal Year 1993
Materials Science and Ancient Technology
"The program in materials science and ancient technology is responsible for technological characterization of ancient materials, reconstruction of their technology(ies) of production and use and interpretation of their cultural and/or artistic significance"
"Southwest Asian Specialized Technologies of the Third Millennium B.C."
This report includes discussion of "3rd Millennium glass bead making" and "ceramic sickles and other tools" in ancient Nippur (located in modern southern Iraq between Baghdad and Basra)
Research Report FY 1993
Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education
http://www.si.edu/scmre/about/93msat.htm14 May 1954
(Entered in Force: 7 August 1956)
Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
http://www.unesco.org/culture/laws/hague/html_eng/page1.shtml1909-1917
Photographs of Iraq by Gertrude Bell
Traveller, mountaineer and Arabic speaker, Gertrude Bell was recruited by British Intelligence during the First World War and later became Oriental Secretary to the High Commissioner in Baghdad. In the later position she was enormously influential in the formation of the modern State of Iraq. Her papers are held by the University of Newcastle in the United Kingdom and the University Library is engaged in a multi year project to transcribe Bell's manuscripts and digitize the photographs. Hundreds of the photographs and parts of Bell's diaries are already online.
Project homepage:
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/
Photograph Album "J" - Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Iraq - 1909
(Photos J 217 to J 252 are of Iraq)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumj.htm
Photograph Album "K" - Iraq - 1909
(Photos K 001 to K 239)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumk.htm
Photograph Album "L" - Iraq - 1909
(Photos L 001 to L 223)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albuml.htm
Photograph Album "M" - Iraq, Turkey - 1909
(Photos M 001 to M 058 are of Iraq)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumm.htm
Photograph Album "P" - Egypt, Syria, Iraq - 1911
(Photos P 099 to P 224 are of Iraq)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albump.htm
Photograph Album "Q" - Iraq, Iran - 1911
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumq.htm
Photograph Album "R" - Iraq, Turkey - 1911
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumr.htm
Photograph Album "V" - Iraq - 1911
(Photos V 001 to V 137)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumv.htm
Photograph Album "W" - Iraq - 1916-1917
(Photos W 001 to W 190)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumw.htm
Photograph Album "X" - Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq - 1913-1914
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumx.htm
Photograph Album "Y" - Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq - 1913-1914
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumy.htm
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Cuneiforms
See also: Cultural HeritageGo to: CuneiformsCuneiform Digital Library Initiative
The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative is partially funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities. Its goal is to provide online access to thousands of cuneiform tablets which range in date from about 3,200 B.C. through about 2,000 B.C. The Initiative is a joint project between UCLA and the Max Planck Institute of Berlin, but a number of other international museums and universities have agreed to include their cuneiform collections. A large number of the included cuneiform tablets are from areas which today are part of modern Iraq.
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) website
http://cdli.ucla.edu/11 September 2002
The Ur III Collection of the CMAA [California Museum of Ancient Art]
(Ur is in Iraq)
Cuneiform Digital Library Journal
ttp://cdli.ucla.edu/Pubs/CDLJ/2002/CDLJ2002_001.html (HTML)
http://cdli.ucla.edu/Pubs/CDLJ/2002/CDLJ2002_001.pdf (PDF)9 November 2001
Project aims to make Cuneiform Collections available to Researchers Worldwide
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i11/11a01401.htm
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Currency
See also: Banking & Finance LawsSee also: Banks & Banking
See also: Economics & Finance
Go to: Currency22 October 2004
Remarks on the Occasion of the One-Year Anniversary of the Iraq Currency Exchange
John B. Taylor, U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/js2056.htm28 January 2004
New Currency Pays Tribute To The Iraqi People
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/stories/iraq/cs_iraq_currency.html15 October 2003
Iraq Currency Exchange Begins
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20031015_Congressional-_CURRENCY_EXHANGE_BEGINS3.htm (English)
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20031015_CURRENCY_EXCHANGE_Oct._15-arabic.htm (Arabic)15 October 2003
New Iraqi Currency
Color Photos and Text
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/events/b/nea/iraq/25253.htmUndated, but before 15 October 2003
Transitioning to New Iraqi Dinar Financing
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/budget/dinartransition_english.html (English)
http://cpa-iraq.org/budget/dinartransition-arabic.pdf (PDF - Arabic)11 October 2003
Images of the Old Swiss Dinar
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20031011_Oct-10-SwissDinarImages.pdf (PDF)7 October 2003
Samples of the New Saddam-Free Iraqi Money
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20031014_currency.pdf (PDF)7 July 2003
Budget and Banknotes
Text of an Address to the Iraqi People by Ambassador Paul Bremer
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/07July03PR14BremerSpeech.html (English)
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/07July03PR14BremerSpeech-Arabic.html (Arabic)7 July 2003
Frequently Asked Questions regarding new Iraqi Currency
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2003&m=July&x=20030707154520namrevlisv0.1617504&t=usinfo/wf-latest.html7 July 2003
New Iraqi Dinar to be Released in October
U.S. Department of State Fact Sheet
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2003&m=July&x=20030707153843namrevlisv0.8175318&t=usinfo/wf-latest.html7 July 2003
Text of address to the Iraqi people by U.S. Ambassador Paul Bremer on the subject of the Iraqi currency and the "key spending priorities for the Iraqi Budget over the next six months"
"Beginning October 15, 2003, a new Iraqi dinar would come into circulation, replacing both the "Swiss" and "print" banknotes now used in Iraq. For the first time in 12 years, all of Iraq will again use one set of banknotes"
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2003&m=July&x=20030707124156namrevlisv7.943362e-02&t=usinfo/wf-latest.html23 June 2003
U.S. Soldiers Confiscate Iraqi Banknotes during a Security Sweep of a Neighborhood in Baghdad known for its ties to former Republican Guard Personnel
Photo & descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0624tue6.htm14 June 2003
Moneychanger Weighs Iraqi Dinars at Outdoor Stalll in Baghdad
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0616mon1.htm13 June 2003
An Iraqi Man carries Iraqi Money that he changed at the Exchange Market in Baghdad
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0613fri4.htm1 May 2003
A Monetary/Exchange Rate Strategy for the Reconstruction of Iraq
Robert Looney
Strategic Insight - Center for Contemporary Conflict
National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/may03/middleEast.asp (HTML)
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/may03/middleEast.pdf (PDF)May 1988
Glossary - Iraq - Dinar (a short description of Iraqi currency)
Iraq: A Country Study - Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/iraq/iq_glos.html
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Democracy
See also: Elections - LocalSee also: Elections - National (January 2005)
See also: Elections - National (October 2005)
See also: Governance Post Saddam
Go to: Democracy26 February 2005
Democracy in Iraq
Col Stephen Schwalbe
Air & Space Power Chronicles
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/schwalbe3.html21 October 2004
Iraq: Elections and Democracy Promotion Assistance
Question and answer at State Department Daily Briefing re amount of money being spent on elections and democracy promotion in Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2004/37319.htm15 August 2004
“Iraqi Interim Government President Ghazi Al-Yawar speaks at the opening of the three-day national conference on democracy at the Baghdad convention center, August 15, 2004. Al-Yawar leads up the “Iraqis’ Party List” for the January 30 elections.“
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=President-Ghazy-al-Yawer.jpg&13 July 2004
A Year in Iraq : Building Democracy
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/pdf/AYearInIraq_democracy.pdf (PDF)6 June 2004
Gambling with History : The Making of a Democratic Iraq
Captain Jodi Vittori and Dr Brent J. Talbot
United States Air Force Academy
Air & Space Power Chronicles
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/vittori.htmlMay 2004
Democracy in Iraq : Building Democracy from the Ground Up
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/pdf/iraq_demgov_0504.pdf (PDF)29 May 2003
USAID Unveils Democracy Transition Projects in Uum Qasr, Iraq
"The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) yesterday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Umm Qasr, Iraq to mark the formal hand-over to the town's Transitional Town Council of three democracy projects funded by the U.S. government. The total cost of the projects is $76,000. These projects mark the first time there has been public access to the Internet in Umm Qasr and the first time in decades that there have been administrative offices for a locally-selected government."
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030529.html3 October 2002
U.S. Supports Democracy in Iraq
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10167.htm31 October 1998
Iraq Liberation Act: An Act to Establish a Program to Support a Transition to Democracy in Iraq
Public Law 105-338
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=105_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ338.105 (Text)
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=105_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ338.105.pdf (PDF)
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Demographics & Statistics
Go to: Demographics & StatisticsUndated, but before 30 January 2005
Statistics re Iraq's National Election on 30 January 2005
Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
http://www.ieciraq.org/English/voter_information_general.php30 September 2004 (Update)
Summary Demographic Data for Iraq
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/idbsum?cty=IZ2000
Iraq: Population and Vital Statistics Report
United Nations Statistics Division
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/seriesa/354.asp
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Desert Shield
See:Gulf War 1990-1991
See also: Health - Gulf War 1990-1991
Desert Storm
See:Gulf War 1990-1991
See also: Health - Gulf War 1990-1991
Earthquakes
See also: EnvironmentSee also: Geology
Go to: EarthquakesCurrent
Earthquakes - Frequently Asked Questions
U.S. Geological Survey
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/faq/Current
Significant Earthquake Database Search
"The Significant Earthquake Database contains information on destructive earthquakes from 2150 B.C. to the present that meet at least one of the following criteria: [1] Moderate damage (approximately $1 million or more), [2] 10 or more deaths, [3] Magnitude 7.5 or greater, or [4] Modified Mercalli Intensity X or greater."
Use Iraq as Country Search Term
U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/sig_srch_idb.shtml,/p>9 March 2005
Iraq Seismographic Stations
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/station_book/Iraq_REGION.html25 January 2005
Magnitude 4.9 --- Iran-Iraq Border Region
Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 11:39:20 UTC
U.S. Geological Survey
Preliminary Earthquake Report:
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_tsa3.html
Earthquake Density Maps:
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_tsa3_d.html
Historical Seismicity:
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_tsa3_h.html
Historical USGS Moment Tensor Solutions:
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_tsa3_m.html
Seismic Hazard Map:
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_tsa3_w.html
Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_tsa3_t.html
N.B....These sites are no longer active, but have been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.
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Economics & Finance
See also: Banking & Finance LawsSee also: Banks & Banking
See also: Currency
See also: Trade & Business
Go to: Economics & Finance11 July 2005
U.S., Iraq Sign Trade and Investment Framework Pact
"The United States and Iraq have signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) to promote bilateral trade and help Iraq expand and diversify its economy."
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Jul/11-799266.html11 July 2005
U.S. Provides $2 Million for Iraqi Oil Training Program
"The Iraq Oil Training Program (IOTP) is a significant step forward in supporting the modernization of Iraq's oil industry. The IOTP will have specific training programs in the areas of management, technical operations and human resources"
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Jul/12-564141.html17 June 2005
Treasury Designates Financial Supporter of Iraqi Insurgency
"Muhammad Yunis Ahmad was designated today pursuant to Executive Order 13315, which is aimed at blocking property of the former Iraqi regime, its senior officials and their family members and those who act for or on their behalf. According to information available to the U.S. Government, Ahmad is currently a financial facilitator and operational leader of the New Regional Command of the reconstituted Ba'ath Party. He is instrumental in providing guidance, financial support and coordination of insurgent attacks throughout Iraq.
U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/js2500.htmMarch 2005
Making Payments in Iraq – March 2005 Update
"Prepared by members of the Iraq Reconstruction and Management Office-Financial and Fiscal Affairs (IRMO-FFA) in coordination and cooperation with members of the: Iraqi Private Bankers Association; U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve Bank of New York."
Export.gov - U.S. Department of Commerce
http://www.export.gov/iraq/pdf/payments_in_iraq.pdf (PDF)25 January 2005
Treasury Designates Individual Financially Fueling Iraqi Insurgency, al Qaida
"The U.S. Department of the Treasury today took action against an individual to help stem cash flows to the Iraqi insurgency and al Qaida. Sulayman Khalid Darwish, who is located in Syria, was designated under Executive Order 13224 for providing financial and material support to the al-Zarqawi Network and al Qaida."
U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/js2206.htm21 December 2004
U.S.-Iraqi Meeting Produces Economic Development Initiatives
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2004/Dec/22-61122.html21 October 2004
Iraq: Elections and Democracy Promotion Assistance
Question and answer at State Department Daily Briefing re amount of money being spent on elections and democracy promotion in Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2004/37319.htm8 September 2004 onwards
Weekly Financial Updates re Activity in Iraq
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/updates/index.htmlSeptember 2004
Export-Import Bank Support for U.S. Exports to Iraq
Export-Import Bank of the United States
http://www.exim.gov/news/iraqfactsheet.html28 April 2004
Ex-Im Bank Announces its First Transaction in Postwar Iraq
"The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is pleased to announce that the first transaction has been approved under its short-term insurance program for Iraq. Ex-Im Bank is insuring the $15 million export sale of fogging machines and accessories for insect abatement manufactured by Tifa Ltd. of Millington, N.J., for the Iraqi Ministry of Health, State Company for Marketing Drugs and Medical Appliances. This insurance will support a letter of credit issued by the Trade Bank of Iraq and confirmed by JPMorgan Chase Bank."
Export-Import Bank of the United States
http://www.exim.gov/pressrelease.cfm/32320DAF-FA11-966D-FA84322CB40B8E59/19 March 2004
New Data Indicate Saddam Hussein Took $10 Billion From U.N. Oil Program
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040319_10Bil.html12 February 2004
Financial Reconstruction in Iraq
Text of testimony by John B. Taylor, U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040212_taylor.html29 December 2003
$250 Million Ex-Im Bank Insurance Approved for Iraq Trade Bank Deals
"The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved insurance for up to $250 million in Letters of Credit to be issued by, or on behalf of, the Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI). This insurance will be used to support trade financing from JPMorgan Chase Bank, as lead of the TBI's 'Operating Consortium', and should help many U.S. companies seeking to export goods and services to Iraq."
Export-Import Bank of the United States
http://www.exim.gov/pressrelease.cfm/C7E1B594-0693-BF2F-3B76559FB5AD9EF5/5 December 2003
Ex-Im Bank Signs Agreement to Support Trade Bank of Iraq
"The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) joined export credit agencies (ECAs) from 15 other nations today in signing framework agreements with the Trade Bank of Iraq (Trade Bank) and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), providing for a total of over $2 billion in support for the Trade Bank to help facilitate Iraqi reconstruction."
Export-Import Bank of the United States
http://www.exim.gov/pressrelease.cfm/47CA2AAE-EAF4-AA78-4655879789C765F2/5 December 2003
Restructuring and Reducing Iraqi Debt
Text of announcement by President George W. Bush appointing former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III as his envoy on the issue of the Iraqi debt
U. S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rm/26913.htm4 December 2003
Export Credit Agencies from 16 Countries commit more than $2bn in Export Credit Lines to Iraq
Press Release - Trade Bank of Iraq and the Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20031204_Dec4_Export_Credit.htm22 October 2003
Preview of Iraq Donors' Conference in Madrid, October 23-24, 2003
Text and audio of Foreign Press Center briefing by Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; John B. Taylor, Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/25534.htm13 October 2003
Iraq Releases Fiscally Responsible 2004 Budget
Press Release - Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20031013_BudgetPressRelease.html (English)
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20031013_BudgetPressRelease-Arabic.html (Arabic)10 October 2003
Ninevah Province Schools Benefit from Seized Iraqi Assets
News Release - U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20031001.txt21 September 2003
Central European Economic Reform Experts meet in Baghdad to offer advice to Iraqi and CPA Officials
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20030921_Sep21-CentralEurope.html (English)
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20030921_21Sep-central_europe_arabic.html (Arabic)21 September 2003
Iraqi Finance Minister Announces Significant Economic Reforms
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20030921_Sep21MinofFinance.html (English)
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20030922_Iraqi_minister_of_finace_kamel_al_gailani_21_Sep-_arabic.html (Arabic)September 2003
Reconstructing Iraq - Developing a Market Economy
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/pdf/fs_iraq_econgov.pdf (PDF)1 August 2003
Neoliberalism and Iraqi Economic Reconstruction Robert Looney
Strategic Insight - Center for Contemporary Conflict
National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/aug03/middleEast.asp25 July 2003
USAID awards Contract for Economic Recovery, Reform and Sustained Growth in Iraq to BearingPoint Inc. of McLean, Virginia
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030725.html17 July 2003
Civil Employees & Military Salaries Arrive
Iraqi Destiny, page 3
101st Airborne Division, U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/Operations/Iraqi_Freedom/Iraqi_Destiny/Issue31.pdf (PDF)7 July 2003
Budget and Banknotes
Text of an Address to the Iraqi People by Ambassador Paul Bremer
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/07July03PR14BremerSpeech.html (English)
http://cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/07July03PR14BremerSpeech-Arabic.html (Arabic)7 July 2003
Text of address to the Iraqi people by U.S. Ambassador Paul Bremer on the subject of the Iraqi currency and the "key spending priorities for the Iraqi Budget over the next six months"
"Beginning October 15, 2003, a new Iraqi dinar would come into circulation, replacing both the "Swiss" and "print" banknotes now used in Iraq. For the first time in 12 years, all of Iraq will again use one set of banknotes"
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2003&m=July&x=20030707124156namrevlisv7.943362e-02&t=usinfo/wf-latest.htmlJuly-December 2003
Republic of Iraq : Budget Revenues & Expenses
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/budget/2003budget.pdf (PDF)20 June 2003
Security will set Stage for Iraqi Economic Growth
News story about remarks made by Ambassador Paul Bremer in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece and during an interview on NBC's "Today Show"
Armed Forces Information Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2003/n06202003_200306205.html19 June 2003
Cash and Valuables seized in Tikrit Farm Houses
News Release - U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030667.txt11 June 2003
Transforming Iraq's Economy
Hearing before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee
Senate Hearing 108-220 (Corrected Print)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS46692 (PDF)9 June 2003
Finance Soldiers helping Iraqi Economy get Back on Track
"The 230th Finance Battalion from Fort Hood, Texas, is working to restore commerce and stabilize the economy in the Salah Ad Din province of Iraq"
U.S. Army News Service
http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/stories/Jun2003/a20030609FINANCE.html7 June 2003
Definition of Combat Zones
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=108331,00.html7 June 2003
Extension of Deadlines - Combat Zone Service
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=101265,00.html7 June 2003
Military Pay Exclusion - Combat Zone Service
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=101262,00.html7 June 2003
Miscellaneous Provisions - Combat Zone Service
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=101266,00.html7 June 2003
Notifying the IRS by email about Combat Zone Service
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=101261,00.html3 June 2003
Iraq's Economy: Past, Present, Future
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31944.pdf (PDF)2 June 2003
Bean Counting in Baghdad: Debt, Reparations, Reconstruction and Resources
Robert Looney
Strategic Insight - Center for Contemporary Conflict
National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/june03/middleEast.asp28 May 2003
Concert by Luciano Pavarotti "and Friends" raises 2 Million Euros to help repatriate Iraqi Refugees in Iran
News Story - U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/iraq?page=news&id=3ed4c33a427 May 2003
The Iraq Community Action Program
The Iraq CAP will promote the following: 1) Community Mobilization and Cooperation, 2) Social and Economic Infrastructure Development, 3) Employment and Income Generation and 4) Environmental Management and Protection. Fact Sheet - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/fs030527.html23 May 2003
Third Armored Cavalry Seize Gold
News Release - United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/news_release.asp?NewsRelease=20030584.txt20 May 2003
Value of UN's Oil-for-Food Relief Items for Iraq approaches $1 Billion
United Nations News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=7131&Cr=iraq&Cr1=oil15 May 2003
Snow to Ask for Repatriation of Iraqi Assets at G-8 Meeting
Text of Statement by U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/text2003/0515snow.htm15 May 2003
State's Larson Previews Economic Road Ahead in Iraq
Text of Prepared Testimony of U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson before the House International Relations Committee
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/text2003/0515larson.htm13 May 2003
Treasury's Snow Vows to Help Iraq Develop Economic Policies
Transcript of Testimony by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snow before the House Committee on Financial Services U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/text2003/0513snow.htm10 May 2003
Senior State Official Explains Iraq's Economic Status
Text of Press Briefing - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/text2003/0510econ.htm7 May 2003
Kuwait donates One Million Dollars to help Feed Iraq
News Release - U.N. World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/newsroom/subsections/preview.asp?content_item_id=1119&item_id=654§ion=135 May 2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom Pay and Benefits
United States Coast Guard
http://www.uscg.mil/reserve/msg03/coast203%5F03.htm1 May 2003
U.S. Assistance to the Iraqi Economy
Transcript of Foreign Press Center Briefing by "Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; John Taylor, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; Dov Zakheim, Under Secretary (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Defense"
(This transcript also includes a link to a Real Audio transcription of this briefing)
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/20131.htm26 April 2003
U.S. Announces Financial Coordinators for Iraq Reconstruction
U.S. Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan
http://usembassy.state.gov/islamabad/wwwh03042603.html23 April 2003
GIs Accused of Stealing Cash from Baghdad Police Compound
News Story - Stars & Stripes - Page 3
http://www.slite.afis.osd.mil/stripes/Apr2003/20030423.pdf21 April 2003
Recovered Money to be Invested in Iraq
"Coalition forces recovered what is initially estimated to be between U.S. $300 and U.S. $600 million in a regime facility in Baghdad April 18"
Third U.S. Army photo and news story
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2003_news/april/money.html19 April 2003
"U.S. Army Maj. Rodney King, a finance officer, holds a stack of one hundred dollar bills, part of the estimated $650 million found today hidden behind a fake wall at one of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussain's palaces. The money is being transferred to a secure location where later it will be used in the reconstruction of Iraq"
U.S. Army Photo and descriptive text
http://www.arcent.army.mil/cflcc_today/2003/april/images/apr17_20/Money.jpg12 April 2003
International Monetary and Financial Committee urges International Involvement in Iraq's Future
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/text2003/0413imf.htm10 April 2003
Treasury Announces Tax Relief for Military and Support Personnel involved in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Press Release - U.S. Treasury Department
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/js174.htm3 April 2003
Savings Deposit Program
"The Savings Deposit Program (SDP) authorizes eligible members who are serving outside the United States or its possessions under arduous conditions to deposit their unallotted current pay and allowances for savings purposes."
Fact Sheet - U.S. Army 13th Finance Group
http://pao.hood.army.mil/PAO/Deployment/soldiers/Savings_deposit_fact_sheet.htm1 April 2003
Oil Prices and the Iraq War: Market Interpretations of Military Developments
Robert Looney
Strategic Insight - Center for Contemporary Conflict
National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/apr03/middleEast.aspApril 2003
Tax Relief for Individuals Serving In and In Support of the Iraq Combat Zone
Notice N-03-07 - New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
http://www.tax.state.ny.us/pdf/Notices/N03_7.pdfUndated, but April 2003 or afterwards
Reconstructing Iraq: Developing a Market Economy
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/stories/iraq/iraq_snapshot6.pdf (PDF)31 March 2003
Iraq: Position in the International Monetary Fund
(Site includes link to payments owed by Iraq to the IMF in 2003)
http://www.imf.org/external/np/tre/tad/exfin2.cfm?memberKey1=460&endDate=2003%2D03%2D3128 March 2003
WFP [World Food Programme] launches U.S. 1.3 Billion Appeal for Iraq
News Release - U.N. World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/newsroom/subsections/preview.asp?content_item_id=1069&item_id=635§ion=1324 March 2003
U.S. Department of Defense Background Briefing on the Budget Supplemental Request to be sent to Congress re Finance for the War in Iraq
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/t03252003_t0324bgd.html20 March 2003
Executive Order 13290
President George W. Bush
Confiscating and Vesting Certain Iraqi Property Except for noted exceptions, "All blocked funds held in the United States in accounts in the name of the Government of Iraq, the Central Bank of Iraq, Rafidain Bank, Rasheed Bank, or the State Organization for Marketing Oil are hereby confiscated and vested in the Department of the Treasury"
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/text2003/0320assets.htm20 March 2003
Text of prepared Statement by U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow re returning Iraqi Funds to the Iraqi People
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/js119.htm11 March 2003
Reservists, New Enlistees may get Deferral for Back Taxes
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=108001,00.html16 February 2003
Child Support Garnishment for Activated Guard and Reserves
U.S. Department of Defense Finance and Accounting Service
http://216.239.39.100/unclesam?q=cache:ppPMUE3Y5WwJ:www.dfas.mil/news/pr/pr03-16.pdf+Iraq+finance&hl=en&ie=UTF-81 January 2003
Financing Wars on Terrorism and Iraq
Center for Contemporary Conflict, National Security Affairs Department
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/jan03/terrorism.asp (HTML)
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/jan03/terrorism.pdf (PDF)30 September 2002
Estimated Cost of Possible Military Operations in Iraq
Letter to Senator Kent Conrad (Chairman, Committee on the Budget) and Congressman John M. Spratt, Jr. (Ranking Member, Committee on the Budget)
Congressional Budget Office
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=3822&sequence=029 February 2002
U.S. Customs Agents execute 29 Search Warrants on Targets in 14 States suspected of moving Millions to Iraq in Violation of Embargo
Press Release - U.S. Customs Service
http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/22002/02202002_2.xml31 January 2002
U.S. Customs Agents search Wire Transfer Firm suspected of sending Millions to Iraq in Violation of Embargo
Press Release - U.S. Customs Service
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/12002/01312002.xml2002
The Economy of Iraq - 2002
The World Factbook 2003 - The Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html#Econ25 October 2001
U.S. Customs Service Launches "Operation Green Quest"
"Multi-Agency Initiative to Target Sources of Funding for Terrorist Organizations"
Press Release - U.S. Customs Service
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/hot-new/pressrel/2001/1025-03.htm8 October 1998
Text of Statement by the Hon. Hikmat M. Ibraheem AL-AZZAWI, Governor of the IMF [International Monetary Fund] for Iraq at the Joint Annual Discussion Discussion of the Boards of Governors of the IMF and the World Bank
Governor AL-AZZAWI spoke in favor of lifting the international sanctions against Iraq
http://www.imf.org/external/am/1998/speeches/pr25iqe.pdf (PDF)9 August 1990
Executive Order 12724
President George H.W. Bush
Blocking Iraqi Government Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Iraq
(Section 2, Paragraph (g) of this Order prohibits "Except as otherwise authorized herein, any commitment or transfer, direct or indirect, of funds, or other financial or economic resources by any United States person to the Government of Iraq or any other person in Iraq")
http://envirotext.eh.doe.gov/data/eos/bush/19900809a.html
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Education
See also: Women & ChildrenGo to: Education25 June 2005
Operation Pencil Drop provides Iraqi School with Scarce Commodity
"Children from Al Assa Primary School gathered with eager anticipation of receiving new pens and pencils during a school supply exchange May 22 in Kadamiyah, Iraq. Operation Pencil Drop provided the Iraqi school with three much-needed boxes of supplies that also included colored pencils, markers, lined and blank writing paper, colored construction paper and spiral writing notebooks."
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2005_news/june/pencil_drop.asp16 December 2004
New Books and Laboratory Equipment en route for Iraq's Universities
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=24184&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html9 August 2004 (Update)
Islamic Religious Schools, Madrasas: Background
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rs21654.pdf28 July 2004
New Schools to Withstand Seasons in Northern Iraq
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
http://www.soc.mil/News/releases/04JUL/040728-04.htm9 July 2004
Marines sign Contract Aiding Underprivileged Iraqi Scholars
U.S. Marine Corps
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/0/26F12BA621335F2085256ECC001BDEAD?opendocument30 May 2004
Opening of New Internet Center at Salahaddin University in Arbil
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040530_arbil_internet.html27 April 2004
Baghdad School Improvement Program Nears Completion
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040427_schools.html30 March 2004
Baghdad Education Symposium Begins
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040330_ed_symposium.htmlMarch 2004
A Year in Iraq : Education
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/pdf/AYearInIraq_education.pdf (PDF)16 February 2004
11,000 Iraqi Teachers Graduate from Teacher Training Programs
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040216_teacher_trng.html15 January 2004
Opening of "Liberation" School in Hilla, Babil Province, Iraq
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040215_liberation_school.htmlJanuary 2004
Schools Renovated for New Semester
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/stories/iraq/fp_iraq_schoolalhillah.html3 December 2003
Plans Finalized for School Rehabilitation Project in Abo Al Jeer
News Release - U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20031208.txt2 December 2003
USAID Announces Additional Funding for U.S. - Iraq University Partnerships
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr031202.html30 October 2003
Twenty Iraqi Fulbright Scholars Expected in U.S. in 2004
United States Consulate, Mumbai, India
http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/wwwhwashnews964.html21 October 2003
Fulbright Program Reestablished in Iraq
Text of Announcement by Richard L. Armitage, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
U.S. Secretary of State
http://www.state.gov/s/d/rm/25480.htm18 October 2003
President Notes Progress in Iraq's Schools During Weekly Radio Address
Armed Forces Press Service
http://www.dod.mil/news/Oct2003/n10182003_200310182.html10 October 2003
Ninevah Province Schools Benefit from Seized Iraqi Assets
News Release - U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20031001.txt3 October 2003
USAID Announces U.S. - Iraq University Partnerships
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr031003.htmlOctober 2003
Army Engineers support the Rumaila School in Southern Iraq
Engineer Update - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/oct03/story19.htmOctober 2003
Corps Supports Iraqi School
Engineer Update
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/oct03/story19.htmOctober 2003
USAID funds School Bags for all Iraqi Secondary Students
Photos and descriptive text
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/photogallery/gallery_28/photo01.html11 September 2003
USAID Education Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq - Update
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/vid_live091103_t.htmlSeptember 2003
Iraq Update - Revitalizing Education
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/pdf/fs_iraq_education.pdf (PDF)18 August 2003
Rehabilitating Iraq's Basic Education System
Fact Sheet - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/factsheets/2003/fs030818.html14 August 2003
Iraqi Stores of used Ammo to be used to buy School Supplies
U.S. Central Command News Story
http://www.centcom.mil/CentcomNews/Stories/08_03/10.htm26 June 2003
U.S. Army Engineers Demonstrate new Computer Software and Surveying Equipment to a group of Iraqi Professors from Mosul University
Photo & descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0626thu1.htm25 June 2003
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan thanks Qatar for establishing Higher Education Fund for Iraq
U.N. News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=7524&Cr=iraq&Cr1=24 June 2003 (Update)
Report of signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on 23 June concerning the establishment of an International Fund for Higher Education in Iraq
The Fund will be administered by UNESCO and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=13078&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html24 June 2003
6-year old Iraqi girl takes mathematics exam at Al Ebticar School for Girls in Baghdad
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0624tue4.htm24 June 2003
USAID Education Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq - Update
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/vid_live062403_t.html21 June 2003
21 June was the first day of examinations for Iraqi primary students
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0623mon2.htm16 June 2003
Female Electrical Engineering students rehearse for graduation at the Polytechnique University in Baghdad
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0617tue1.htm2 June 2003
Japan becomes UN Children's Fund Top Donor
"Japan has become the United Nations Children's Fund's (UNICEF) top donor for relief efforts in Iraq with a donation this week of $10.2 million to support reopening schools across the country, bringing its total contributions to more than $15 million"
U.N.News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=7270&Cr=Iraq&Cr1=relief29 May 2003
Iraq Higher Education Program
Fact Sheet - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/factsheets/2003/fs030530.html29 May 2003
USAID Announces Request for Applications for Higher Education and Development Grants for Iraq
http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/AID/OP/WAS/M-OP-03-003/Grant.html
Full Announcement and 1st Modification
http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/AID/OP/WAS/M-OP-03-003/listing.html17 May 2003
Al Mustansiriya University reopens in Baghdad
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0519mon4.htm26-29 April 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] Al Anbar Assessment Report
(Report includes assessment of local schools)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_042903.html26 April 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] Ar Rutbah Assessment Report
(Report includes assessment of local schools)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_042603.html26 April 2003
Marine Corps Civil Affairs Group opens Doors to AL Kut Schools
U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CentcomNews/Stories/04_03/31.htm24 April 2003
"Student Mariam Yunis tears up a picture of Saddam Hussein that the class removed from textbooks as part of an exercise at the Qairuran School in Kirkuk, Iraq on April 24. Students returned to school for the first time since the war in Iraq ended."
Photo & descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0425fri4.htm22 April 2003
University students in Sulimaniyah (Northern Iraq) welcome Jay Garner, Iraq Administrator
Photo and Descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0423wed1.htm11 April 2003
USAID Contract awarded to Creative Associates International, Inc. (Washington, D.C.) to revitalize Education in Iraq
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030411_2.html8 April 2003
USAID Grant to UNICEF [United Nations Children's Fund] for Education Services in Iraq
"Grant provides for: promotion of a "Back-to-School" campaign aimed at the approximately 25 percent of children currently not in primary school; rapid assessments to determine the availability of school materials; establishment of temporary schools where none are functioning; training of teachers; the establishment of accelerated learning programs; and the development of an education management system for Iraq"
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030408.html4 April 2003
Iraqi children return to school in Najaf (central Iraq)
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0405sat2.htm3 April 2003
Iraqi Ministry of Education Enters Final Stage to Sovereignty
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040403_ed_PR.html28 March 2003
UNESCO and Education in Iraq Fact Sheet
U.N. Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=11216&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html14 March 2003
Nutrition Programme in Northern Iraq
"WTP ... runs a school feeding programme in northern Iraq targeting 320,000 students in over 2,100 primary schools"
Photo and descriptive text
U.N. World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/newsroom/subsections/preview.asp?item_id=622&order=6§ion=15Undated, but 2002 or after
Gross Educational Enrolments in Iraq, 1970, 1980 & 1990
U.N. Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/news/iraq.shtml#gross
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Elections - Local
See also: DemocracySee also: Elections - National (January 2005)
See also: Elections - National (October 2005)
See also: Governance Post Saddam
See also: Local Governance
Go to: Elections - Local28 October 2003
Democratic Elections begin in Iraq
Pfc. Chris Jones
U.S. Army News Service
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/print.php?story_id_key=53575 May 2003
Iraqi General Wins Mayoral Election in Mosul
(First post-Saddam local elections in Iraq)
Third U.S. Army photos and descriptive text
Photo 1
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2003_news/may/election_photo1.html
Photo 2
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2003_news/may/election_photo2.html
Photo 3
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2003_news/may/election_photo3.html5 May 2003
Soldiers Oversee First Election in Northern Iraq
12 May news story of 5 May election of retired Iraqi General Ghamin Al-Basso as Mayor of Mosul and the outlying Province of Nineveh
Army LINK News
http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/stories/May2003/a20030512Mosulelection.html
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.
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Elections - National (January 2005)
See also: DemocracySee also: Elections - Local
See also: Electoral Law
See also: Governance Post Saddam
The transitional election cycle in post-Saddam Iraq includes the January 2005 Elections for members of the Transitional National Assembly, for a Kurdistan National Assembly and for eighteen Governorate Councils, the October 2005 Constitutional Referendum Elections and the December 2005 Iraqi National Assembly Elections. These elections have been/will be overseen by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq.
Election Day - 30 January 2005
Go to: Election Day - 30 January 200530 January 2005
Al Monsour Voters
"Civilian vehicle traffic in the Iraqi capital has been banned during the Iraqi national elections on January 30, but hundreds of residents of the Al Monsour district in western Baghdad walk along the freeway to get to their polling sites."
Photo - U.S. Department of State & U.S. Army
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/41384.htm30 January 2005
"Counting officials for the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq start counting the ballot papers in a polling station after the close of the polls."
jpeg image - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraqelect/counting.jpg30 January 2005
An elderly woman is carried to a polling station to vote
jpeg image - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraqelect/carried.jpg30 January 2005
>From Finland to Stockholm to vote for the OCV Iraq, Sweden
"Mr. Hiwa Qader, a Kurd living in Finland, was among many Iraqis whom travelled to Stockholm from Finland. Mr. Qader came with his family to vote in Sweden for the Iraq’s Transitional National Assembly Elections casting his vote in Riksbyskolan polling centre."
jpeg image - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/gallery/Sweden.jpg30 January 2005
Ink-Stained Finger
"An Iraqi man shows off his ink-stained finger after casting his ballot at a polling station in Jisr Diala on the southern outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. Voters were required to dip their finger into the ink after voting, in order to prevent people from casting multiple ballots."
Photo - U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/41405.htm30 January 2005
Iraqi Ambassador to London votes in Wembley, London
"Iraqi Ambassador to London, Dr Salah Al Shaikhly, voting in Wembley, London."
jpeg image - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/gallery/Picture-3-Iraqi-Ambassador.jpg30 January 2005
"Iraqi policeman delivering a ballot box from a polling station to a central collection point in Baghdad, Iraq"
jpeg image - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraqelect/iraqpolice.jpg30 January 2005
Kurdish Women Voting
"A Kurdish Iraqi woman casts her vote at a polling station in the northern Kurdish city of Suleimaniya."
Photo - U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/41391.htm30 January 2005
Man Carried to Polling Station
"Disabled Mohammed Karim Khader, 80, is carried on the shoulder of a man on his way to cast his vote in the northern Kurdish city of Suleimaniya."
Photo - U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/41407.htm30 January 2005
Out-of-Country Voting in Amsterdam, Netherlands
"At the polling station in Amsterdam the atmosphere is very festive. A lot of Iraqi comes to the polling station wearing their traditional clothes."
jpeg image - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/gallery/amsterdam.jpg30 January 2005
Outside Polling Center on Election Day
Photo - U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/41371.htm30 January 2005
"Thousands of Iraqis made the trip on foot to their voting places"
jpeg image - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraqelect/nocar.jpg30 January 2005
Women Waiting to Vote
Photo - U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/41370.htm30 January 2005
Women Walking to Vote
Photo - U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/41369.htm
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Elections - National - Overview
Go to: Elections - National - Overview11 March 2005
Iraq: Post-Saddam National Elections
Congressional Research Service Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/44121.pdf (PDF)14 February 2005
Overview and timeline of the Iraqi election process
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/elections/4 February 2005
Anatomy of an Election
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org/reports/iraq-report/2005/02/5-040205.aspFebruary 2005
Iraq Election Timetable
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraqelect/timeline.htmFebruary 2005
Iraq Elections
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraqelect/10 January 2005
Quick Facts : The Iraqi Elections
The U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Jan/10-389125.html
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Elections - National - Preparation
Go to: Elections - National - PreparationFebruary 2005
Iraq Election Timetable
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraqelect/timeline.htmUndated, but before 30 January 2005
Campaign Posters go up in Baghdad for the Unified Iraqi Alliance Party
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=election-posters3.jpg&Undated, but before 30 January 2005
Iraq: Support for Fair, Safe and Professional Media Election Coverage
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7256&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html28 January 2005
Transcript of an “Ask the Whitehouse” session with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte on the subject of the Iraqi elections
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20050128.html25 January 2005
Najaf Women Candidates
Local women candidates meet with the press about the upcoming January 30, 2005 Iraqi elections.
Photo - U.S. Department of State & U.S. Embassy, Baghdad
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/41238.htm25 January 2005
V Corps Units take part in fourth Readiness Exercise aimed at Securing Iraqi Elections
1st Infantry Division Public Affairs Office
http://www.vcorps.army.mil/news/2005/jan25_electionexercise_release.pdf (PDF)19 January 2005
Ballots Loaded at Airport
"Ballots for the upcoming Iraqi Elections are loaded into a warehouse at the Baghdad International Airport."
Photo - U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/41228.htm19 January 2005
Iraq Elections Process Adheres to Strict Regulations
”Rules Govern Candidate Lists, Seat Allocation”
Washington File – U.S. Department of State
http://canberra.usembassy.gov/hyper/2005/0119/epf307.htm19 January 2005
2005 Ballot
Photo of Ballot to be used for Iraqi Elections to be held on 30 January 2005
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/41236.htm16 January 2005
Poll Trainees in Al Hillah
"Poll Trainees at the Al Hillah Human Rights Association prepare for the January 30, 2005 Iraqi Elections."
U.S. Embassy, Baghdad & U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/41286.htm6 January 2005
Campaign Poster in Baghdad showing “Shi’a cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who issued a fatwa, or religious edict, telling Iraqis that it is their duty to vote”
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=election-posters.jpg&26 December 2004
Campaign poster being hung in Baghdad which says ““So that we can provide our children with a better country”
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=election-posters2.jpg&20 December 2004
Final List of Candidates & Ballot Numbers
Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
http://www.ieciraq.org/img/PDF/Constestants_Ballot_Numbers.pdf20 December 2004
A nationally televised lottery is held in Baghdad to determine the order in which political parties will appear on the ballot
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=Electoral-Commision.jpg&15 December 2004
Campaign posters being hung in Baghdad for a group of parties called the “Community Union”
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=election-posters4.jpg&23 November 2004
Iraqi Shopkeeper explains Voter Registration to Customers
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=voter-registration.jpg&22 November 2004
An Iraqi Woman registers to vote in Basra
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=voter-registration2.jpg&31 October 2004
A candidate for the Transitional National Assembly reads the election guidelines published by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=candidate.jpg&21 October 2004
Iraq: Elections and Democracy Promotion Assistance
Question and answer at State Department Daily Briefing re amount of money being spent on elections and democracy promotion in Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2004/37319.htm10 October 2004
“Salama al-Khafaji, a candidate for the Iraqi legislature, attends a women's conference in Baghdad, October 10, 2004.”
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=candidate2.jpg&10 October 2004
Wijdan al-Khuzaei (left) discusses her candidacy for the Iraqi legislature during a women's conference in Baghdad, October 10, 2004, as fellow candidate Iman Abdul-Jabbar listens. According to electoral commission rules, one in every three candidates on party lists must be a woman. This rule is designed to ensure that women hold at least 25 percent of the 275 seats in the Transitional National Assembly.” jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=candidate3.jpg&9 October 2004
“A Kurdish shopkeeper in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah hangs a picture of Jalal Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, one of the two main Kurdish parties.”
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=election-promotion.jpg&15 August 2004
“Iraqi Interim Government President Ghazi Al-Yawar speaks at the opening of the three-day national conference on democracy at the Baghdad convention center, August 15, 2004. Al-Yawar leads up the “Iraqis’ Party List” for the January 30 elections.“
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=President-Ghazy-al-Yawer.jpg&15 June 2004
The Electoral Law
Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 96
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS50915 (PDF)17 May 2004
Baghdad City Council Meets to Explain Elections Process
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040517_town_hall.html26 April 2004
U.S.-Iraq Women's Network Prepares for Iraqi Elections
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20040427_women_net.html24 February 2004
Iraqi Elections Could be Held by Year's End, Report Says
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20040224_brahimi_report.html19 February 2004
Annan Says Direct Elections in Iraq Not Possible Before June 30
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20040219_no_elections.html4 February 2004
UN Team will consult with cross-sections of Iraqis, explore Election Options
United Nations News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9659&Cr=iraq&Cr1=30 January 2004
UN Electoral Team to Travel to Iraq in a "Few Days"
United Nations News Centre
http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9619&Cr=iraq&Cr1=27 January 2004
Secretary-General will send Election Team to Iraq once satisfied with Coalition Security Arrangements
United Nations Press Release
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/SGSM9129.doc.htm27 January 2004
Security Council Members hail Annan's Decision to send Team to Iraq
United Nations Press Release
http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9589&Cr=iraq&Cr1=16 October 2003
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1511
"Reaffirms the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq" ... Affirms that the administration of Iraq will be progressively undertaken by the evolving structures of the Iraqi interim administration ... Invites the Governing Council to provide to the Security Council, for its review, no later than 15 December 2003 ... a timetable and a programme for the drafting of a new constitution for Iraq and for the holding of democratic elections under that constitution"
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N03/563/91/PDF/N0356391.pdf?OpenElement (PDF)
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Elections - National - Reactions
Go to: Elections - National - Reactions16 February 2005
United Nations Formally Endorses Conduct of Iraqi Elections
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Feb/16-611776.html16 February 2005
United Nations Security Council Endorses 30 January Iraqi Elections
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Feb/16-449704.html14 February 2005
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte and George Casey, Commander of the Multinational Forces in Iraq, call Iraqi Vote "Heroic" and "Humbling"
Washington File – U.S. Department of State
http://canberra.usembassy.gov/hyper/2005/0214/epf105.htm13 February 2005
President George W. Bush Congratulates Iraqis on Provisional Election Results
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050213.html8 February 2005
World Leaders react to Iraqi Elections
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/scp/2005/42031.htm (HTML)
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/42143.pdf (PDF)2 February 2005
Under Secretary-General says Elections mark Significant Step towards Democracy in Iraq
United Nations Press Release
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/sc8311.doc.htm31 January 2005
As Annan stresses inclusiveness after Iraqi elections, top UN envoy meets leaders
United Nations News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=13186&Cr=iraq&Cr1=30 January 2005
President George W. Bush Congratulates Iraqis on Elections
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/01/20050130-2.html
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Elections - National - Results
Go to: Elections - National - Results2 March 2005
Provisional Results - Out of Country Voting
The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/downloads/OCV-DIR_Results_report.pdf (PDF)21 February 2005
Many Iraqi Parties left out in the Cold with Election Results
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org/reports/iraq-report/2005/02/6-210205.asp17 February 2005
Feedback on Electoral and Counting Processes
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/accomplishments/elections_fb.html14 February 2005
Iraq Election Results Set Stage for Coalition Building
Washington File – U.S. Department of State
http://canberra.usembassy.gov/hyper/2005/0214/epf106.htm13 February 2005
President George W. Bush Congratulates Iraqis on Provisional Election Results
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050213.html1 February 2005
Iraqi Elections : The Initial Results
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/scp/2005/41467.htm (HTML)
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/41574.pdf (PDF)February 2005
Iraq : An Election Primer
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraqelect/primer.htm
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Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
Go to: Independent Electoral Commission of IraqCurrent
Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
Main website
http://www.ieciraq.org/English/Frameset_english.htm (English)
http://www.ieciraq.org/Arabic/Frameset_Arabic.php (Arabic)31 May 2004
Establishment of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 92
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS49933
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Out-of-Country Voting
Go to: Out-of-Country Voting2 March 2005
Provisional Results - Out of Country Voting
The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/downloads/OCV-DIR_Results_report.pdf (PDF)7 February 2005
Counting at the Venus Wedding Saloon
"Counting in the holy city of Mashhad, north-eastern Iran. A total of 56,597 Iraqis living in Iran voted during the three OCV polling days, reflecting 92.9% of the global number of registrants. Six counting centers across the country were established in six cities."
jpeg image - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/gallery/iran-counting.jpg31 January 2005
Counting Begins After 93% of Registrants Vote in Out-of-Country Election
"265,148 expatriate Iraqis, representing 93.6% of registered voters in 14 countries around the world cast their ballots in Iraq’s Transitional National Assembly Election over the past three days, through the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) Program."
Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/read_media.php?link_id=36&lang=eng30 January 2005
>From Finland to Stockholm to vote for the OCV Iraq, Sweden
"Mr. Hiwa Qader, a Kurd living in Finland, was among many Iraqis whom travelled to Stockholm from Finland. Mr. Qader came with his family to vote in Sweden for the Iraq’s Transitional National Assembly Elections casting his vote in Riksbyskolan polling centre."
jpeg image - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/gallery/Sweden.jpg30 January 2005
Iraqi Ambassador to London votes in Wembley, London
"Iraqi Ambassador to London, Dr Salah Al Shaikhly, voting in Wembley, London."
jpeg image - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/gallery/Picture-3-Iraqi-Ambassador.jpg30 January 2005
Out-of-Country Voting in Amsterdam, Netherlands
"At the polling station in Amsterdam the atmosphere is very festive. A lot of Iraqi comes to the polling station wearing their traditional clothes."
jpeg image - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/gallery/amsterdam.jpg28 January 2005
First day of Polling, Amman, Jordan
"Iraqi family showing the index finger of the right hand after being inked to prove that they all voted for the Iraq OCV program."
jpeg image - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/gallery/Jordan29.jpg28 January 2005
First Day of Polling, Sydney, Australia
"After spending so many years hiding in the mountains and caves, the Kurdish lady - who was the first Iraqi exile to register in Australia - was determined to grab her first chance ever to vote."
jpeg image - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/gallery/AUSTRALIA-Sydney.jpg28 January 2005
The Joy of Democracy, Damascus, Syria
"After they had voted, about 50 Iraqi men gathered outside the Sayeda Zeinab polling station to talk about the election. They spontaneously began dancing and singing around the Iraqi flag. “Long live Iraq,” they sang . The men danced with their registration slips pinned to their chests."
jpeg image - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/gallery/Syriaflag.jpg26 January 2005
Registration goes on during Snow Storm, Detroit, USA
"Iraqi Voters entering the Registration and Polling Center during [a] snow storm that hit USA"
jpeg image - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/gallery/Detroit-snow-storm1.jpg26 January 2005
280,303 Iraqis Register to Participate in Out-of-Country Vote
Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/read_media.php?link_id=25&lang=eng11 November 2004
Iraq Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) Program
"On 11 November the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This MoU authorized IOM to conduct an Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) Program on behalf and under the supervision of the IECI."
Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
http://www.iraqocv.org/php/content.php?link_id=20&lang=eng
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Elections - National (October 2005)
See also: DemocracySee also: Elections - Local
See also: Elections - National (January 2005)
See also: Electoral Law
See also: Governance Post Saddam
The transitional election cycle in post-Saddam Iraq includes the January 2005 Elections for members of the Transitional National Assembly, for a Kurdistan National Assembly and for eighteen Governorate Councils, the October 2005 Constitutional Referendum Elections and the December 2005 Iraqi National Assembly Elections. These elections have been/will be overseen by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq.
The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
Main Website
http://www.ieciraq.org/English/Frameset_english.htm
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Iraqi Forces on Track to Provide Baghdad October 2005 Election Security
American Forces Press Service
http://www.dod.mil/news/Jul2005/20050708_2007.html
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Employment
Go to: Employment15 June 2004
Iraqi Veterans Job Training Initiative Announced
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040615-1.html6 June 2004
Jobs, Fresh Water to Flow to Iraqi Village thanks to Marines, Local Government
U.S. Marine Corps
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/ad983156332a819185256cb600677af3/30b2cd7a5538b8c885256eab005014c7?OpenDocument16 February 2004
Opening of Baghdad Unemployment Center Promises Relief to Jobless
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040216_unemployment.html19 January 2004
CPA Announces $18 Billion Iraq Jobs, Reconstruction Program
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2004/n01192004_200401191.html31 December 2003
352nd Civil Affairs Command coordinates Job Fair in Baghdad
"The soldiers of Task Force 1st Armored Division's 352nd Civil Affairs Command and the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, both from Riverdale, Maryland, coordinated a job fair recently at the Baghdad Convention Center."
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2003_news/december/job_fair.asp24 April 2003
Iraqis Need Work, Paychecks, U.S. Administrator Says
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2003/n04242003_200304242.html
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Energy
See also: EnvironmentSee also: Nuclear Resources
See also: Sanctions and the Oil-for-Food Programme
Electricity
See also: Hydroelectric PowerGo to: Electricity16 June 2005
New Power Plant Boosts Baghdad Electricity Grid
"Iraqi laborers and General Electric employees recently completed eight months of work on a power plant project which will bring additional electricity to Baghdad. This project at the Qudas Power Plant outside of Baghdad was supported by Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division and the Army Corps of Engineers ... 90 megawatts of electricity [were added] to the Baghdad power grid."
U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Stories/06_05/20.htmJune 2005
Iraq Country Analysis - Electricity
"As of late May 2005, reports indicated that Iraq had around 4,000-5,000 megawatts (MW) of available, operable power generating capacity, well below projected peak 2005 summer demand of 8,000 MW."
U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iraq.html#elecApril 2005
Iraq's Electricial System: Status and Future Plan
Dr. Aiham Alsammarae, Iraq Minister Of Electricity
Export.gov - U.S. Department of Commerce
http://www.export.gov/Iraq/pdf/electrical.pdf (PDF)28 February 2005
Democracy Sparks Iraq's Need for More Electricity
"Technicians in Iraq are working hard to meet demands for more electricity to power air conditioners, refrigerators and other appliances, a senior American military officer [U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Thomas Bostick] said in Baghdad February 26."
American Forces Press Service
http://www.dod.mil/news/Feb2005/n02282005_2005022806.htm2 November 2004
Iraqi Electricity Capacity Surges Forward
"October sets records in restoring Iraqi electrical output"
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/nov2004/a110204a.html16 September 2004
Electric Grid Stabilized After Attack
"The Iraq electricity grid stabilized today after a series of explosions here early Sept. 14 left three oil pipelines damaged and one main electrical line severed."
American Forces Press Service
http://www.dod.mil/news/Sep2004/n09162004_2004091611.html11 September 2004
Two More Electricity Generators Come Online in Iraq
"Two electricity generators in suburban Baghdad that had fallen into disrepair under Saddam Hussein's regime returned to service today, producing enough electricity to fuel 72,000 Iraqi homes."
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2004/n09112004_2004091105.html10 September 2004
Restoring Power : USAID’s Role in Restoring Electricity to Iraq
"Most areas of Iraq are now receiving 11-15 hours of electricity service a day. Working with the Ministry of Electricity, USAID-funded activities have added 340 megawatts (MW) to Iraq’s power generating capacity."
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/pdf/iraq_electric_Sept04.pdf (PDF)31 August 2004
Engineers Add 202 Megawatts to Electrical Grid in August
"Gains Represent Biggest Month to Date for Electrical Infrastructure ... The site [Qudas Power Plant north of Baghdad] is one of seven that Iraqi and U.S. engineers have brought on line in August, adding 202 Megawatts to the national electrical grid - a total that will fuel 606,000 Iraqi homes and brings the total available electricity in the country to 5,300 Megawatts far exceeding the pre-war level of 4,400."
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/aug2004/a083104b.html15 August 2004
Restore Iraqi Electricity
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division
http://www.grd.usace.army.mil/news/factsheets/docs/USACE-RIE%20factsheet.pdf (PDF - English)
http://www.grd.usace.army.mil/news/factsheets/docs/Arabic%20RIE%20factsheet.pdf (PDF - Arabic)9 August 2004
Army Helps Boost Electricity to Iraqi Grid
"Engineers from Iraq and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have breathed new life into a generator near Kirkuk, bringing an additional 17 megawatts of electricity to the country’s power grid. The renovation of the generator at the Mullah Abdullah power plant, located 265 km north of Baghdad, is the fifth at the plant to be rehabilitated by Iraqi and Corps engineers."
Army News Service
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/print.php?story_id_key=6240February 2004
Major Effort Restoring Iraq Electricity
Task Force Restore Iraqi Electricity (TF RIE) "was 84 Corps civilian and 90 U.S. Army volunteers with specific skills such as mechanical, civil, and electrical engineers, cost estimators, contract specialists, schedulers, and a wide range of support skills."
Engineer Update, vol. 28, no. 2
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/feb04/story12.htm27 January 2004
Restoring Southern Iraq’s Electric Power
"U.S. aid repairing Southern Iraq’s 400 megawatt power plant after fire"
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/stories/iraq/cs_iraq_power.html16 December 2003 - 18 May 2004
Daily Power Highlights
"Daily Power Highlights are a summary of power generation status. They also include status reports on transmission lines status and a brief highlight summary of the days events."
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/essential_services/electricity_graphs/power_highlights.htmlDecember 2003
Restoring Iraq's Infrastructure : Electricity for a Growing Economy
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/pdf/iraq_elec_feature_1203.pdf (PDF)12 November 2003
Transfer of Authority to the Ministry of Electricity of the Jamilla Power Station in the Al-Beida area of Baghdad
News Story - U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CentcomNews/Stories/11_03/3.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.1 November 2003
Daily Power Production and Distribution Reports
"The power and distribution report of the electricity generation plants in Iraq."
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/essential_services/electricity_graphs/index.html29 October 2003 - 16 May 2004
Electrical System Status Reports
"A breakdown of the generation plants and the status of each, either down for maintenance or operational"
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/essential_services/electricity_graphs/power_system.htmlOctober 2003
USAID Funds Renovation of Iraq's Electrical System
Photos and descriptive text re the Al-Doura Power Plant in Baghdad
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/photogallery/gallery_40/photo01.htmlOctober 2003
USAID Funds Renovation of Iraq's Electrical System
Photos and descriptive text re the Baghdad South Power Plant
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/photogallery/gallery_39/photo17.html15 August 2003
Upgrading Electricity in Iraq
U.S. Agency for International Development Fact Sheet
http://www.usaid.gov/press/factsheets/2003/fs030815.html12 June 2003
U.S. Ambassador Paul Bremer and Iraqi Interim Minister of Electricity Dr. Karim Hassan tour the Baghdad Power Plant
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0613fri1.htm28 May 2003
Electricity Fact Sheet for Iraq
U.N. Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq
http://www.agoodplacetostart.org/download/electricity/electricity%20%20sheet%20darker%20colors.pdf (PDF)28 May 2003
Iraq's Electricity Sector - Some Figures
U.N. Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq
http://www.agoodplacetostart.org/download/electricity/JHIC%20Electricity%20fact%20sheet.pdf (PDF)29 April 2003
Assistance for Iraq
Transcript: : Electric and Water Systems Sectoral Conference
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/vid_live042903_t.html2001
Map of Iraq's Electric Power Nodes
Humanitarian Information Centre for Iraq (United Nations)
http://www.agoodplacetostart.org/download/hoc/IRAQ_Electric_Power_Nodes.JPG
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Fuels
Go to: FuelsWinter 2004
Joint and Expeditionary Fuel Logistics in Northern Iraq
CPT Jamie L. Krump
Quartermaster Professional Bulletin
http://www.quartermaster.army.mil/oqmg/Professional_Bulletin/2004/Winter04/Joint_and_Expeditionary_Fuel_Logistics_in_Northern_Iraq.htm17 November 2003
Fuel Imports Into Iraq
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/CEPA/Iraq/faq.htm#import26-29 April 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] Al Anbar Assessment Report
(Report includes assessment of the local fuel supplies, including cooking fuel)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_042903.html
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Gas
Go to: GasJune 2005
Iraq Country Analysis - Gas
"According to the Oil and Gas Journal, Iraq contains 110 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven natural gas reserves, along with roughly 150 Tcf in probable reserves ... Main sources of Iraqi associated natural gas are the Kirkuk, Ain Zalah, Butma and Bay Hassan oil fields in northern Iraq, as well as the North and South Rumaila and Zubair fields in the south."
U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iraq.html#gasSeptember 2004
Persian Gulf Oil and Gas Exports Fact Sheet
U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/pgulf.html9 December 2003
Hoarding, Truckers Strike Caused Iraq Gas Shortage
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2003/n12092003_200312092.html2 December 2003
"A gas meter reading zero at the Al-Doura power plant in Baghdad. Sabotage to the gas pipeline forces the gas powered units to remain offline until repairs on the pipeline can restore gas supplies."
Photo & explanatory text
U.S. Agency for international Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/photogallery/gallery_40/photo14.html1-2 May 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] An Nasiriyah Assessment Report
(Report includes assessment of the local supply of propane gas)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_050103.html20 April 2003
Iraqi worker opens the tap of a gas pipeline at the al-Daura power plant in Baghdad
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0421mon1.htm
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Hydroelectric Power
See also: ElectricityGo to: Hydroelectric Power21 April 2004
"Today, Iraq’s Minister of Electricity, Dr. Aiham Alsammarae, joined with Major General Ron Johnson, the Commander of the Gulf Region Division of the Army Corps or Engineers, to announce the completion of the Haditha Dam electrical project, a $56 million effort to restore 350 MW of hydropower to Iraq’s national power grid."
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20040420_power.html27 April 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] Heet and Al Hadithah Assessment Report
(Report includes assessment of Al Qadisiy Dam which produces 15 to 20 percent of Iraq's electricity)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_042703.htmlJanuary 2002
Rehabilitation of the Dokan and Derbandikhan Dams & Hydropower Stations
Electricity Network Redevelopment Programme in Northern Iraq
United Nations Development Programme
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Oil
See also: Sanctions and the Oil-for-Food ProgrammeGo to: OilCurrent
Rebublic of Iraq - Ministry of Oil
http://www.uruklink.net/oil/11 July 2005
U.S. Provides $2 Million for Iraqi Oil Training Program
"The Iraq Oil Training Program (IOTP) is a significant step forward in supporting the modernization of Iraq's oil industry. The IOTP will have specific training programs in the areas of management, technical operations and human resources"
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Jul/12-564141.html19 February 2005
Iraq Oil Terminal Security
Video News Story
Navy and Marine Corps News
http://www.navy.mil/management/videodb/player/video.aspx?id=427916 January 2004
Contracts Awarded for Repair of Iraq's Oil Infrastructure
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/releases/pa0403.htm13 October 2003
Iraq's Central Criminal Court convicts two Oil Smugglers
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20031014_OCT-14-Conviction.htm (English)
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20031014_Oct-13Conviction-arabic.htm (Arabic)October 2003
Army Engineers work to Restore Iraqi Oil
Engineer Update - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/oct03/story20.htm1 July 2003
Iraqi Oil: A Gift from God or the Devil's Excrement?
Robert Looney
Strategic Insight - Center for Contemporary Conflict
National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/july03/middleEast2.asp27 June 2003
Mission for Repair and Continuity of Operations of the Iraqi Oil Infrastructure
U.S. Department of Defense Fact Sheet
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/paic/iraqreconstruction/iraqfactsheet.htm27 June 2003 onwards
Operation RIO (Restore Irqi Oil) Updates
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/iraq/RIOupdates/RIOupdates.htm22 June 2003
Oil tankers wait to load Iraq's first oil exports since the beginning of the Iraq War in March 2003
Photo and descriptive text - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0624tue2.htm29 April 2003
OPEC disarray grows as giant Iraqi Oil Supply Looms in Market's Future
Stars and Stripes
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=14541&archive=true23 April 2003
Oil Flows again in Southern Iraq
News Story - "Stars & Stripes"
http://www.slite.afis.osd.mil/stripes/Apr2003/20030423.pdf
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.1 April 2003
"A Kuwaiti firefighter ... Near an Oil Well Fire at Rumailah Oil Field, Southern Iraq."
Photo & descriptive text - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0401tues5.htm1 April 2003
Oil Prices and the Iraq War: Market Interpretations of Military Developments
Robert Looney
Strategic Insight - Center for Contemporary Conflict
National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/apr03/middleEast.aspApril 2003
Map of Iraq showing Major Roads and Oil Pipelines
U.N. Office for the Iraq Programme
http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/map.html28 March 2003
Fighting Oil Fires in Rumaylah, Iraq
Photos and descriptive text - United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/galleries/showgallery.asp?gallery=photos/Fighting%20Oil%20Well%20Fires%20in%20Rumaylah%2003-28-03
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.27 March 2003
Firefighters Work to Extinguish a Burning Oil Well in Southern Iraq
Photo & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0327thur6.htm24 March 2003
U.S. Army named Executive Agent for Combating Iraq Oil Fires
Defense Link News Story
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/b03242003_bt146-03.html24 March 2003
Oil Fires burn in Iraq
Photos and descriptive text - United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/galleries/showgallery.asp?gallery=photos/Oil%20Fires%20Burn%20in%20Iraq%2003-24-03
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.22 March 2003
Coast Guard Safeguards captured Oil Platforms
U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs
(Scroll down to news story)
http://www.uscg.mil/reserve/magazine/mag2003/MayJun03/OpIraqFreedom.htm20 March 2003
"OPEC's resolve to make up for any [petroleum] supply shortfall resulting from developing events" in Iraq
Text of statement by Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Minister of Energy & Industry of the State of Qatar and President of the OPEC Conference
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
http://www.opec.org/NewsInfo/PressReleases/pr2003/PR5_2003.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.3 March 2003
U.S. Plans to Preserve Iraq's Oil for Iraqi People
The Pentagon
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2003/b03062003_bt100-03.html24 January 2003
Transcript of Background Briefing on Oil as a Weapon of Terror
(Includes link to slides shown during the briefing)
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2003/t01242003_t0124sdo.html2003
Generation and Migration of Petroleum in Iraq : A 21/2D and 3D Modeling Study of Jurassic Source Rocks
Compiled PowerPoint* Slides
Janet K. Pitman, Douglas, W. Steinshouer and Michael D. Lewan
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-192
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3407624 July 2002
Petroleum Geology and Total Petroleum Systems of the Widyan Basin and Interior Platform of Saudi Arabia and Iraq U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2202-E
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS25192 (Text & PDF)30 December 2000 onwards
Archive of Reports of Weekly Oil Exports under the Oil-for-Food Programme
Chart includes total oil lifted, estimated revenue and approximate average price per barrel.
http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/background/oilexports.html29 August 1998 - 5 January 2001
Archive of Reports of Weekly Oil Exports under the Oil-for-Food Programme
Chart includes total oil lifted, estimated revenue and approximate average price per barrel.
http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/background/oilexports98-00.html16 May 1991
Oil Prices: Analysis of Oil Futures Market Prices Since Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait
Government Accounting Office Report GGD-91-73BR
http://archive.gao.gov/d20t9/143908.pdf
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Overview - Energy
Go to: Overview - EnergyFebruary 2003
Iraq Country Analysis Brief
Overview of Energy Resources in Iraq
U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iraq.html1980-2003
Iraq Energy Chronology
"Significant Events related to Iraq and Energy"
U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iraqchron.html
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Environment
See also: EarthquakesSee also: Energy
See also: Geology
See also: Marshlands
See also: Water and Sanitation
Go to: Environment8 October 2004
U.S., Iraqi Officials discuss Cooperative Environmental Efforts
Washington File – U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=October&x=20041008094753lcnirellep0.1996118&t=xarchives/xarchitem.html26 May 2004
Iraq's Ministry of Environment Takes Final Step Toward Sovereignty
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040526_environment.html26 November 2003
Establishment of the Ministry of Environment
(Replacing the Interim Ministry)
Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 44
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS46888 (PDF - English)24 November 2003
Visit of Iraqi Environment Minister Abdul-Rahman Kareem to Washington
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/26575.htm27 May 2003
The Iraq Community Action Program
The Iraq CAP will promote the following:
1) Community Mobilization and Cooperation
2) Social and Economic Infrastructure Development
3) Employment and Income Generation
4) Environmental Management and Protection
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030527.html21 May 2003
Iraq Station Codes
U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/station_book/Iraq_REGION.htmlUndated, but after 2002
Water Resources in Iraq
World Water Assessment Programme
U.N. Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/news/iraq.shtml (English)
http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/news/irak.shtml (French)
http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/news/irak_es.shtml (Spanish)Undated, but after 2001
Iraqi Marshlands
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/focus/marsh.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.Undated, but after 2001
Iraqi Regime's Assault on the Environment
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/focus/environment.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.24 April 1978
Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution
(The Republic of Iraq was a Signatory to this Convention)
The Multilaterals Project - The Fletcher School, Tufts University
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/texts/BH730.txt1972; 1990; 1991; 1997
Earthshots : Satellite Images of Environmental Change - Iraq-Kuwait
U.S. Geological Survey
http://edc.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/Iraq/Iraq
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Firefighting
See also: EnvironmentGo to: Firefighting22 June 2005
Iraqi Firefighters Train to Save Lives
"Thanks to training by Task Force Baghdad Soldiers, the city’s first-responders can show up at the scene of terrorist attacks, armed with the knowledge and skills to start applying emergency life-saving procedures ... The firefighters were trained on tasks like CPR, proper trauma assessment, bleeding and shock control, airway management, splinting fractures and immobilizing the patient."
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2005_news/june/iraqi_firefighters.asp22 November 2004
Iraqi Fire Stations To Be Modernized
"Iraqi and multinational force leaders are investing nearly $20 million to bring 28 fire stations up to modern standards."
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/nov2004/a112104a.html13 September 2004
Rebuilding the Iraqi Fire Service
Monte Fitch, Assistant Fire and Rescue Chief, Montgomery County, Maryland (retired)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
http://www.export.gov/iraq/pdf/iraqi_fire_service_event_flyer.pdf (PDF)31 August 2004
Why I Serve: Reservists Reflect on Firefighting Duty in Iraq
Armed Forces Information Service
http://alt.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2004/n08312004_2004083105.html20 August 2004
A Brotherhood of Firefighters lives in Baghdad
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
http://www.soc.mil/news/releases/04AUG/040820-01.htm13 August 2004
Amariya Fire Station, Baghdad Gets Makeover
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/aug2004/a081304c.html16 May 2004
Fact Sheet on Civil Defense Directorate (Firefighters)
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040516_fire_facts.html15 May 2004
Iraqi Fire Chiefs Meet in Baghdad to Chart Future Course
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040515_firemen.html12 May 2004
Certification of Thiry Iraqi Firefighters from the Baghdad International Airport Fire Department
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040513_firefighters.html8 September 2003
U.S. Soldier trains new Iraqi Firefighters in Mosul
Photo & descriptive text - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/sept9.htm2 May 2003
Greensboro, North Carolina Fire Captain Evaluating Baghdad’s Fire Department
U.S. Army Reserve
http://www4.army.mil/USAR/_oldsite/news/2003/04apr/fire-dept.html1 April 2003
"A Kuwaiti firefighter ... Near an Oil Well Fire at Rumailah Oil Field, Southern Iraq."
Photo & descriptive text - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0401tues5.htm28 March 2003
Fighting Oil Fires in Rumaylah, Iraq
Photos and descriptive text - United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/galleries/showgallery.asp?gallery=photos/Fighting%20Oil%20Well%20Fires%20in%20Rumaylah%2003-28-0327 March 2003
Firefighters Work to Extinguish a Burning Oil Well in Southern Iraq
Photo & descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/0327thur6.htm24 March 2003
U.S. Army named Executive Agent for Combating Iraq Oil Fires
Defense Link News Story
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/b03242003_bt146-03.html24 March 2003
Oil Fires burn in Iraq
Photos and descriptive text - United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/galleries/showgallery.asp?gallery=photos/Oil%20Fires%20Burn%20in%20Iraq%2003-24-03
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General Background
Go to: General BackgroundCurrent
Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations
http://www.iraqi-mission.org/
N.B....Above URL is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.
http://www.un.int/iraq/10 February 2005 (Update)
Iraq: CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
(Scroll down country list to Iraq link)28 January 2005 (Update)
Members of the Government of Iraq
Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/chiefs84.htmlAugust 2004 (Update)
Background Notes: Iraq - U.S.Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6804.htm22 April 2003 (Update)
Iraq War: Background and Issues Overview
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl31715.pdf (PDF)10 February 2003
Iraq Consular Information Sheet - U.S. Department of State
http://travel.state.gov/iraq.html
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.February 2003
View from the East: Arab Perceptions of United States Presence and Policy
Brent J. Talbot and Michael B. Meyer
US Air Force Institute for National Security Studies Occasional Paper 48
http://atlas.usafa.af.mil/inss/OCP/OCP48.pdf (PDF)16 October 2002
Iraq : Former and Recent Military Confrontations with the United States
Congressional Research Service Report Update
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/14836.pdfJuly 2002
Iraq: An Abbreviated Country Study
U.S. Army Battle Command Training Program
Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
http://call.army.mil/Products/mout/docs/IRAQ%20COUNTRY%20STUDY.docAugust 2000
Myths and Facts About Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/iraq_myths-facts.htmlMarch 2000
Saddam Hussein's Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/iraq99.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.1998 onwards
Iraq Report - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org/reports/iraq-report/
(Link to issues from November 1998 onwards; this document is frequently updated)1991-2002
Timeline of U.N.-Iraq-Coalition Incidences 1991-2002
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraq/timeline.htm (English)
http://usinfo.state.gov/arabic/iraq/freedom/timeline2.htm (Arabic)
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Geneva Conventions and Protocols
The Geneva Conventions which are in current force were agreed to on 12 August 1949 and replaced all prior agreements/Conventions for the "Relief of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field." Those prior Conventions were dated 22 August 1864, 6 July 1906 and 27 July 1929. The links below to the transcripts of these documents are maintained by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
The 1949 Conventions were actually four Conventions:
Go to: Geneva Conventions and ProtocolsConvention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/7c4d08d9b287a42141256739003e636b/fe20c3d903ce27e3c125641e004a92f3?OpenDocumentConvention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/7c4d08d9b287a42141256739003e636b/44072487ec4c2131c125641e004a9977?OpenDocumentConvention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/7c4d08d9b287a42141256739003e636b/6fef854a3517b75ac125641e004a9e68?OpenDocumentConvention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/7c4d08d9b287a42141256739003e636b/6756482d86146898c125641e004aa3c5?OpenDocumentTwo Protocols were signed on 8 June 1977 as additions to the 1949 agreements. These Protocols concern the protection of victims in both International and Non-International Armed Conflicts
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/7c4d08d9b287a42141256739003e636b/f6c8b9fee14a77fdc125641e0052b079?OpenDocumentProtocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/y6pagc.htm
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Geology
See also:EarthquakesSee also:Environment
Go to: Geology29 September 2004,br> Maps showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields and Geologic Provinces of the Arabian Peninsula
U.S. Geological Survey
http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/open-file/97-470/b/metadata.faq.html27 August 2004
Bedrock Geology of the Arabian Peninsula and Selected Adjacent Areas (GEO_2A)
U.S. Geological Survey
http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/open-file/97-470/b/geo2a.faq.html27 August 2004
Geologic and Petroleum Provinces of the Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Areas (PROV_2A)
U.S. Geological Survey
http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/open-file/97-470/b/prov2a.faq.html27 August 2004
Oil and Gas Fields of the Arabian Peninsula and Selected Adjacent Areas (FLD_2A)
U.S. Geological Survey
http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/open-file/97-470/b/fld2a.faq.html2003
Generation and Migration of Petroleum in Iraq : A 21/2D and 3D Modeling Study of Jurassic Source Rocks
Compiled PowerPoint* Slides
Janet K. Pitman, Douglas, W. Steinshouer and Michael D. Lewan
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-192
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3407624 July 2002
Petroleum Geology and Total Petroleum Systems of the Widyan Basin and Interior Platform of Saudi Arabia and Iraq U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2202-E
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS25192 (Text & PDF)2001
The Mineral Industry of Iraq in 2001
U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook 2001
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2001/izmyb01.pdf2000
The Mineral Industry in Iraq in 2000
U.S. Geological Survey
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2000/izmyb00.pdf1999
The Mineral Industry in Iraq in 1999
U.S. Geological Survey
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1999/9216099.pdf1998
The Mineral Industry in Iraq in 1998
U.S. Geological Survey
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1998/9216098.pdf1997
The Mineral Industry in Iraq in 1997
U.S. Geological Survey
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1997/9216097.pdf1996
The Mineral Industry in Iraq in 1996
U.S. Geological Survey
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1997/9216097.pdf1995
The Mineral Industry in Iraq in 1995
U.S. Geological Survey
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1995/9216095.pdf1994
The Mineral Industry in Iraq in 1994
U.S. Geological Survey
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1994/9216094.pdf
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Governance Post-Saddam
See also: Coalition Provisional AuthoritySee also: Democracy
See also: Elections - Local
See also: Elections - National (January 2005)
See also: Elections - National (October 2005)
See also: Interim Government
See also: Iraqi Governing Council
See also: Local Governance
See also: Reconstruction
See also: Transitional Government
Go to: Governance Post-Saddam22 October 2004
Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance
Congressional Research Service
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/38004.pdf (PDF)May 2004
Postconflict Iraq : A Race for Stability, Reconstruction and Legitimacy
Special Report 120
United States Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr120.html (English - HTML)
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr120.pdf (English - PDF)
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr120_arabic.pdf (Arabic - PDF)8 March 2004
Iraqi Governing Council Signs Interim Constitution
American Forces Information Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2004/n03082004_200403082.html8 March 2004
Remarks by Members of the Iraqi Governing Council at Signing Ceremony for the Interim Constitution
Mohammad Bahr Al-Uloum, President, Interim Governing Council and Adnan Pachachi, former President, Interim Governing Council
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/transcripts/20040308_signing_transcript.html26 February 2004
Iraq and Its Neighbors : A Regional Architecture Is Needed
U.S. Institute of Peace Newsbyte
http://www.usip.org/newsmedia/releases/2004/0226_nbiraq.html7 February 2004
As UN Team arrives in Iraq, Annan voices hope it will resolve Impass over the Transitional Political Process
UN News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9693&Cr=Iraq&Cr1=4 February 2004
UN Team will consult with cross-sections of Iraqis, explore Election Options
United Nations News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9659&Cr=iraq&Cr1=30 January 2004
UN Electoral Team to Travel to Iraq in a "Few Days"
United Nations News Centre
http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9619&Cr=iraq&Cr1=27 January 2004
Secretary-General will send Election Team to Iraq once satisfied with Coalition Security Arrangements
United Nations Press Release
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/SGSM9129.doc.htm27 January 2004
Security Council Members hail Annan's Decision to send Team to Iraq
United Nations Press Release
http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9589&Cr=iraq&Cr1=23 January 2004
UN Security Team in Iraq for Talks with Coalition
United Nations News Centre
http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9548&Cr=iraq&Cr1=19 January 2004
Annan to mull request for UN advice on possibility of Elections for Iraq
United Nations News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9482&Cr=Iraq&Cr1=19 January 2004
Iraq's Governing Council and Coalition Officials welcome UN Involvement
United Nations News Center
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9484&Cr=iraq&Cr1=19 January 2004
Transcript of Press Conference held by Secretary-General Kofi Annan following meeting with representatives of the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA)
United Nations Press Release
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sgsm9121.doc.htm23 December 2003
Iraq's Middle Class Is the Key to Unity
U.S. Institute of Peace Newsbyte
http://www.usip.org/newsmedia/releases/2003/1223_NBiraq2.html14 December 2003
The New Iraq - Governance
(Includes Members of the Iraqi Governing Council)
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/newiraq/governance.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.11 December 2003
101st Airborne Division Donates More Than 230 Computers to Mosul City Hall
American Forces Information Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2003/n12112003_200312117.html16 November 2003
Agreement announced between the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council re the process of restoring Iraq's sovereignty and the adoption of a permanent constitution
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/iraq/nov2003/tni-ig111803.html15 November 2003
Constitutional Development - Agreement on Political Process
Topics include: 1) The "Fundamental Law"; 2) Agreements with Coalition on Security; 3) Selection of Transitional National Assembly; 4) Restoration of Iraq’s Sovereignty; 5) Process for Adoption of Permanent Constitution
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/government/AgreementNov15.pdf (PDF)October 2003
USAID Promotes Local Governance Projects
Photos and descriptive text
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/photogallery/gallery_34/photo01.html2 September 2003
Bremer Hails Appointment of Iraqi Cabinet Ministers
Washington File - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2003&m=September&x=20030902180526ynnedd0.2469293&t=xarchives/xarchitem.html8 August 2003
Results in Iraq : 100 days toward Security and Freedom : Highlights of the Renewal of Iraq and the End of Saddam's Regime
The White House
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS36124 (PDF)1 August 2003
Occupation of Iraq: Geostrategic and Institutional Challenges
James A. Russell
Strategic Insight - Center for Contemporary Conflict
National Security Affairs Department - The Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/aug03/middleEast2.aspAugust 2003
Islamist Politics in Iraq after Saddam Hussein
U.S. Institute of Peace Special Report 108
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr108.html (HTML)
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr108.pdf (PDF)29 May 2003
USAID Unveils Democracy Transition Projects in Uum Qasr, Iraq
"The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) yesterday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Umm Qasr, Iraq to mark the formal hand-over to the town's Transitional Town Council of three democracy projects funded by the U.S. government. The total cost of the projects is $76,000. These projects mark the first time there has been public access to the Internet in Umm Qasr and the first time in decades that there have been administrative offices for a locally-selected government."
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030529.html27 May 2003
The Iraq Community Action Program
The Iraq CAP will promote the following: 1) Community Mobilization and Cooperation, 2) Social and Economic Infrastructure Development, 3) Employment and Income Generation and 4) Environmental Management and Protection
Fact Sheet - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/factsheets/2003/fs030527.html27 May 2003
USAID Awards Grants for Iraq Community Action Program
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030527.html5 May 2003
Iraqi General Wins Mayoral Election in Mosul
(First post-Saddam local elections in Iraq)
Third U.S. Army photos and descriptive text
Photo 1
"Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus, 101st Airborne Division commander, congratulates Ghamin Al-Basso, newly elected interim mayor of Mosul and the Nineveh Province, while Mohammed Rashib, province chief justice, stands in the center, at the old Ba'ath Party social club May 5. Al-Basso was elected from the also newly-elected city council, which was chosen today by more than 200 delegates from nine ethnic and geographic factions."
Photo by Pfc. James Matise/U.S. Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/cflcc_today/2003/may/images/may05_13/Mosul_Election-Petraeus_and_Al-Basso1300res.jpg
Photo 2
"Ghamin Al-Basso (right), newly elected interim mayor of Mosul and Nineveh Province, is warmly congratulated in the traditional Arab fashion, a kiss on the cheek, following the city's interim government election convention at the former Ba'ath Party Social Club May 5. Al-Basso, a former Iraqi military general and hero of the city, was forced into retirement by the former Iraqi regime, during the Iran-Iraq war, shortly after his brother and nephew were executed for plotting an attack on Saddam Hussein."
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. James Matise
http://www.arcent.army.mil/cflcc_today/2003/may/images/may05_13/Mosul_Election_New_Mayor_Al-Basso300res.jpg
Photo 3
"Capt. Greg Guimont (right), HHC, 101st Airborne Division and local election officials count ballots for the city and Nineveh Province council elections May 5. Delegates from Mosul and the Nineveh Province elected their own interim government, the first time such has been done in post-Saddam Hussein regime Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. James Matise
http://www.arcent.army.mil/cflcc_today/2003/may/images/may05_13/Mousl_Election-Ballots300res.jpg5 May 2003
Soldiers Oversee First Election in Northern Iraq
The election of retired Iraqi General Ghamin Al-Basso as Mayor of Mosul and the outlying Province of Nineveh
Army LINK News
http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/stories/May2003/a20030512Mosulelection.html
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.May 2003
The Road Ahead : Lessons in Nation Building from Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan for Postwar Iraq
Peaceworks No. 49
U.S. Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org/pubs/peaceworks/pwks49.html26 April 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] Ar Rutbah Assessment Report
(Includes report of selection of local Mayor and Representatives and police patrols)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_042603.html22 April 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] Az Zubayr Assessment Report
(Includes report of 4th meeting of the Town Council)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_042203.html11 April 2003
USAID Contract awarded to Research Triangle Institute (North Carolina) "to promote Iraqi participation in Iraq's post-conflict reconstruction"
"Contract provides for: strengthening of management skills and capacity of local administrations and civic institutions to improve delivery of essential municipal services such as water, health, public sanitation and economic governance; includes training programs in communications, conflict resolution, leadership skills and political analysis"
Press Release - United States Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030411_1.html8 April 2003
USAID Grant to UNICEF [United Nations Children's Fund] for Education Services in Iraq
"Grant provides for: promotion of a "Back-to-School" campaign aimed at the approximately 25 percent of children currently not in primary school; rapid assessments to determine the availability of school materials; establishment of temporary schools where none are functioning; training of teachers; the establishment of accelerated learning programs; and the development of an education management system for Iraq"
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030408.html
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Gulf War 1990-1991
See also: Health - Gulf War 1990-1991Go to: Gulf War 1990-199115 October 2002
Persian Gulf War POW/MIA Accountability Act of 2002: Report (to Accompany S. 1339) including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS24480 (PDF)June 1997
Operation Desert Storm: Evaluation of the Air Campaign: Report to the Ranking Minority Member, U.S. House Committee on Commerce
U S General Accounting Office Report NSIAD-97-134
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS12404 (PDF)October 1996
Friction Before, During and After Desert Storm
Chapter 5, McNair Paper 52
"Clausewitzian Friction and Future War"
Barry D. Watts
Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/McNair/mcnair52/m52c5.htmlSeptember 1996
The Battle of Khafji : An Overview and Prelimary Analysis
"In the early evening of 29 January 1991, Iraqi armor and mechanized infantry in eastern and southern Kuwait attacked US Marine Forces, Central Command (MARCENT) and Arab Joint Forces Command-East (JFC-East) units at several points along the Kuwaiti-Saudi Arabian border. The Iraqi offensive lasted a little over four days, continuing until 2 February. Known collectively as the Battle of Khafji, the series of engagements between Iraqi forces and the US-led anti-Iraq coalition represented the first significant ground action of the Gulf War."
James Titus
Air University
https://research.au.af.mil/papers/ay1996/ari/titusj.pdf (PDF)July 1996
Operation Desert Storm : Evaluation of the Air War : Report to Congressional Requesters
U S General Accounting Office Report PEMD-96-10
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS33630 (PDF)January 1995
Heart of the Storm : The Genesis of the Air Campaign Against Iraq
(Gulf War 1990-1991)
Richard T. Reynolds
Air University Press
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS31529 (PDF)December 1994
Moving the Forces : Desert Storm and Beyond
Scott W. Conrad
McNair Paper 32
Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/McNair/mcnair32/mcnair32.pdf (PDF)July 1993
Interoperability : A Desert Storm Case Study
Sterling D. Sessions and Carl R. Jones
McNair Paper 18
Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/McNair/mcnair18/mcnair18.pdf (PDF)30 June 1993
Operation Desert Storm : Apache Helicopter Fratricide Incident : Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives
General Accounting Office Report OSI-93-4
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS324901990-1991
Chronology of the U.S. Coast Guard's Involvement in the Persian Gulf War 1990-1991
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/PersianGulfChron.html
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Halabja
See also: Human RightsSee also: Kurds
Go to: HalabjaIn 1987-88 Saddam Hussein's government attacked about 40 Kurdish settlements in northern Iraq with chemical weapons. The most severe of these attacks took place at Halabja on 16 March 1988. Though precise figures are unavailable, it is estimated that approximately 5,000 Kurds died during the attack or within a few hours and approximately 10,000 Kurds were seriously maimed. In the following years several thousand more Kurds died of complications of diseases caused by the chemical weapons used.
18 March 2003
Commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the Halabja Chemical Weapons Attack in Iraq
Transcript of Briefing by the House Human Rights Caucus
http://lantos.house.gov/HoR/CA12/Human+Rights+Caucus/Caucus+Events/HALABJA+CHEMICAL+WEAPONS+ATTACK+IN+IRAQ.htm15 March 2003
Bush says Massacre at Halabja shows Evil of Hussein's Rule
American Forces Press Service
http://www.pentagon.mil/news/Mar2003/n03152003_200303151.html15 March 2003
Halabja: Symbol of Hussein's Inhumanity
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/n03152003_200303152.html14 March 2003
Saddam's Chemical Weapons Campaign: Halabja, March 16, 1988
U.S. Department of State Bureau of Public Affairs Report
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/rls/18714.htm25 March 2002
The Atrocity at Halabja
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/09782.htm16 March 2001
Saddam's Chemical Weapons Campaign: Halabja, March 16, 1988
U.S. Department of State
http://kiev.usembassy.gov/files/Iraq-Halabja_e.pdf (PDF)22 April 1998
Testimony of Dr. Christine M. Gosden before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the subject of the effects of chemical weapon attacks in northern Iraq
(This document is hosted on the website of the Federation of American Scientists)
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1998_hr/s980422-cg.htm
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Health
See also: Health - Gulf War 1990-1991See also: Water and Sanitation
Go to: Health6 July 2005
150 New Health Care Clinics Planned for Iraq
"U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South District will help build three different types of primary health care facilities."
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/jul2005/a070605dg4.html24 June 2005
Sami Al Alyssi Clinic has Grand Opening
" A Team, 358th Civil Affairs (CA) and Task Force 3-116 Armor, celebrated the opening of a medical and dental health clinic in the village of Sami Al Alyssi June 14, along with representatives of the Iraqi Army, local police and village leaders."
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2005_news/june/alyssi_clinic.asp14 April 2005
Fallujah Hospital to be Rebuilt
"The three-story hospital in downtown Fallujah sits empty and abandoned, but with funds allocated through the Commanders Emergency Response Program and a private donor, this is about to change ... The Taleb Janabi Hospital, a privately-owned facility, will receive $150,000 in response program funds and the owner, Dr. Taleb Janabi, will contribute an additional $50,000."
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2005_news/april/fallujah_hospital.asp8 March 2005
NASA Ames to Lodge Iraq Vets' Families During Hospital Visits
"Relatives of veterans injured in the Iraq War now can stay in NASA Ames Research Center's employee exchange lodging at Moffett Field, California, at reduced or no cost, while the families visit injured relatives at a nearby veterans' hospital."
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2005/05_14AR.html7 March 2005
Fort Campbell Troops Work to Save Lives in Iraq
"CAMP TAJI, Iraq, March 7, 2005 – “Never lose a soldier. No one dies on your bird.” This is the motto of the 50th Medical Evacuation Company of the 101st Airborne Division, deployed from Fort Campbell, Kentucky"
American Forces Press Service
http://www.dod.mil/news/Mar2005/20050307_105.html19 January 2005
"Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital : USAID brings facility back in service after sustaining damage from a terrorist bomb"
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/stories/iraq/pc_iq_spinal1.html19 January 2005
Refurbished Hospital Offers Better Services
"New sanitation system prevents infections, boosts patient care ... in this small southern town of Ali Al Gharbi in Iraq"
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/stories/iraq/fp_iraq_hospitalalialgharbi.html5 January 2005
Iraq Construction Update (scroll down for story)
"Lowering the infant mortality rate is the main priority for the Iraqi Ministry of Health over the next five years. To assist in this effort, the Gulf Region Northern District will manage the renovation of seven existing pediatric and maternity hospitals and oversee construction of 49 primary health centers in Northern Iraq. The health centers will provide maternity care and education facilities."
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/corpspoints/1-5-05.htm9 September 2004
Iraqis winning Battle against Polio
UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/emerg/iraq/index_23317.html25 August 2004
U.S. Medics & Abu Ghraib Detainees
Transcript of C-Span Interview with Dr. Steven Mills, the University of Minnesota Professor of Medicine and Ethics
U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System
http://tricare.osd.mil/eenews/downloads/083004abu.doc28 May 2004
Iraqis Dismembered by Saddam Received Artificial Limbs in U.S.
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040528_Fake_limbs.html12 May 2004
Iraq Ministry of Health and UNICEF Sponsor Emergency Response Initiatives
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040513_health.html7 May 2004
Polish Help Hospitals in Southern Iraq
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040507_poles.html28 March 2004
Iraqi Ministry of Health Reaches "Milestone on Road to Sovereignty"
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040328_health.html19 March 2004
Recent Medical Graduates respond to Demand in Iraq
Stars and Stripes
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=21982&archive=true25 February 2004
Corpsmen Awarded Bronze Star Medal for Actions in Iraq
"Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (FMF) Alan P. Dementer and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kenneth W. Ball were both awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for heroic action during Operation Iraqi Freedom, in a ceremony Feb. 23 at Naval Hospital Corps School at Naval Station Great Lakes."
Navy NewsStand
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=1200028 January 2004
New sanitation system prevents infections and boosts patient care in refrubished hospital in southern Iraq town of Ali Al Gharbi
Photo and descriptive text
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/stories/iraq/fp_iraq_hospitalalialgharbi.htm (HTML)
http://www.usaid.gov/stories/iraq/fp_iraq_hospitalalialgharbi.pdf (PDF)27 December 2003
Civil Affairs Soldier edits Iraqi Journal of Medicine
"During the last 10 years, physicians in Iraq have struggled for updated medical information, said Maj. John E. Padgett, the officer in charge of the public health team with the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, an Army Reserve unit based in Abilene, Texas, who now edits the Iraqi Journal of Medicine."
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2003_news/december/iraqi_journal.asp24 October 2003
First Armored Division Doctors teach Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Course to Iraqi Doctors
The Old Ironsides Report
U.S. Army First Armored Division
http://www.1ad.army.mil/OldIronsidesReport/24Oct03.pdf (PDF)
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.October 2003
USAID provides grants to the Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital
Photos and Descriptive Text
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/photogallery/gallery_31/photo01.html26 September 2003
Fourth Infantry Division assists Iraqi Healthcare Workers on Immunization Day
News Release - U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030924.txt28 July 2003
U.S. Government Assistance to Iraqi Health Services
U.S. Agency for International Development Fact Sheet
http://www.usaid.gov/press/factsheets/2003/fs030729.html25 July 2003
Transcript of News Conference re Efforts to help rebuild the Iraqi Health System
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030725-0457.html22 July 2003
USAID Sponsors Iraq's National Vaccination Day
U.S. Agency for International Development Fact Sheet
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030723.html21 July 2003
Iraqi Nursing Association Receives U.S. Grant
U.S. Agency for International Development Fact Sheet
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030722.html16 July 2003
National Iraqi Nurses Conference Convenes in Baghdad
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030716.html4 July 2003
Peshmerga Soldiers treated by U.S. Army Docs
Iraqi Destiny, page 5
101st Airborne Division, U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/Operations/Iraqi_Freedom/Iraqi_Destiny/Issue28.pdf (PDF)6 June 2003
Preventive Medicine Team protecting Marines from Disease in Iraq
U.S. Navy NewsStand
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=78371 June 2003
USAID delivers Health Care to Iraqi Women and Children
Photos and Text
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/photogallery/gallery_13/he05.html27 May 2003
Soldiers help Iraqi Baby with Terminal Heart Defect
ArmyLink News
http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/stories/May2003/a20030527IRAQIBABY.html
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.24 May 2003
Fleet Hospital 3 [FH3] tests Patient Tracking System in Iraq
U.S. Navy NewsStand
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=75909 May 2003
Hospital Ship Comfort heads for Home
U.S. Navy NewsStand
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=73474 May 2003
DoD [Department of Defense] enhances Post-Deployment Health Assessments
U.S. Navy NewsStand
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=72113 May 2003
[Hospital Ship] Comfort reduces Medical Staff and many head Home
U.S. Navy NewsStand
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=72102 May 2003
[Hospital Ship] Comfort faces different War
U.S. Navy NewsStand
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=72131-2 May 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] An Nasiriyah Assessment Report
(Report includes assessment of the conditions of both the Maternal & Pediatric Hospital and the Republic Hospital)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_050103.htmlMay 2003
Health Care and Assistance for U.S. Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi Freedom Veterans : Information for Veterans who Served in Southwest Asia in 2003
U.S. Veterans Health Administration
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS43251 (PDF)30 April 2003
USAID Contract awarded to ABT Associates, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
"to ensure the rapid normalization of health services in Iraq while strengthening the overall health system in the country"
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030430.htmlPress Release - ABT Associates
http://www.abtassoc.com/Page.cfm?PageID=1616929 April 2003
Third Infantry Division (Mech.) Bring Hospital Supplies
Photos and descriptive text - U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/galleries/showgallery.asp?gallery=photos/3rd%20Infantry%20Division%20(Mech.)%20Bring%20Hospital%20Supplies%2004-29-03
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.27 April 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] Heet and Al Hadithah Assessment Report
(Report includes assessment of Al Hadithah Hospital)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_042703.html26-29 April 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] Al Anbar Assessment Report
(Report includes assessment of local health facilities)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_042903.html26 April 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] Ar Rutbah Assessment Report
(Report includes assessment of local health facilities)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_042603.html22 April 2003
DART [Disaster Assistance Response Team] Az Zubayr Assessment Report
(Report includes assessment of local health facilities)
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/dartrep_042203.html20 April 2003
Intensive Care Unit aboard the USNS Comfort in the Arabian Gulf
Photo and descriptive text - U.S. Navy News Service
http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=695218 April 2003
Medical Supplies reach Iraqi People
Photos and descriptive text - U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/galleries/showgallery.asp?gallery=photos/Medical%20Supplies%20Reach%20Iraqi%20People%20%2004-18-03
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.17 April 2003
Ten tractor-trailer loads of Medical Supplies donated by the Kingdom of Jordan are delivered to Baghdad
Photos and descriptive text
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/galleries/showgallery.asp?gallery=photos/Medical%20Supplies%20Reach%20Iraqi%20People%20%2004-18-03
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.11 April 2003
Iraqi Prisoners, Civilians, Coalition Forces get Equal Medical Care
Washington File Report - U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0304b&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&F=&S=&P=11080April 2003
Medical Forces join forces to Treat Prisoners, Soldiers
News Story - United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Stories/04_03/12.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.3 April 2003
Coalition Forces insure EPWs [Enemy Prisoners of War] receive Proper Medical Treatment
News Story - U.S. Third Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2003_news/april/epws_medical.html28 March 2003
USAID Grant to UNICEF [United Nations Children's Fund] for Health, Water and Sanitation Services in Iraq
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030328.html28 March 2003
USAID Grant to WHO [World Health Organization] to strengthen the Overall Health System in Iraq
Press Release - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr030328_1.html21 March 2003 onwards
Briefings on Iraq
Archive of daily WHO [World Health Organization] Health Briefings on Iraq
http://www.who.int/features/2003/iraq/briefings/en/13 March 2003
Technology, Transformation Improve Battlefield Health Care
News Story - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.dod.gov/news/Mar2003/n03132003_200303139.html11 March 2003
Health Information for Travellers to the Middle East
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/mideast.htm4 March 2003
Working Together to Fight Polio
(98% of Iraqi Children under 5 were vaccinated against polio in February 2003)
United Nations Children's Fund
http://www.unicef.org/noteworthy/iraq/winning.html
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.March 2003
Potential Impact of Conflict on Health in Iraq
World Health Organization Briefing Note
http://www.who.int/features/2003/iraq/briefings/iraq_briefing_note/en/2002
Iraq's Social Insurance System including information on coverage, pensions, payroll deductions, disability, survivor and orphan benefits, provisions for sickness, worker's benefits, maternity payments and unemployment
(Though this site is dated 2002, there is a note that the information is more than 10 years old.)
U.S. Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2002-2003/asia/iraq.pdf (PDF)17 July 2001
Iraq at Risk from Rift-Valley Fever - FAO Starts Emergency Project
"Rift Valley Fever is a highly contagious disease spread mainly by mosquitoes and the movement of animals, it causes abortion and mortality in sheep, goat, cattle, buffaloes and camels. In humans, it can cause flu-like symptoms, which can sometimes lead to death."
Press Release - United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/waicent/ois/press_ne/presseng/2001/pren0145.htm13 September 2000
Child Malnutrition in Iraq 'Unacceptably High' as Drought, Lack of Investment aggravate Food and Nutrition Situation
Press Release - U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/waicent/ois/press_ne/presseng/2000/pren0049.htm13 September 2000
Food and Nutrition in Iraq
U.N.Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/news/2000/img/000910-e.htm1 October 1999
Public Health Dispatch : Outbreak of Poliomyelitis - Iraq
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
U.S. Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4838a4.htm24 September 1999
Disease Outbreaks Reported - Polio in Iraq
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/disease-outbreak-news/n1999/sept/24sept1999.html24 July 1998
Wild Poliovirus Transmission in Bordering Areas of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, 1997-June 1998
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
U.S. Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00054164.htm10 October 1997
Oil-for-Food Deal Improves the Overall Food Situation in Iraq, but Undernutrition remains a Serious Problem
Press Release - U.N.Food & Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/waicent/ois/press_ne/presseng/1997/pren9741.htm3 October 1997
Food Supply and Nutrition Assessment Mission to Iraq
Special Report: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/economic/giews/english/alertes/srirq997.htmMarch 1996
The Health Conditions of the Population in Iraq since the Gulf Crisis
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/disasters/repo/5249.html31 March 1995
Mass Vaccination with Oral Poliovirus Vaccine - Asia and Europe 1995
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
U.S. Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00036667.htm
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Health - Gulf War 1990-1991
See also: Gulf War 1990-1991See also: Khamisiyah
Go to: Health - Gulf War 1990-1991July-August 2001
Seeking Treatments for Gulf War Veteran's Illnesses
Navy Medicine, Vol. 92, No. 4, pages 6-9
http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps17064/IssueAll2.pdf (PDF)12 October 2000
Gulf War Illnesses: Special Hearing before a Senate Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations
Senate Hearing 106-843
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS10805 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS10806 (PDF)27 September 2000
Gulf War Veterans: Linking Exposures to Illness
Hearing before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform
Serial No. 106-270
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS15738 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS15739 (PDF)March 2000
Gulf War Illnesses: Understanding of Health Effects from Depleted Uranium Evolving but Safety Training Needed: Report to Congressional Requesters
U. S. General Accounting Office Report
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS16885 (PDF)2 February 2000
Gulf War Illnesses: Basic Questions Unanswered: Statement of Kwai-Cheung Chan, Director, Special Studies and Evaluations, National Security and International Affairs Division, before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform
U.S. General Accounting Office Report
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS170582 February 2000
Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: The Current Research Agenda: Hearing before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform
Serial No. 106-147
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS10475 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS10476 (PDF)January 2000
Gulf War Illnesses: Management Actions Needed to Answer Basic Research Questions
U.S. General Accounting Office Report
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS14746March 1999
Gulf War Illnesses: Questions about the Presence of Squalene Antibodies in Veterans can be Resolved: Report to the Honorable Jack Metcalf, House of Representatives
U.S. General Accounting Office Report
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS16640February 1999
Gulf War Illnesses: Procedural and Reporting Improvements are Needed in DOD's Investigative Processes: Report to the Honorable Lane Evans, Ranking Minority Member, U.S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs
Government Accounting Office Report
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS16965May 1997 onwards
Gulfnews: A Bi-monthly Newsletter Serving the Interests of Gulf War Veterans
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS15040December 1996
Final Report.-Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS6884 (HTML)May 1996
Veterans' Compensation: Evidence Considered in Persian Gulf War Undiagnosed Illness
U.S. General Accounting Office Report
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS11927May 1995
Operation Desert Storm: Health Concerns of Selected Indiana Persian Gulf War Veterans
U.S. General Accounting Office Report
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS10874June 1994
Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Persian Gulf War Health Effects
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21719
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History
See also: Cultural HeritageSee also: Cuneiforms
See also: Gulf War 1990-1991
See also: Health - Gulf War 1990-1991
See also: Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988
See also: Operation Desert Fox December 1998
Go to: HistoryAugust 2004
"Iraq 2003-4 and Mesopotamia 1914-18: A Comparative Analysis in Ends and Means"
Lieutenant Colonel James D. Scudieri
Center for Strategic Leadership
U.S. Army War College
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usacsl/Publications/S04-07.pdf (PDF)February 2003
History Section of Iraq Background Note
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6804.htm#history26 June 1961
Iraqi Claim to Kuwait
Memorandum From Robert B. Elwood of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research to the Director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs (Strong)
Foreign Relations, 1961-1963, Volume XVII, Near East, 1961-1962
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/kennedyjf/xvii/17706.htm1941
"The Other 'Gulf War' : The British Invasion of Iraq in 1941"
Strategic Insight Article published 2 December 2002
National Security Affairs Department, Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/dec02/middleEast.asp1932-2003
Timeline - Saddam Hussein's Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive_Index/Timeline_of_Iraq_19322003.htmlFirst World War - Mesopotamia Campaign
British Public Record Office
http://www.pro.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/battles/mesopotamia.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.1909-1917
Photographs of Iraq by Gertrude Bell
Traveller, mountaineer and Arabic speaker, Gertrude Bell was recruited by British Intelligence during the First World War and later became Oriental Secretary to the High Commissioner in Baghdad. In the later position she was enormously influential in the formation of the modern State of Iraq. Her papers are held by the University of Newcastle in the United Kingdom and the University Library is engaged in a multi year project to transcribe Bell's manuscripts and digitize the photographs. Hundreds of the photographs and parts of Bell's diaries are already online.
Project homepage:
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/
Photograph Album "J" - Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Iraq - 1909
(Photos J 217 to J 252 are of Iraq)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumj.htm
Photograph Album "K" - Iraq - 1909
(Photos K 001 to K 239)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumk.htm
Photograph Album "L" - Iraq - 1909
(Photos L 001 to L 223)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albuml.htm
Photograph Album "M" - Iraq, Turkey - 1909
(Photos M 001 to M 058 are of Iraq)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumm.htm
Photograph Album "P" - Egypt, Syria, Iraq - 1911
(Photos P 099 to P 224 are of Iraq)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albump.htm
Photograph Album "Q" - Iraq, Iran - 1911
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumq.htm
Photograph Album "R" - Iraq, Turkey - 1911
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumr.htm
Photograph Album "V" - Iraq - 1911
(Photos V 001 to V 137)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumv.htm
Photograph Album "W" - Iraq - 1916-1917
(Photos W 001 to W 190)
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumw.htm
Photograph Album "X" - Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq - 1913-1914
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumx.htm
Photograph Album "Y" - Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq - 1913-1914
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos/albumy.htm
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Human Rights
See also: HalabjaSee also: Human Shields
See also: Mass Graves
See also: The Missing
Go to: Human Rights28 February 2005
2004 Report on Iraq Human Rights Practices
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41722.htm25 February 2004
2003 Report on Iraq Human Rights Practices
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27928.htm5 February 2004
Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee expresses Concern regarding Women's Human Rights in Iraq
United Nations Press Release
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/ik420.doc.htm10 December 2003
Bremer Notes Human Rights Progress in Iraq on Human Rights Day
American Forces Information Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2003/n12102003_200312104.html25 June 2003
Constitutionalism, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Iraq : Joint Hearing before the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session
U.S. Senate Hearing 108-217
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS44132 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS44134 (PDF)31 March 2003
2002 Report on Iraq Human Rights Practices
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18277.htm14 March 2003
Saddam's Chemical Weapons Campaign: Halabja, March 16, 1988
U.S. Department of State Bureau of Public Affairs Report
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/rls/18714.htm6 March 2003
Human Rights and Women in Iraq - Voices of Iraqi Women
Text of Press Briefing with Paula J. Dobriansky, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; and Tanya Gilly, Zainab Al-Suwaij, Maha Alattar and Esra Naama
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/g/rls/rm/2003/18477.htmDecember 2002
Iraq: A Population Silenced
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/16059.pdf (PDF)4 March 2002
2001 Report on Iraq Human Rights Practices
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/nea/8257.htm2002
Iraq Thematic Report
Iraq section from "For the Record 2002"
(United Nations Human Rights System Report)
http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2002/vol3/iraqtr.htm23 February 2001
U.S. Department of State 2000 Report on Iraq Human Rights Practices
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/nea/787.htm23 February 2000
U.S. Department of State 1999 Report on Iraq Human Rights Practices
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/410.htm26 February 1999
U.S. Department of State 1998 Report on Iraq Human Rights Practices
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1998_hrp_report/iraq.html30 January 1998
U.S. Department of State 1997 Report on Iraq Human Rights Practices
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1997_hrp_report/iraq.html30 January 1997
U.S. Department of State 1996 Report on Iraq Human Rights Practices
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1996_hrp_report/iraq.html5 April 1991
United Nations Security Council Resolution 688
"Condemns the repression of the Iraqi civilian population in many parts of Iraq, including most recently in Kurdish-populated areas" and demands that Iraq "immediately end this repression"
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/18079.pdf (PDF)
(Resolution begins on the bottom of page 31)25 September 1990
United Nations Security Council Resolution 670
Condemned "Iraq's continued occupation of Kuwait, its failure to rescind its actions and end its purported annexation and its holding of third State nationals against their will, in flagrant violation of resolutions 660 (1990), 662 (1990), 664 (1990) and 667 (1990) and of international humanitarian law ... [and condemned] further the treatment by Iraqi forces of Kuwaiti nationals, including measures to force them to leave their own country and mistreatment of persons and property in Kuwait in violation of international law"
http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/legal/unscrs/670.pdf (PDF)
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Human Shields
See also: Human RightsGo to: Human Shields2 April 2003
"Human Shields" Not Attacked
"U.S. Central Command said today that it did not attack a convoy of "human shields." The charge was made April 1 by an Iraqi regime official, but was determined to be false today based on a review of Coalition air strike data and an independent news media report, including interviews with passengers in the convoy."
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030423.txt26 February 2003
Briefing on Human Shields in Iraq
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2003/t02262003_t0226humanasst.htmlJanuary 2003
Putting Noncombatants at Risk: Saddam's Use of "Human Shields"
Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_human_shields/
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Humanitarian Aid
See also: ReconstructionGo to: Humanitarian Aid2 February 2005
Iraq - Humanitarian Aid and Reconstruction Assistance
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/countries/iraq/hra_index.html20 January 2005
"An Iraqi man carries a box of humanitarian supplies distributed by U.S. soldiers in Sadr City, Iraq, January 20, 2005. The soldiers are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division."
U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Jon Sheridan
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/photoessays/jan2005/p012705a1.html14 December 2004
U.S., Japan Launch Cooperative Program for Humanitarian Aid
Embassy of the United States, Japan
http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20041216-08.html19 January 2004
UN Continues Humanitarian Work in Iraq
United Nations Press Release
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/iha856.doc.htm14 January 2004
Briefing by Brigadeer General David N. Blackledge, Commander, 352nd Civil Affairs Command re Commander's Emergency Response Program
"One of the primary tools for improving the lives of average Iraqi citizens has been the Commander's Emergency Response fund, called CERP. This program was initiated in May to allow commanders to make an immediate impact and address local issues. Since then, CERP has provided a means for commanders to rapidly allocate resources to meet local needs."
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040114-1144.html20 June 2003
Update of UNESCO humanitarian activities in Iraq
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=13044&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html2 June 2003
Japan becomes UN Children's Fund Top Donor
"Japan has become the United Nations Children's Fund's (UNICEF) top donor for relief efforts in Iraq with a donation this week of $10.2 million to support reopening schools across the country, bringing its total contributions to more than $15 million"
United Nations News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=7270&Cr=Iraq&Cr1=relief23 May 2003
Humanitarian Air Service Launched by WFP [World Food Programme] for Iraq Crisis enters Full Swing
News Release - U.N. World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/newsroom/subsections/preview.asp?content_item_id=1154&item_id=660§ion=13
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.22 May 2003
Entire Iraqi Population to receive Food Ration starting June 1
News Release - U.N. World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/newsroom/subsections/preview.asp?content_item_id=1153&item_id=659§ion=13
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.20 May 2003
More Americans permitted to travel to Iraq for Humanitarian Purposes
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2003&m=May&x=20030520162148namfuaks0.9659802&t=xarchives/xarchitem.html19 May 2003
Former Peace Corps Volunteers and Staff participate in Iraqi Humanitarian Efforts
United States Peace Corps
http://www.peacecorps.gov/news/news/view.cfm?news_id=799
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.12 May 2003
Morocco helps WFP [World Food Programme] feed Iraq
News Release - U.N. World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/newsroom/subsections/preview.asp?content_item_id=1138&item_id=656§ion=13
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.7 May 2003
Kuwait donates One Million Dollars to help feed Iraq
News Release - U.N. World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/newsroom/subsections/preview.asp?content_item_id=1119&item_id=654§ion=13
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.16 April 2003 (Update)
Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations
Congressional Research Service Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19953.pdf1 April 2003
Iraq: Recent Developments in Humanitarian and Development Assistance
Congressional Research Service Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19705.pdf (PDF)31 March 2003 onwards
Iraq - Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance
Fact Sheets, Summaries and Maps in both English and Arabic
"As of July 16, Iraq Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance Fact Sheets and Assistance Maps are being issued weekly. The funding summary and fact sheet have been consolidated into a single document, as of August 2003.
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/updates/index.html28 March 2003
WFP [World Food Programme] launches U.S. 1.3 Billion Appeal for Iraq Operation
News Release - U.N. World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/newsroom/subsections/preview.asp?content_item_id=1069&item_id=635§ion=13
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.25 March 2003
U.S. Humanitarian Aid to Iraq
Fact Sheet - US Agency for International Development
http://www.useu.be/Categories/GlobalAffairs/Iraq/Mar2503USAIDIraq.html18 March 2003
Potential Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: An Overview for Congress
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.boozman.house.gov/UploadedFiles/IRAQ%20-%20Humanitarian%20Issues%20in%20Post-War%20Iraq%20An%20Overview%20for%20Congress.pdf (PDF)24 February 2003
USAID Contingency Plans for Humanitarian Assistance to Iraq
Fact Sheet - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/press/factsheets/2003/fs030224.html12 March 1991
Persian Gulf Crisis: Humanitarian Relief Provided to Evacuees From Kuwait and Iraq
U.S. Government Accounting Office Report NSIAD-91-160
http://archive.gao.gov/d21t9/143444.pdf
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Inspections
See also: Sanctions & Oil-for-FoodSee also: U.N. Resolutions
Go to: Inspections28 March 2003
Iraq: U.N. Inspections for Weapons of Mass Destruction
Congressional Research Service Report Update
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/19436.pdf (PDF)1 March 2003
Iraq War Will Not End Inspection Challenges
Center for Contemporary Conflict, National Security Affairs Department
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/mar03/middleEast.asp (HTML)
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/mar03/middleEast.pdf (PDF)1 October 2002 onwards
Reports to the Security Council on Inspections in Iraq re Disarmament presented by Dr. Hans Blix, Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusnewsiraq.asp?NewsID=414&sID=624 September 2002
Iraq and Weapons Inspectors
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10149.htm23 September 2002
Iraq Returns to Form [re Inspections]
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10147.htm22 September 2002
Saddam Hussein's Inspection Ploy
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10145.htm17 September 2002
White House Timeline of Iraq's Failure to Comply with U.N. Inspection Resolutions since 1991
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/02091701.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.7 September 2002
Bush [George W.] on Iraq [re Inspections and Disarmament]
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.ibb.gov/editorials/10115.htm2 April 2002
Iraq: The Weapons Inspections Conundrum
Center for Contemporary Conflict, National Security Affairs Department
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/apr02/middleEast2.asp (HTML)
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/apr02/middleEast2.pdf (PDF)24 February 1998
Transcript of Press Conference held by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on the subject of the Agreement between Iraq and the United Nations on Inspections
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1998/19980224.SGSM6470.html23 February 1998
Transcript of Joint Press Conference held by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz on the occasion of the agreement on the Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations and Iraq on Inspections
United Nations Unofficial Transcript
http://www.un.org/NewLinks/sgpc.htm23 February 1998
Crisis in Iraq
Text of Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations and Iraq on Inspections
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/mou_980223_uniraq.html3 April 1991
United Nations Security Council Resolution 687
"Iraq shall unconditionally accept the destruction, removal or rendering harmless, under international supervision, of all chemical and biological weapons … [and] all ballistic missiles"
The resolution also provides for "the forming of a special commission which shall carry out immediate on-site inspection of Iraq's biological, chemical and missile capabilities"
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/18078.pdf (PDF)
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Insurgents
See also: CasualitiesSee also: Ordnance, Landmines & Weapons
Go to: Insurgents10 July 2005
"At Least 36 Dead as Iraqi Violence Surges"
Voice of America News
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-10-voa11.cfm7 July 2005
"Egypt Confirms Diplomat's Death"
Voice of America News
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-07-voa59.cfm7 July 2005
"Insurgents Target Iraqi Democracy"
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.voanews.com/uspolicy/2005-07-07-voa1.cfm7 July 2005
Iraqi, U.S. Forces Detain more than 60 Terrorists
"Iraqi and US Soldiers detained 19 terrorists in Baghdad, cleared a weapons cache there, and also detained 48 insurgents in northern Iraq on July 5-6. Iraqi Soldiers patrolling in Abu Ghraib were attacked by terrorists on July 5, but fought back and detained 12 of them. The Iraqi unit from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, positively identified one of the men as a known bomb manufacturer. All 12 suspected terrorists were taken into custody for questioning. An Iraqi Army unit working in north Baghdad caught another terror suspect earlier that day."
Army News Service
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=75587 July 2005
Iraqi, U.S. Soldiers Hunt for Terrorist Cells
"U.S. and Iraqi soldiers conducted a cordon-and-search mission in the early-morning hours of July 6 to search for terrorist cells in western Baghdad. Iraqi soldiers from 2nd and 3rd platoons, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Iraqi Army Brigade, and a U.S. scout platoon from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, participated in the operation. The result was the capture of seven detainees, five AK-47 assault rifles, two pistols, up to 20 fully loaded magazines and assorted weaponry and documents, including material for making identification badges for U.S. contractor Kellogg Brown & Root, and possible imagery maps of the area."
American Forces Press Service
http://www.dod.mil/news/Jul2005/20050707_1991.html7 July 2005
Marines Unearth IEDs [Improvised Explosive Device] in Operation Shadyville
"Troops participating in Operation Shadyville searched 244 houses and netted several suspected insurgent supporters, two IEDs and 50 AK-47 assault rifles."
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/jul2005/a070705dg1.html7 July 2005
"U.S. Military says 5 Americans Accused of Aiding Iraq Insurgents"
Voice of America News
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-07-voa9.cfm5 July 2005
"Pakistani, Bahraini Diplomats Attacked in Baghdad"
Voice of America News
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-05-voa6.cfm23 June 2005
"Defeating The Terrorists In Iraq"
Voice of America Editorial
http://www.voanews.com/uspolicy/2005-06-23-voa4.cfm22 June 2005
Iraqi, Coalition Forces nab Suspects, Weapons, Bombs
Army News Service
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=750117 June 2005
Female Soldier receives Silver Star in Iraq
"For the first time since World War II, an Army woman was awarded the Silver Star for valor June 16 in Iraq. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester of the 617th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit out of Richmond, Ky., received the Silver Star, along with two other members of her unit, for their actions during an enemy ambush on their convoy."
United States Army
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/soldierstories/story.php?story_id_key=747417 June 2005
Treasury Designates Financial Supporter of Iraqi Insurgency
"Muhammad Yunis Ahmad was designated today pursuant to Executive Order 13315, which is aimed at blocking property of the former Iraqi regime, its senior officials and their family members and those who act for or on their behalf. According to information available to the U.S. Government, Ahmad is currently a financial facilitator and operational leader of the New Regional Command of the reconstituted Ba'ath Party. He is instrumental in providing guidance, financial support and coordination of insurgent attacks throughout Iraq.
U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/js2500.htm2 June 2005
Cheney Speaks on Iraq Insurgency
"The insurgency in Iraq is 'in the last throws [sic],' and its activity 'will clearly decline' overtime,Vice President Dick Cheney predicted during an interview on CNN’s 'Larry King Live' Monday. 'We’re making major progress' against terrorism, the vice president said during an interview at his residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory."
Barstow Log, vol. 9, No. 22
Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California
American Forces Press Service
https://www.bam.usmc.mil/log/2005/06_02.pdf (PDF)8 May 2005
Abu Ghraib Attack Planner Caught
"Multinational forces reported today capturing Abu al Abbas, a wanted associate of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in Baghdad May 5. Among the documents seized in his capture were plans to assassinate Iraqi government leaders, according to a Multinational Force Iraq news release. Abu al Abbas was allegedly the key planner for both the April 2 attack on Abu Ghraib and the series of car-bomb attacks carried out April 29 around Baghdad."
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2005/20050508_933.html13 April 2005
Marines Relate Events of Abu Ghraib Attack
"Troops repel insurgent attack at Forward Operating Base Abu Ghraib, a detention facility for more than 3,400 insurgents...The battle resulted with minor damages to the compound. Thirty-six were injured, including Marines, soldiers, sailors, civilians and detainees."
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/apr2005/a041305la1.html6 February 2005
Rumsfeld: Overcoming Insurgency Key to Iraq Assuming Security Mission
"Economic progress [and the] political progress going forward…will determine the level of the insurgency, and the level of the insurgency will determine the speed with which Iraqi security forces will be capable of managing [their internal security]"
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2005_news/february/assuming_security.aspJanuary-March 2005
Iraq Insurgency Ordnance
Marines Fact File
http://www.usmc.mil/magazine/105/FactFile.pdf (PDF)4 March 2004
Iraq Insurgency Forces Are Switching Targets, Abizaid Says
"Since terrorists in Iraq have had scant success against U.S. and coalition troops, they're now focusing attacks on newly trained Iraqi security forces and other targets, U.S. Army Gen. John Abizaid told Senate Armed Services Committee members. There are now, he said, about 200,000 Iraqi security forces. Abizaid is commander of U.S. Central Command."
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2004/n03042004_200403043.html
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Intelligence
See also: Weapons of Mass DestructionIraqi National Intelligence Service
Go to: Intelligence2 April 2004
Charter for the Iraqi National Intelligence Service
Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 69, Annex A
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS46924 (PDF)1 April 2004
Delegation of Authority Regarding Establishment of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service
Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 69
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS46923 (PDF)
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U.S. Intelligence re Iraq
Go to: Intelligence30 September 2004
Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
Central Intelligence Agency
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS546337 July 2004
Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq, together with Additional Views
U.S. Senate Report 108-301
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS51511 (PDF)6 February 2004
Executive Order Establishing the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040206-10.html6 February 2004
Text of Announcement by President George W. Bush re Formation of Independent Commission "to look at American intelligence capabilities, especially our intelligence about weapons of mass destruction"
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040206-3.html5 February 2004
Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Remarks as prepared for delivery by Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/speeches/2004/tenet_georgetownspeech_02052004.html23 January 2004
"Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet announced today that Dr. David Kay will be stepping down as his Special Advisor for Strategy regarding Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Programs. The DCI also announced that Dr. Kay will be succeeded by Charles A. Duelfer, who served as Deputy Executive Chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) from 1993 until its termination in 2000 and is currently a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars."
Central Intelligence Agency Press Release
http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/press_release/2004/pr01232004.html1 December 2003
Strategic Choices, Intelligence Challenges
Text of speech by Robert Hutchings, Chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, New Jersey
National Intelligence Council
http://www.cia.gov/nic/speeches_choices_challenges.htm28 November 2003
Iraq's WMD Programs: Culling Hard Facts from Soft Myths
This text is an expanded version of an article published in The Washingtion Post on 28 November 2003 by Stuart A. Cohen Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council
Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/press_release/2003/pr11282003.html2 November 2003
"Taking Exception"
Text of statement by Dr. David Kay about a 26 October article in The Washington Post
"A front page article in the Washington Post on October 26th entitled "Search in Iraq Fails to Find Nuclear Threat: No Evidence Uncovered of Reconstituted Program" is wildly off the mark. The article is replete with simple factual errors that could have and should have been avoided."
Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/press_release/2003/pr11032003.htm2 October 2003
Text of statement by David Kay on the Interim Progress Report on the activities of the Iraq Survey Group (ISG) before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, The House Committe on Appropriations, Subcommitte on Defense and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/speeches/2003/david_kay_10022003.html11 August 2003
Text of statement by Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet on the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq’s Continuing Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction
Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/press_release/2003/pr08112003.htm12 July 2003
CIA Director Tenet Accepts Blame for Iraq Passage in Bush Speech
U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0307b&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&P=202511 July 2003
Text of statement by Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet as to "how remarks on alleged Iraqi attempts to obtain uranium in Africa made it into the President’s State of the Union speech"
Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/press_release/2003/pr07112003.html11 June 2003
"Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet announced today the appointment of Dr. David Kay as Special Advisor for Strategy regarding Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Programs"
Central Intelligence Agency Press Release
http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/press_release/2003/pr06112003.htm9 June 2003
US Government Faces Growing Controversy Over Intelligence Used to Justify Iraq War
Ed Warner
Voice of America News
http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/Archive/a-2003-06-09-56-1.cfm8 April 2003
The World After Iraq
Text of remarks by Robert L. Hutchings, Chairman of the National Intelligence Council at a Princeton University Washington Seminar held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
National Intelligence Council
http://www.cia.gov/nic/speeches_afteriraq.html (HTML)
http://www.cia.gov/nic/PDF_GIF_speeches/PrincetonForum.pdf (PDF)
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Interim Government
See also: Governance Post SaddamGo to: Interim GovernmentCurrent
Iraqi Interim Government
Main website
http://www.iraqigovernment.org/15 August 2004
“Iraqi Interim Government President Ghazi Al-Yawar speaks at the opening of the three-day national conference on democracy at the Baghdad convention center, August 15, 2004. Al-Yawar leads up the “Iraqis’ Party List” for the January 30 elections.“
jpeg image & explanatory text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/photogallery/index.php?album=%2FIraq_elections&image=President-Ghazy-al-Yawer.jpg&8 June 2004
U.N. Security Council Endorses Formation of Sovereign Interim Government in Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/33317.htm8 June 2004
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1546
"Endorses the proposed timetable for Iraq’s political transition to democratic government including: (a) formation of the sovereign Interim Government of Iraq that will assume governing responsibility and authority by 30 June 2004"
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N04/381/16/PDF/N0438116.pdf?OpenElement (PDF)2 June 2004
Listing of the Interim Iraqi Government
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040602_government_list.html6 January 2004
Annex to the Law for the Administration of Iraq in the Transitional Period
Coalition Provisional Authority
Air War College
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/iraq/tal_annex.htm5 May 2003
Multi-Party Iraqi Interim Authority to Begin Work in May
Washington File report of remarks by retired General Jay Garner, U.S. Civil Administrator for Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0305a&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&F=&S=&P=4284
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Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988
Go to: Iran-Iraq War 1980-198810 December 1990
Lessons Learned: The Iran-Iraq War
U.S. Marine Corps Historical Publication
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/war/docs/3203/index.html (PDF)
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.March-April 1986
The Air War in the Persian Gulf
David Segal
Air University Review
U.S. Air Force
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1986/mar-apr/segal.html
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Iraqi Armed Forces
See also: Governance Post SaddamSee also: Military Law
See also: Reconstruction
Go to: Iraqi Armed Forces8 July 2005
Iraqi Forces on Track to Provide Baghdad October 2005 Election Security
American Forces Press Service
http://www.dod.mil/news/Jul2005/20050708_2007.html7 July 2005
Ranking Iraqi General [Gen. Babakir Shawkat Zebari, Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Joint Forces] Reflects on Year of Progress
"It is 180 degrees different than it was last year at this time ... Iraqi military forces have participated in many of the major engagements in Iraq. They have conducted operations in Najaf, Fallujah, Baghdad, Mosul and other cities, and many of these operations have been independent missions with Iraqis planning, coordinating and carrying out the mission with no coalition assistance. The Iraqi armed forces now also have a Navy and Air Force."
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2005/20050707_1999.html1 July 2005
Iraqi Army Activates new 5th Brigade
"The Iraqi Army activated its 5th Brigade, 6th Division during a ceremony at Muthana Airfield [Baghdad] June 29 ... The newest Iraqi Army brigade will be responsible for defending the Green Zone and surrounding areas in Baghdad."
Army News Service
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=754024 June 2005
Iraqi Army Leaders Graduate from Historic Course
"In another sign of the growing strength of the Iraqi Army, Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 1st Iraqi Army Brigade graduated from the first organized Iraqi Army Leadership Training Course at Forward Operating Base Justice."
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2005_news/june/leaders_graduate.asp22 June 2005
Iraqi Army Raids Net 12 Terror Suspects
"Iraqi and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers seized 12 suspected terrorists in a series of offensive operations conducted to neutralize, capture or kill anti-Iraqi forces in three different areas of the city [Baghdad] June 22."
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2005_news/june/12_terror.asp22 June 2005
Iraqi, Coalition Forces nab Suspects, Weapons, Bombs
Army News Service
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=750115 June 2005
TF 1-163 Infantry Soldiers train Iraqi Army Hand-to-Hand Combatives Techniques
"There were a total of 21 soldiers in the first group who spent two hours a day for three days working primarily on defensive techniques in two-man teams."
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2005_news/june/soldiers_train.asp8 June 2005
Tiger Brigade Uncases Colors in Baghdad
"Iraqi Army Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, uncased their colors at the former Ministry of Defense complex June 1. The ceremony celebrated Tiger Brigade moving into their new headquarters at the former MOD site."
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2005_news/june/tiger_brigade.asp22 April 2005
Iraqi Security Forces top 155,000; Positive Trends Continue
"There are more than 155,000 'trained and equipped' members of the Iraqi security forces ... U.S. troop strength in Iraq went under 140,000 this week ... Between 1,500 and 3,000 more soldiers and police are joining the country’s forces weekly."
Third United States Army
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2005_news/april/isf_top.asp14 March 2005
Rebuilding Iraq: Preliminary Observations on Challenges in Transferring Security Responsibilities to Iraqi Military and Police
Testimony of Joseph A. Christoff, Director International Affairs and Trade, before the House Committee on Government Reform; Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations
GAO-05-431T
Government Accountabilitity Office
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05431t.pdf (PDF)30 November 2004
Iraqi Armed Forces Receive 38 Armored Personnel Carriers
"The armored vehicles - gifts from the United Arab Emirates - will be allocated to specific Iraqi Armed Forces units in the coming weeks."
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/nov2004/a113004c.html28 October 2004
Iraqi Armed Forces to Receive Transport Battalions
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/oct2004/a102804b.html1 July 2004
First Iraqi Army Battalion Deploys to Baghdad
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/jul2004/a070104c.html22 April 2004
Iraqi Interim Minister of Defense Appointes 3 New Generals
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040422_generals.html19 April 2004
Briefing on the Iraqi Coastal Defense Force
Coalition Provisional Authority News Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040419_coastal_defense.html18 April 2004
Iraqi Ministry of Defense Leadership Announced
Coalition Provisional Authority News Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040418_MoD_leadership.html17 April 2004
Iraqi Air Force Getting off the Ground
Coalition Provisional Authority News Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040417_air_force.html19 March 2004
"Bulldog Brigade" Trains Iraq's New Soldiers
The Old Ironsides Report
U.S. Army First Armored Division
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news_letters/2004/march/19mar%20old%20ironsides%20report.pdf (PDF)21 January 2004
Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing re Rebuilding Iraqi Armed Forces
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040121-1181.html11 December 2003
Department of Defense and Coalition to Look into Iraqi Army Resignations
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2003/n12112003_200312114.html1 November 2003
First Battalion of the new Iraqi Army Graduates
Video newscast
U.S. Navy Marine Corps News
http://www.news.navy.mil/management/videodb/player/video.aspx?id=1364
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.24 October 2003
Former Iraqi Army Troops Could Play Role in New Iraq
Remarks by U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz
Armerican Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2003/n10242003_200310248.html4 October 2003
First Battalion of New Iraqi Army Graduates
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20031007_Oct-04-NIAGrad.pdf (English - PDF)
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20031007_Oct-03-NIAGrad-arabic.htm (Arabic)October 2003
Army Engineers build Training Facilities for new Iraqi Army
Engineer Update - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/oct03/story5.htm17 September 2003
First Iraqi Army Battalion will be Operational in October
News Briefing at the Pentagon by Walter Slocombe, Coalition Special Advisor on Security and Defense
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/conflict/03091703.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.17 September 2003
Status of Rebuilding and Training the Iraqi Army
Text and audio of News Briefing at the Washington Foreign Press Center by Walter B. Slocombe, Senior Advisor for Defense and Security Sector Affairs, Coalition Provisional Authority for Iraq
U.S. Department of State
http://fpc.state.gov/24230.htm7 September 2003
Creation of a Code of Military Discipline for the new Iraqi Army
Coalition Provisional Authority Order 23
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS46857 (PDF)7 August 2003
Creation of a New Iraqi Army
Coalition Provisional Authority Order 22
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS46856 (PDF)31 July 2003
Coalition Provisional Authority Update Briefing, Law Enforcement Issues in Iraq
U.S. Army V Corps
http://www.vcorps.army.mil/www/CJTF7/Transcripts/cjtf7_trans_030805a.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.20 July 2003
Coalition Efforts Focus on New Iraqi Army
Coalition Joint Task Force - Seven, Baghdad
http://www.arcent.army.mil/media_releases/2003/july/jul20_02.asp17 July 2003
The New Iraq : U.S. Commander recalls Process of Joint Iraqi Security Company Formation
Iraqi Destiny, page 2
101st Airborne Division, U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/Operations/Iraqi_Freedom/Iraqi_Destiny/Issue31.pdf (PDF)11 July 2003
Opening of New Iraqi Army Recruiting Stations in Baghdad, Mosul and Basrah ... a fourth station will open shortly in Irbil
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/IraqiArmyRecruiting19Jul03.html (English)
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/19July03NewIraqiArmyRecrutiing-Arabic.html (Arabic)26 June 2003
The Vinnell Corporation of Fairfax, Virginia wins Contract to train new Iraqi Army
Press Release - U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency
http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/vinnell_wins_062603.pdf (PDF)23 June 2003
New Iraqi Army to be Formed
"Walter Slocombe, Ambassador Bremer’s Senior Advisor for Security and Defense in the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), today announced that the New Iraqi Army (NIA) will be formed and that we will start recruiting for that force from next week. He also said that former Iraqi career soldiers will receive a monthly interim stipend."
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release #006
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/23June03PR6_good_news.pdf (PDF)Undated, but after 23 May 2003
Iraqi Military Reconstruction Plan
U.S. Army V Corps
http://www.vcorps.army.mil/www/CJTF7/Iraq/newarmy.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.14 September 1990
Soviet Military Trains Iraqi Troops in Latvia
Statement by Senator Jesse Helms [R-NC]
Congressional Record, page S13191
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r101:S14SE0-265:
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Iraqi Governing Council
See also: Governance Post SaddamSee also: Reconstruction
Go to: Iraqi Governing Council8 March 2004
Iraqi Governing Council Signs Interim Constitution
American Forces Information Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2004/n03082004_200403082.html8 March 2004
Remarks by Members of the Iraqi Governing Council at Signing Ceremony for the Interim Constitution
Mohammad Bahr Al-Uloum, President, Interim Governing Council and Adnan Pachachi, former President, Interim Governing Council
Coalition Provisional Authority
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/transcripts/20040308_signing_transcript.html20 January 2004
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Dr. Adnan Pachachi, President of the Iraqi Governing Council after their Meeting
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/28273.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.12 January 2004
Coalition Leaders welcome new Iraqi Governing Council policies and procedures re "de-Baathification"
Armed Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2004/n01122004_200401124.html14 December 2003
The New Iraq - Governance
(Includes Listing of Members of the Iraqi Governing Council)
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/newiraq/governance.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.6 December 2003
Secretary Rumsfeld meets with Iraq Governing Council President Abdel Aziz Hakim in Baghdad
Photo and descriptive text
The Pentagon
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Dec2003/031206-F-2828D-488.html5 December 2003
Coalition, Governing Council Statement on Iraqi Sovereignty : Restoration of Sovereignty by June 30, 2004
Washington File - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2003&m=December&x=20031205145041atarukp0.2695276&t=xarchives/xarchitem.html17 November 2003
Iraq's Sovereignty to Be Restored by June 30, 2004
"The Iraqi Governing Council and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq (CPA) agreed November 15 on a process to hand over power to a transitional government in Iraq no later than July 2004."
Topics of Agreement include:
1) The "Fundamental Law"
2) Agreements with Coalition on Security
3) Selection of Transitional National Assembly
4) Restoration of Iraq’s Sovereignty
5) Process for Adoption of Permanent Constitution
United States Consulate, Calcutta, India
http://calcutta.usconsulate.gov/wwwhpr1118c.html16 November 2003
Agreement announced between the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council re the process of restoring Iraq's sovereignty and the adoption of a permanent constitution
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defendamerica.mil/iraq/nov2003/tni-ig111803.html25 September 2003
Iraqi Council, U.S. Agree on Path for Iraq, Members Say
Washington File - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2003&m=September&x=20030925114401namfuaks4.336184e-02&t=xarchives/xarchitem.html4 August 2003
Secretary Powell Says Creation of Governing Council an Important Step for Iraq
Text of an interview with Radio Sawa
Washington File - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2003&m=August&x=20030804191743atarukp0.5430567&t=xarchives/xarchitem.html22 July 2003
Iraqi Governing Council Members address UN for First Time
Washington File - U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2003&m=July&x=20030722181656atia0.1761133&t=xarchives/xarchitem.html17 July 2003
A Look at Iraq's Governing Council
Iraqi Destiny, page 4
101st Airborne Division, U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/Operations/Iraqi_Freedom/Iraqi_Destiny/Issue31.pdf (PDF)16 July 2003
New Council Offers Promise of "Free and Democratic Iraq"
Remarks made by White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to Reporters
U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0307c&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&F=&S=&P=202614 July 2003
Iraqi Governing Council holds First Meeting
American Forces Information Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2003/n07142003_200307145.html14 July 2003
Iraqi Governing Council holds First Meeting
U.S. Marine Corps Press Release
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/0/7293e75f78eda30b85256d710056ef92?OpenDocument14 July 2003
Iraq's New Governing Council Speaks To Iraqis
U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0307c&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&F=&S=&P=22514 July 2003
New Governing Council A Huge Step Forward, Bremer Tells Iraqis
U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0307b&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&F=&S=&P=429414 July 2003
Statement by President George W. Bush on the Establishment of the Iraqi Governing Council
U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0307c&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&P=50613 July 2003
"Members of Iraq's Governing Council pose for a picture following their meeting at the former Ministry of Military Industry in central Baghdad, July 13. Bottom row, left to right: Samir Shakir Mahmoud, Ahmad Chalabi, Naseer al-Chaderchi, Adnan Pachachi, Mohammed Bahr al-Ulum, Massoud Barzani, Jalal Talabani, Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim and Ibrahim al-Jaafari. Middle row, left to right: Sondul Chapouk, Aquila al-Hashimi, Younadem Kana, Salaheddine Bahaaeddin, Mahmoud Othman, Hamid Majid Moussa, Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, Mohsen Abdel Hamid. Top row, left to right: Raja Habib al-Khuzaai, Iyad Allawi, Wael Abdul Latif, Mouwafak al-Rabii, Dara Noor Alzin, Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi, Ezzedine Salim."
Photo & descriptive text
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/gallery/iraq-2003/july14.htm5 July 2003
Bremer Promises Iraq Governing Council Within Weeks
U.S. Department of State
http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0307a&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&P=5586
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Iraqi "Most Wanted"
Current
Status of Iraqi 55 Most Wanted
Multi National Force-Iraq
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/irag-faqs/most-wanted.htm11 February 2005
Iraqi Interim Government announces Arrest Warrents, Award Information
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050210.txt15 February 2004
National Iraqi Police Service Emergency Response Unit Arrest Muhammad Zimam abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun, number 41 on the Iraqi "Top 55" Most Wanted List
Coalition Provisional Authority Press Release
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/pressreleases/20040215_41_capture.html14 January 2004
Soldiers Capture Nephews of Iraq's Most-Wanted Fugitive
"Soldiers have captured four relatives believed to have harbored Izzit Ibrahim al-Douri, the most wanted fugitive in Iraq"
American Forces Press Service
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2004/n01142004_200401148.html14 January 2004
Special Operations Forces help Capture Iraq's No. 54
United States Army Special Operations Command
http://www.soc.mil/News/releases/04JAN/040114-02.htm8 August 2003
"Coalition forces, with information from an Iraqi, conducted operations that lead to the deaths of Uday and Qusay Hussein following their refusal to surrender. To date, 37 of the top 55 most wanted Iraqis have been captured or killed."
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/part2.html27 May 2003
Two 'Iraqi Top 55' Captured
"ayf al-Din al-Mashhadani (#46), Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman for al-Muthanna and Sad Abd al-Majid al-Faysal (#55), Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman for Salah al-Din were captured by Coalition Forces on Saturday."
United States Central Command
entcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200305100.txt7 May 2003
Hammud al-Ubaydi in Coalition Custody
"Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi, former Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman for the Al-Kut District, is now in Coalition custody. He is No. 32 on CENTCOM's Iraqi Top 55 list."
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030521.txt2 May 2003
Abd al Tawab Mullah Huwaysh and Taha Muhyl al Din Maruf in Coalition Custody
|"bd al Tawab Mullah Huwaysh, Office of Military Industrialization Director, is now in Coalition custody. He is number 16 on CENTCOM's Iraqi Top 55 list.
Taha Muhyl al Din Maruf, Vice President and Revolutionary Command Council member, is also in Coalition custody. He is number 24."
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20030503.txt30 April 2003
Governor of Basra under Coalition Control
"Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti, the Governor of Basrah, is now under Coalition control. He surrendered yesterday in Baghdad to the Iraqi National Congress. He is No. 44 on the U.S. Central Command 'Iraqi Top 55' list."
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304213.txt28 April 2003
Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi is in Coalition Custody
"Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi surrendered Monday and is currently in Coalition custody. He was a Presidential Advisor and Oil Minister and is No. 47 on the U.S. Central Command 'Iraqi Top 55' list."
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304204.txt25 April 2003
More Iraqi POWs Being Released As More Regime Leaders Captured
"Rumsfeld says 12 of 55 "Most Wanted" now in custody"
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/dhr/Archive_Index/leaders_captured.html24 April 2003
Tariq Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, is now under Coalition control. He is No. 43 on the U.S. Central Command 'Iraqi Top 55' list."
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304179.txt23 April 2003,br> Salim Sa'id Khalaf al-Jumayli in Coalition Control
"Today, Coalition Special Operations Forces conducted an operation in Baghdad and successfully captured Salim Sa'id Khalaf al-Jumayli, the former Chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service American Desk."
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304175.txt23 April 2003
Three more 'Iraqi Top 55' in Coalition Control
"Muzahim Sa'b Hassan al-Tikriti is under Coalition control. He is the Air Defense Force Commander and No. 10 on the U.S. Central Command 'Iraqi Top 55' list.
Zuhayr Talib Abd al Sattar al Naqib is under Coalition control. He is the Director of Military Intelligence and No. 21 on the U.S. Central Command 'Iraqi Top 55' list.
Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih is under Coalition control. He is the Minister of Trade and No. 48 on the U.S. Central Command 'Iraqi Top 55' list."
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304176.txt22 April 2003
Jamal Mustafa Abdullah Sultan al Tikriti is in Coalition Custody
"Jamal Mustafa Abdullah Sultan al Tikriti was taken into custody in Baghdad by Coalition forces April 21, 2003. He was the Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs and is No. 40 on the U.S. Central Command 'Iraqi Top 55' list."
United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304169.txt21 April 2003
Muhammad Hazmaq al Zubaydi is in Coalition Control
"Muhammad Hazmaq al Zubaydi was taken into custody today by Coalition forces. He was Central Euphrates Regional Commander. He is No. 18 on the U.S. Central Command 'Iraqi Top 55' list."<.br> United States Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200304166.txt20 April 2003
Abd al-Khaliq Abd Al-Gafar in Coalition Control
"Abd al-Khaliq Abd Al-Gafar was taken into custody yesterday by Coalition forces. He was the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. He is No. 54 on the U.S. Central Command 'Iraqi Top 55' list."
United States Central