The Iraq Crisis

Whether you agree or disagree with the President's decisions, the fact remains that the United States is now at war with Iraq. What were the events that led up to this current crisis? What is currently going on in Iraq? What does President Bush and our military leaders have to say? What can I do? The following list of web sites is just a sampling of credible, reliable resources, prepared by the librarians at A.C. Buehler Library, that you can use to stay informed about the current state of our nation.

Background Information on Iraq

The Iraq Foundation
http://www.iraqfoundation.org/

Iraq Research and Documentation Project (IRDP) - Collection of Iraqi government documents.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~irdp/

Governments on the WWW: Iraq - Learn about the government and political system in Iraq.
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/iq.html

United States Institute for Peace Library: Iraqi Web Links
http://www.usip.org/library/regions.iraq.html

Iraq Resource Information Site
http://www.geocities.com/iraqinfo/

Political Resources - Iraq
http://www.politicalresources.net/iraq.htm

Center for Defense Information: Eye on Iraq
http://www.cdi.org/iraq/eye-on-iraq.cfm

Focus on Iraq - from Foreign Policy in Focus, "a think tank without walls"
http://www.fpif.org/iraq/index.html

CIA World Factbook - Iraq
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html

Government Views of Iraq - Primary sources about the war in Iraq
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/Iraqbib.html

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Gulf War (1990-1991)

Fog of War - For an Introduction on the Gulf War, 1990-91
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/fogofwar/fogofwar.htm

United States Department of Defense - Timeline of President Clinton's "Operation Desert Fox" - http://www.defenselink.mil/issues/dpiraq.html

National Gulf War Resource Center, Inc. - Learn more about the Gulf War (1990-1991)
http://www.ngwrc.org/

PBS - "Frontline: Gulf War"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/

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United States Government

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

The White House - "A Decade of Defiance"
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/09/20020912.html

United States Department of State, International Information Programs
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/

National Security Issues
http://www.whitehouse.gov/response/index.html

United States Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/

United States Department of State, International Information Programs, "Iraq's Voices for Freedom"
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/voices/

United States Department of State
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c3212.htm

Selective Service System - for Information on the Draft
http://www.sss.gov/seq.htm

Thomas: The US Congress on the Internet - track the events and remarks of the Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html

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United Nations

United Nations
http://www.un.org/

United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
http://www.unmovic.org/

Office for the Iraq Programme - Oil-For-Food
http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/

United Nations Special Commissions on Iraq
http://www.un.org/Depts/unscom/

Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations, New York
http://www.iraqi-mission.org/

United States Mission to the United Nations
http://www.un.int/usa/

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Arms Inspection, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Bioterrorism

United Nations - Arms Inspections in Iraq
http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=50&Body=Iraq&Body1=inspect

International Atomic Energy Commission, Iraq Action Team - This team performs the weapons inspections as outlined in UN Security Council resolutions.
http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/Programmes/ActionTeam/index.html

United States Central Intelligence Agency - Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Program http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/iraq_wmd/Iraq_Oct_2002.htm

Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Assessment of the British Government: Official Dossier Released on September 24, 2002 http://www.ukonline.gov.uk/featurenews/iraqdossier.pdf

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Bioterrorism Page
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bioterrorism.html

Center for Disease Control
http://www.bt.cdc.gov

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Media

Al-Jazeera - On April 2, 2003 Reuters news agency reported that this Qatar-based Arab news web site was hacked off the Internet. Al-Jazeera hopes to relaunch its web site in late April.
http://english.aljazeera.net

Middle East Conflict - Recent NPR Coverage
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/mideast/transcripts/

U.S. and Foreign News Sources
http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/freepapers.html#usnews

The New American: Focus on Iraq
http://www.thenewamerican.com/focus/iraq/index.htm

The Nation: "No War with Iraq"
http://www.thenation.com/directory/view.mhtml?t=040307

Links to Popular News Sources by Category: Conservative, Liberal and Radical
http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/courses/soc/soc301.html#News

AlterNet.org: War on Iraq
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/

BBC News: World Edition
http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Middle East Times
http://www.metimes.com/

Iraq Crisis Bulletin
http://www.iraqcrisisbulletin.com/

Iraqi News Agency
http://www.uruklink.net/iraqnews/eindex.htm

Iraq Daily
http://www.iraqdaily.com/

Institute for Public Accuracy News Releases on War: Information, Analysis, Policy Opinions
"As a nationwide consortium of policy researchers, the Institute for Public Accuracy seeks to broaden public discourse by gaining media access for those whose perspectives are commonly drowned out by corporate-backed think tanks and other influential institutions."
http://www.accuracy.org/war-releases.htm

International Relations and Security Network: Iraq Issues
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/infoservice/linkslib/index.cfm?service=linkslib&Parent=864

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Peace Organizations and Religious Groups

DuPage Justice through Peace Coalition - A Citizens' Group based in
DuPage County in the Western Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois
http://dupagepeace.home.att.net/

Center for Nonproliferation Studies - Iraq Special Collection
http://cns.miis.edu/research/iraq/

Pax Christi USA: Iraq Peace Pledge
http://www.paxchristiusa.org/news_events_more.asp?id=263

Common Cause: Iraq
http://www.commoncause.org/iraq/

Voices in the Wilderness: a campaign to end the economic sanctions in Iraq
http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/

Iraq Peace Team
http://www.iraqpeaceteam.org/

National Network to End the War Against Iraq
http://www.endthewar.org/

United States Institute for Peace
http://www.usip.org

Fellowship of Reconciliation
http://www.forusa.org

Sojourners: "A World at Odds: Conscience in a Time of Terror"
http://www.sojo.net/terror/index.cfm

Move On.Org: "Citizens making a Difference"
http://www.moveon.org

• Conscientious Objection - from MoveOn
  http://www.moveon.org/moveonbulletin/bulletin6.html
  

Call to Action: Prevent War on Iraq: Religious Voices
http://www.cta-usa.org/iraq.html

Green Party statement in opposition to U.S. plans to invade Iraq
http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/pr_09_24_02.html

American Friends Service Committee Iraq Peacebuilding Program
"The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization which includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service."
http://www.afsc.org/iraq/

Iraq Peacebuilding Program
http://www.afsc.org/iraq/

Statement of United Church of Christ leaders opposing U.S. war in Iraq
http://www.ucc.org/justice/iraq1.htm

Global Ministries: Middle East and Europe Office
http://www.globalministries.org/mee/

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
http://www.nccbuscc.org/sdwp/international/mideastind.htm#iraq

Churches for Middle East Peace
http://www.cmep.org/

The Center for Public Theology
http://www.pubtheo.com/

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Just War

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Just War
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/j/justwar.htm

Just War
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pol116/justwar.htm

UCC Theology Page: "What's the difference between just and unjust wars?" Essays by H. Richard and Reinhold Niebuhr debating the idea of just war.
http://www.ucc.org/theology/brothers.htm

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What Can I Do?

Read. Learn. Discuss. Debate. Participate. Act. Voice your opinion. Write a letter. Sign a petition. Educate others. Vote.

Organize
Chicago Calendar of antiwar events - from Grassroots Voices, a project
of the Great Lakes Region of the American Friends Service Committee
http://grassrootsvoices.org/calendar.html

Protest.net - the Activists Handbook
http://protest.net/activists_handbook/

Campus Peace - Join this online discussion group to discuss and coordinate antiwar action among campuses across the country. Send a blank e-mail to: campus_peace@yahoogroups.com

Communication with the Government
United States Congressional members from the State of Illinois - Find biographies, phone numbers, e-mail and regular mail addresses.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Government/Elected_and_Appointed_Officials/U_S__Representatives/

Illinois State Congress - learn about your state senators and representatives. Follow the links at the bottom of the page.
http://www100.state.il.us/government/gov_legislature.cfm

The White House - Contact information for President Bush and Vice President Cheney
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

Support the Troops

Support Our Troops - Learn about opportunities to support the men anad women in the military.
http://www.opsos.org/

In addition, many of the listed peace organizations above have ideas and suggestions for actions that you can take if you oppose the war in Iraq.

Created 08 October, 2002 and last updated on 24 June, 2003
by Elaine Fetyko Page and Jennifer Paliatka,
Assistant Librarians, A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College