Occupation | Casualties | Analysis | Anti-war Basics | Teaching Resources | UN | Books

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 Occupation and Reconstruction

# Iraqi's march against US occupation, up to 10,000 Shiites demonstrate in Baghdad

# Keep it local, Andrew Simms of the UK Guardian looks at the strategy for rebuilding Iraq

# Kick their ass and take their gas: democracy comes to Iraq, Jacob Levich takes a look at the form of government being imposed on Iraq

# Malnutrition among children has doubled, report from UNICEF, 14 May

# Red Cross Bulletins, latest reports from ICRC staff in Iraq

# Aid officials overwhelmed by chaos and violence, UK Telegraph report on efforts to establish the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) in Iraq

# Iraq in danger of starvation says UN, the UK Observer looks at the latest report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation

# Appropriate and swift aid is crucial, recommendations by Refugees International, 12 May

# US troops encouraged Iraqi looters, BBC investigation, 6th May

# 10 Reasons to oppose US militarization of aid and reconstruction in  Iraq,  factsheet by MADRE, an international women's rights organisation

# Amnesty International calls upon US to provide better protection for refugees, press release 3rd May 

# Military - Humanitarian Relations: Briefing Paper from Oxfam UK, 3rd May

# Protecting Iraq' Civilians: Briefing Paper from Oxfam UK, 3rd May

# Carving up the new Iraq, an investigation by Scotland's Sunday Herald newspaper into the real winners in Gulf War II

# Seeking Security, America's failure to provide basic protection, examined by Mohammed Mashmoushi,  Beirut-based political analyst

# Aid for Iraq: a page devoted to news, analysis and links about aid to Iraq, produced by the UK's Guardian newspaper.

# No to occupation? A debate in the anti-war movement, article by Ganesh Lal of the Socialist Worker newspaper

# Humanitarian Information Centre for Iraq, an initiative of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

# No to occupation? A debate in the anti-war movement, article by Ganesh Lal of the Socialist Worker newspaper

# The Law of Belligerent Occupation, analysis of US legal responsibilities, published by the Crimes of War Project 

# Empowering Iraqis to liberate themselves, Peter Tatchell, author of Democratic Defense

# Bush plans to carve Iraq into three sectors, news report from the Times of London

The Casualties

# 100 lives, an on-line memorial to those who dies in Iraq

# How many civilians were killed by cluster bombs?, the Pentagon says 1, the Iraq Body Count says at least 200

# Bombs Silent, but the Children Still Suffer, Jonathan Steele in Baghdad

# Relief Efforts Stall as Crisis Mounts, concern expressed by a UNICEF, OXFAM and Catholic Relief Services

# Concern about mounting toll of civilian casualties, report by Amnesty International

# Worsening State of Iraqi Children, UNICEF assessment

# Condemnation of Cluster Bombs, press release by the Diana, Princess of Wales, Memorial Fund 

# Ali Ismael Abbas, one innocent victim that has made thousands weep  

# Humanitarian Situation has Dramatically Worsened, Red Cross Assessment

# World Health Organisation concerned over civilian casualties assessments from WHO and other aid agencies

# Iraq Body Count, database of civilians casualties. Total = approx 4,000

Analysis

# Instant Mix Imperial Democracy  a powerful critique of US policy by Arundhati Roy,  prize-winning author and activist

# Iraq war helped boost Al Qaeda, anti-terrorism experts examine the effect of the war

# Of Blair, Hussain and genocide, analysis by John Chuckman,  former chief economist for a large Canadian oil company

# Saving Private Lynch story "flawed" BBC examines how the dramatic rescue was staged 

# Finding WMD's is no longer important, the British Foreign Secretary makes a U-turn

# Frustrated, US arms team to leave Iraq, Washington Post article about departure of US team searching for WMDs

# US tables a transparent plan for plundering Iraqi oil, Peter Symonds, 12 May

# Real American Agenda becoming clear, Haroon Siddiqui, editor emeritus at the Toronto Star

# Who Rules the Peace?, Phyllis Bennis, Institute of Policy Studies 

# US Iraq policy for dummies, Questions and Answers about what went wrong, from Bernard Weiner 

# Unnecessary, Milan Rai, author of War Plan Iraq,  writes about the missing WMDs

# Rumsfeld shakes hands with Saddam, that was back in 1983. Visit the National Security Archives to find out more.

# Bush's Military Defeat, a list of 24 failures in the war on Iraq and Afghanistan 

# Calls to Attack Syria come from a Familiar Choir of Hawks, by Jim Lobe, political analyst at Foreign Policy in Focus

# Hands off Syria (etc), three articles at truthout 

# After failure, what next for US strategy? Paul Rogers at openDemocracy

# War in Iraq to have 'devastating impact' on the environment, Friends of the Earth

# No Way Out, George Monbiot's analysis of where the war is heading

# Bush trashes the United Nations, article by Matthew Rothschild, Editor of The Progressive

# Reject defeatism.. organize!, article by Stephen Shalom and Michael Albert, activists and authors,

# If war comes, analysis of future role for peace movement by Paul Loeb and Geov Parrish

Is oil money an undisclosed motive for the war on Iraq? read the evidence compiled by The Debate  

Post-Saddam Iraq: Linchpin of a New Oil Order, by Michael Renner, Worldwatch Institute

Collateral Damage: the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq. Report by Medact, an association of British doctors (pdf file) 

Why another War?,  historical analysis from the Middle East Research and Information Project, MERIP (pdf file)

Over 1 million Iraqi children might die in war  a confidential UN report has now been published on the CASI website 

News from Baghdad. A series of reports from the Oxford Research Group, based on visits to Iraq in January 2003

Anthrax for export: US companies sold Iraq the ingredients, 1998 article by William Blum

Testimony Prepared for Hearings on Iraq Policy, by Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies

The cost of invading Iraq. Factsheets about financial costs, produced by the US National Priorities Project (note: the total is $100 billion)

Counterspin: Pro-war mythology by Scott Burchill, School of Social & International Studies, Deakin University

Powell's evidence against Saddam: does it add up?, detailed assessment by a panel of experts

How did Saddam get weapons of mass destruction?. Answer: we sold them to him. A brief review of Senate Committee Reports. 

Counter-Dossier: A Dishonest Case for War. A response to Tony Blair by members of the British Labour Party

The Iraq Crisis and International Law, Richard Falk & David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (58 pages, pdf file)

Indictment, Complaint and Petition against George Bush and the US Government, submitted to UN Secretary General,  drafted by Francis Boyle, Professor of International Law

Cool War: economic sanctions as weapons of mass destruction, by Joy Gordon in Harper's Magazine 

The coming war with Iraq: deciphering the Bush Administration's motives, by Professor Michael Klare, Hampshire College (pdf file)

Memo to the President, by Ray McGovern and other former CIA analysts 

Contested Case: Do the facts justify the case for war with Iraq? a policy brief from the Fourth Freedom Forum (pdf file)

Iraq Crisis: building the case for a new war, analysis at the Global Issues website

The human costs of war in Iraq, 7th March report from the Center for Economic and Social Rights (pdf file)

Anti-War Basics

# Myths and facts about the war, from authors  Rahul Mahajan and Robert Jensen

# Talking points as the war begins, from the Institute for Policy Studies

# The War, powerful article by Eduardo Galeano, award-winning author and journalist

Answering Bush's big myths about Iraq, fact sheet from International ANSWER (pdf file)

Eight Washington Lies about Iraq, article by Jon Basil Utley

10 reasons environmentalists oppose war on Iraq, endorsed by more than 30 US environmental organizations

13 myths about the case for war in Iraq, fact sheets, analysis and lots of links

60 Reasons to Protest George W Bush's Planned Invasion of Iraq, by Scott McClarty, Green Party, USA

10 Reasons why the US should not invade Iraq, factsheet from Global Exchange (pdf file)

Teaching Resources

# Teaching Students about War, lesson plans and links from Educators for Social Responsibility

# Nine Actions We Can Take to Help Children Deal with War in Iraq, guidelines for parents and teachers

# Talking to your children about the war, from the New York City Board of Education

# History of Iraq, ancient and modern, including background to current events

# Maps of Iraq, hundreds of maps can be downloaded from this site

# Peace Primer: quotes from Islamic and Christian Sources (pdf file)

# Iraq Resource Guide, from the American Friends Service Committee 

Talking with Friends and Family about Iraq, an online guide from MADRE, an international women's rights organization

Iraq: Teaching Resources, the BBC's attempt to provide a balanced guide for 8-14 year olds

Understanding the US-Iraq Crisis: a primer, by Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies (27 pages, pdf file)

Teachers address Iraq in the classroom, news item 7th March 03

Teaching about the War, maps, poetry, fact sheets, and other anti-war resources at RethinkingSchool.org

Iraq: some questions and answers, from Global Peace and Justice, Auckland (pdf file)

The Costs and Consequences of War in Iraq, and other fact sheets from the Center for Economic and Social Rights

Peace messages and drawings from Iraqi Children

   UN Security Council

Hans Blix text of all briefings made to Security Council by the Head of UNMOVIC

Security Council 14th February, press release including summary of Hans Blix briefing and statements from France, Russia and USA

Security Council 19 February, press release including statements from more than 30 countries

Colin Powell speech to SC, 5 Feb 2003 

 Books

# The war we could not stop, a collection of articles by Guardian journalists, published by Faber (link to Amazon, UK). 

War on Iraq: What team Bush doesn't want you to know.  book by Scott Ritter, former UN arms inspector (link to review by Katherine Houreld; also see Amazon.com)

War Plan Iraq: Ten Reasons Against War on Iraq, a book by Milan Rai (link to review at Bangkok Post; also see  Amazon.com)

Against War with Iraq: an anti-war primer, book by Michael Ratner and other legal scholars (link to summary at Seven Stories Press; see also Amazon.com) 

Target Iraq: what the news media didn't tell you, book by Norman Solomon and Reece Erlich (link to pdf excerpt at Context Books, also see Amazon.com) 

Latest update: 22 November 2003