Yahoo!
Full Coverage
of the Iraq-U.S. Conflict.
New
York Times: Issues In Depth: Attack on
Iraq--News
source on the Iraq conflict.
BBC
News: Iraq - Years of tension:
1992-96--Background
information from the British Broadcasting Corporation on
the ongoing conflict between Iraq and the U.N.
Confrontations
Since the Gulf War--
Very detailed listing of ALL Iraq-U.S./UN confrontations
since 1991. Tons of facts available on this
site.
Arabic
News--
News from the Arab World.
IraqNet
News Center--
Good resource for finding news and other links on
Iraq and the Middle East.
History
and Politics Links on Iraq and the
conflict
The
History Guy: Issues: Iraq-U.S.
Conflict--The
History Guy's page containing links to many Iraq sources.
Part of this website's Politics section.
The
Iraq Foundation --"is
a non-profit, non-governmental organization working for
democracy and human rights in Iraq, and for a better
international understanding of Iraq's potential as a
contributor to political stability and economic progress
in the Middle East."*Descriptive
statement is from the Iraq Foundation website.
DOD
101: United States Military
Operations--
Fascinating website run by Global Security.org. On
this site you will find tons of data on US military
operations going back decades.
Iraq
History-- A
very detailed accounting of Iraqi/Mesopotamian history
covering Biblical times to the Present.
UNSCOM--
The United Nations Special Commission, the
organization that conducts the weapons inspections in
Iraq. This page is part of the UN website.
Anti-War
Links
Iraq
Action Coalition--"The
Iraq Action Coalition (IAC) is an independent grassroots
coalition dedicated to ending the war on the people of
Iraq. IAC provides information and analysis on the
devastating effects of the continuing war (sanctions)."
**Descriptive
statement taken from IAC Homepage.**
The
Sanctions War Is Killing Iraqi
Children--Page
detailing the suffering of Iraqi children resulting
from the economic sanctions. Part of IAC
website.
Iraq
Crisis Antiwar Homepage--
Physicians
for Global Survival (PGS): The Gulf War of 1991 Sanctions
and Iraq--Site
maintained by a physicians anti-war organization.
Contains many interesting links.
The
United Nations Resolutions Links
Resolution
1137 -
Nov. 12, 1997
Approves
travel sanctions against senior Iraqi officials.
Resolution
1134 &
Resolution
1115 -
Oct. 23 & June 21, 1997
Demand
that Iraq cooperate fully with the
inspections regime.
Resolution
986 -
April 14, 1995
Approves
sale of Iraqi oil for food and humanitarian
relief.
Resolution
687 -
April 3, 1991
Formally
ends the 1991 Persian Gulf War and authorizes
the inspection and elimination of Iraq's
suspected weapons of mass destruction.
Resolution
661 - Aug.
6, 1990
Imposes
a trade and financial embargo on Iraq and
occupied Kuwait. Establishes a special
sanctions committee to implement the
resolution and calls upon U.N. members to
protect the assets of Kuwait around the
world.
Resolution
660 -
Aug. 2, 1990
Condemns
the invasion of Kuwait, demands Iraq's
unconditional, immediate withdrawal and calls
on both countries to begin negotiations.
Please cite this source when appropriate:
Lee, R. "The History Guy:
Issues: Iraq Crisis"
http://www.historyguy.com/issues_iraq_crisis.html
