CIA
World Fact Book (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html)
It gathers statistics and details on Iraq, including its geography, people, and
government, economy and defense forces.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (http://www.csis.org/)
A Washington, DC based think-tank which sponsors seminars and conferences and
issues reports on terrorism, United States foreign policy, and several regions
of the world including the Middle East and Africa.
Clandestine Radio
Intel Web (http://www.clandestineradio.com/intel/intel.php?id=87)
Includes essays as well as very specific information about non-government sponsored
radio stations, and related web sites.
Federation of American Scientists (http://www.fas.org)
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) "is the oldest organization
dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving complete nuclear disarmament,
and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose." Whatever one's
views are on its goals, a search of the site yields valuable information on a
country's armament found only with difficulty elsewhere.
INIS (http://www.inisiraq.com/home2.html)
Describes
the role that the Iraqi National Intelligence Service plays protecting elected
officials and the election process from people who might want to harm Iraq
as a “unique democracy in the Middle East.”
Iraqi Defense (http://www.theodora.com/wfb/iraq%5Fdefense.html)
ABC Country Book for Iraq's defense. It is Interactive Fact Book. It contains
up-to-date information on all aspects of the political, social and military history
of Iraq.
Iraqi
Defense (http://www.photius.com/wfb2000/countries/iraq/iraq%5Fmilitary.html)
It provides data on military manpower, transnational issues, maps, geography,
history of Iraq.
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (http://www.jha.ac/)
Published at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford,
U.K., this site may be searched for articles in the journal concerning a particular
country.
MSN
Encarta Encyclopedia -- Iraq (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/saddam.htm)
It provides general information on Iraq.
Political Resources on the
Net (http://www.politicalresources.net/iraq.htm)
Website covers all aspects of the Iraqi government, the Ministries, the political
parties, elections, Iraqi National, the Main opposition Group to Saddam Husayn,
Kurdistan Democracy Party; Iraqi Democratic Union and many others.
Saddam
Hussein (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/saddam.htm)
This
is Saddam Hussein’s biography it includes the events surrounding his
capture but not his execution.
UNRISD On-Line (U.N. Research Institute for
Social Development) (http://www.unrisd.org/)
"UNRISD carries out research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems
affecting development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue and contributes
to policy debates within and outside the United Nations system. |