What would you like to know about Iraq? Below are some links that will answer most of your questions.

If you don't find the specific information you want, click on "Reference" to the left, select the appropriate specialized collection from the links provided, and search for Iraq. When using the reference sources, note the date of the most recent update. Some information, such as the names of current government officials, may be out of date.

General Background:

1. Center for Public Integrity -- The War Card
   Extensive database of misstatements by US Government officials that led to the US invasion in 2003.
   
   
2. The Saddam Hussein Sourcebook
   Declassified Secrets from the U.S.-Iraq Relationship, from the National Security Archives.
   
   
3. University of Georgia
   Background and references about Iraq.
   
   
4. Post-Saddam Iraq
   Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty biographies on key figures and current analysis. Very comprehensive reporting.
   
   
5. Iraq Bibliography
   Online primary sources, largely from U.S. Government documents, compiled by librarians and presented by topic. Useful and reliable.
   
   
6. Iraq Revenue Watch
   Compiled by the Open Society Institute of the Soros Foundation to track the financial dealings in post-war Iraq.
   
   
7. Occupation Watch
   A critical and comprehensive view of the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
   
   
8. Conflict in Iraq: Concerns and Consequences
   Information and critical analysis of US, UK and other European policy towards Iraq, sponsored by BASIC, ISIS and Saferworld.
   
   
9. Crisis in Iraq
   News about weapons inspections, expert analysis, information about US policy in the Middle East, links to key resources; created by The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
   
   
10. Library of Congress Foreign Area Handbook
    Authoritative discussions of Iraq's history, society, culture, economy, security. Also summaries of the historical setting of the Persian Gulf, the role of Islam, Gulf wars, and much more.
    
    
11. CIA Factbook
    A brisk and easy to use compendium of facts on Iraq's history, society, politics, economy, communications, transportation, and military. Updated annually.
    
    
12. Desert Storm
    A collection of information about the conflict over Kuwait.
    
    
13. Maps of the 1990-91 Gulf War
    From PBS Frontline web site.
    
    
14. Operation Desert Fox: December 1998
    US Dept of Defense documentation.
    
    
15. Iraq Watch
    The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control monitors Iraq's progress in building weapons of mass destruction. Describes key Iraqi organizations and sites, lists their foreign suppliers, and provides access to U.N. and other documents that describe Iraq's activities.
    
    
16. Iraq Resources on the Web - Columbia University
    Links to major sites. Listings of major political and activist organizations, opposition groups.
    
    
17. CulturalOrientation.net
    General background on the history and culture of Iraq.
    
    
18. The Marsh Arabs
    A case study on the systematic destruction of marshlands in southern Iraq.

Government:

1. Website of the Iraqi parliament (Arabic)
   English version has a translation of the Iraqi constitution.
   
   
2. Kurdistan Regional Government
   Documentation on the autonomous Kurdish entity in Northern Iraq, including a draft constitution of a "Federal Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan Region".
   
   
3. Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iraq
   Background and views of a major Kurdish party in northern Iraq.

What's New on the Web:

1. The Struggle for Iraq
   Summary of New York Times reporting on the war and occupation in Iraq.
   
   
2. Insurgent Iraq
   Links to articles and reports about the Iraqi Insurgency compiled by Project on Defense Alternatives.
   
   
3. Reports from the Future of Iraq Project
   Over 1,200 Pages of Previously Unavailable Reports From State Dept Planning for Post-Saddam Iraq.
   
   
4. Web sites relating to Iraq, compiled by Yahoo
   Includes access to chat groups, news, and specialized web pages as well as a listing of universities, government organizations, and cultural and social resources.
   
   
5. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Iraq Report
   A weekly summary of developments in Iraq, from November 1998.
   
   
6. The Iraq Foundation
   News, commentary, useful archives - promoting democracy in Iraq.
   
   
7. American Friends Service Committee
   Information on the effect of UN sanctions, other background information.

National Press:

1. Iraqi media
   New media since the 2003 U.S. invasion and overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

Demography:

Human Rights:

1. Human Rights Watch
   Click on Iraq.
   
   
2. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
   Search for Iraq.

Oil/Energy & Commerce:

1. US Department of Energy
   Energy profile. Search for Iraq.

Bookstore:

1. Early Mesopotamia : Society and Economy at the Dawn of History by Nicholas Postgate, J. N. Postgate (1994)
   
   
2. ENDGAME: Solving the Iraq Problem -- Once and For All by Scott Ritter (1999)
   
   
3. Human Rights in Iraq (Human Rights Watch Books) by Middle East Watch, David A. Korn
   
   
4. Iraq : Eastern Flank of the Arab World by Christine M. Helms (1991)
   
   
5. Iraq and the War of Sanctions : Conventional Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction by Anthony H. Cordesman (1999)
   
   
6. The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait : Saddam Hussein, His State and International Power Politics by Musaliam Ali Musallam (1996)
   
   
7. The Kurdish Predicament in Iraq : A Political Analysis by Michael M. Gunter (1999)
   
   
8. Republic of Fear : The Politics of Modern Iraq by Kanan Makiya (1998)
   
   
9. The Shi`Is of Iraq by Yitzhak Nakash (1996)
   
   
10. ANFAL CAMPAIGN IN IRAQI KURDISTAN, Human Rights Watch
    
    
11. The Future of Iraq (Policy Papers, No. 24), Washington Institute For Near East Policy (May 1991) by Laurie Mylroie>
    
    
12. Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf by Judith Miller, Laurie Mylroie
    
    
13. A History of Iraq by Charles Tripp, Cambridge U Press, 300 pp.
    
    
14. Study of Revenge: Saddam Hussein's Unfinished War Against America by Laurie Mylroie (The American Enterprise Institute, 2000).
    
    
15. Gulf War : The Complete History by Thomas G. Houlahan